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Garret Graves was on top. Now he's fighting for his political life. What happened?
Posted on 1/20/24 at 4:41 pm
Posted on 1/20/24 at 4:41 pm
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It’s hard to overstate how high U.S. Rep. Garret Graves was riding a year ago.
He had just helped corral the votes of Republican colleagues to elect Kevin McCarthy speaker of the House. That put Graves in line for a plum position.
Back home in Baton Rouge, Graves was so popular that major GOP donors were beseeching him to run for governor as an alternative to then-Attorney General Jeff Landry, the more conservative frontrunner.
Today, Graves’ world seems to be crashing down.
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He managed to antagonize both Landry and U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise in 2023, and around the same time, federal courts unexpectedly signaled that Louisiana would have to draw a new congressional map to create a second majority-minority district.
As a result, Landry – now the governor – and the Republican-controlled Legislature last week carved up Graves’ once-safe 6th Congressional District to create a second Black-majority seat in Louisiana, a move that could put him out of Congress next year.
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After deciding not to run himself for governor, Graves ran afoul of Landry by backing the bid of Stephen Waguespack, an ally who was then the head of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. The other six Republican members of Louisiana’s congressional delegation either supported Landry or didn’t endorse.
Apart from payback, Landry has an additional reason to want to sideline Graves, political insiders say. As a sitting congressman with an ability to raise money, Graves could be a formidable challenger to Landry’s re-election in 2027.
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Graves, meanwhile, upset Scalise by not publicly supporting his bid to be speaker in October after McCarthy resigned – and pointedly questioning the plan to "give everyone one rung of promotion.” Not only that, Graves privately spread the word that Scalise’s cancer diagnosis made him a health risk for the job, Scalise has indicated. Graves has denied this and said he always supported Scalise.
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Posted on 1/20/24 at 4:50 pm to WPBTiger
I hope he’s reduced to having his sister give him a job at E&G schmoozing land developers.
Posted on 1/20/24 at 4:57 pm to WPBTiger
Are there any Republicans running against him this year?
Posted on 1/20/24 at 4:58 pm to WPBTiger
Ciuldn't have happened to better RINO
Posted on 1/20/24 at 5:09 pm to WPBTiger
This POS is the Bill Cassidy of the House. Neither try to hide it anymore.
Votes to expel a solid conservative vote but also votes to not censor a legit traitor like Adam Schiff. He’s compromised bc he accepted bribes from the CCP through Sequoia.
I have spoken out against him since the day he said Biden won a fair election & it was time to move on.
Votes to expel a solid conservative vote but also votes to not censor a legit traitor like Adam Schiff. He’s compromised bc he accepted bribes from the CCP through Sequoia.
I have spoken out against him since the day he said Biden won a fair election & it was time to move on.
This post was edited on 1/20/24 at 5:10 pm
Posted on 1/20/24 at 5:19 pm to WPBTiger
Some of y’all have no idea what he’s done for the area.. losing this seat is not a good move by the party as it’s to important to garner infrastructure dollars. Something he’s been very good at accomplishing. He’s not a RINo, he’s pragmatic in trying to gather favors to push through wetland dollars, the only way to do that is to be flexible and curry favors.
ETA. Either the Scalise rumor is BS or you have to admit that he was right. No way he could be performing the duties of speaker at this time.
ETA. Either the Scalise rumor is BS or you have to admit that he was right. No way he could be performing the duties of speaker at this time.
This post was edited on 1/20/24 at 5:26 pm
Posted on 1/20/24 at 5:24 pm to WPBTiger
This is a whitewashed account of how much Graves pissed off people in Louisiana or representing Louisiana in favor of McCarthy.
Posted on 1/20/24 at 5:38 pm to WPBTiger
He decided to define himself as being a McCarthy hanger on.
We are who we are. And he’s paying the price for being himself.
We are who we are. And he’s paying the price for being himself.
Posted on 1/20/24 at 6:27 pm to WPBTiger
He tried to play the Game of Thrones and lost. The other players were better than him.
Posted on 1/20/24 at 6:32 pm to WPBTiger
Graves dug his own Rhino grave cause Louisiana voters don’t flocking forget
Now go run for dog catcher and lose Graves
Now go run for dog catcher and lose Graves
Posted on 1/20/24 at 6:32 pm to WPBTiger
One word: DOUCHE
Posted on 1/20/24 at 7:35 pm to WPBTiger
He sold out. Plain and simple. He was probably bought and paid for before he ran. Typical Louisiana politician. frick him
Posted on 1/20/24 at 9:01 pm to WPBTiger
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again…
…Louisiana’s (so called) Republican voters are the dumbest MFers in the country. Pick an elected Louisiana Republican politician from the last two decades and tell everyone what they’ve done (substantively) in the best interest of Louisiana.
I’ll hang up and listen, but leave you with this — opposing Graves will only get more Democrats (or Republican clowns…you know who I’m talking about) in office. JBE showed everyone that a low-rent Democrat can win statewide, especially against soft, vulnerable Republicans.
…Louisiana’s (so called) Republican voters are the dumbest MFers in the country. Pick an elected Louisiana Republican politician from the last two decades and tell everyone what they’ve done (substantively) in the best interest of Louisiana.
I’ll hang up and listen, but leave you with this — opposing Graves will only get more Democrats (or Republican clowns…you know who I’m talking about) in office. JBE showed everyone that a low-rent Democrat can win statewide, especially against soft, vulnerable Republicans.
Posted on 1/20/24 at 9:53 pm to WPBTiger
Graves was team Jindal, anti-Trump, supported Wags for Governor, and backed the former speaker of the house from Cali.
The Johnson is now Speaker, and a team Vitter, pro-Trump guy is now Governor after beating Wags.
Graves backed all the wrong horses, and Landry is an opportunist who has zero desire to build republican coalitions.
The Johnson is now Speaker, and a team Vitter, pro-Trump guy is now Governor after beating Wags.
Graves backed all the wrong horses, and Landry is an opportunist who has zero desire to build republican coalitions.
This post was edited on 1/20/24 at 9:55 pm
Posted on 1/20/24 at 10:15 pm to WPBTiger
F HIM! 
my baw clay higgins puts him to shame
my baw clay higgins puts him to shame
Posted on 1/20/24 at 10:35 pm to WPBTiger
most conservative rated fed politician in LA? out of all house reps and senators?
was posted the other day
CLAY frickING HIGGINS
was posted the other day
CLAY frickING HIGGINS
Posted on 1/20/24 at 10:39 pm to WPBTiger
Best case scenario for him, he has to go back to ground-level politics and is forced to run for mayor of Baton Rouge. He would have to grovel at the feet of Jeff Landry, but it could make for a unique situation for BR. Anybody would be better than a shitty Democrat mayor, and he would have to turn BR into a major player to have any change at getting back into the national spotlight.
Posted on 1/20/24 at 10:39 pm to WPBTiger
Didn’t he actively try and thwart Scalise AND Johnson from getting speaker? Yeah real hero for Louisiana choosing a Cali turd like Mcarthy over 2 people from his own state.
Posted on 1/20/24 at 11:08 pm to WPBTiger
He chose poorly and there are consequences.
Posted on 1/20/24 at 11:32 pm to WPBTiger
Cassidy will retire and Graves will run and win.
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