John Fleming blasts Senate rivals as Louisiana’s big campaign season officially kicks off

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State Treasurer John Fleming had strong words for his two main Republican opponents in this year’s U.S. Senate race — Sen. Bill Cassidy and Rep. Julia Letlow — as he qualified Wednesday for the May 16 primary.

Fleming said that Cassidy flip-flops on key issues, while Letlow got into the race only because she received President Donald Trump’s endorsement.

“The endorsement I want is from the people of Louisiana,” Fleming told reporters at the Secretary of State’s office in Baton Rouge after qualifying for the Senate election.

Fleming described the contest as being between “two liberal Republican candidates” in Cassidy and Letlow, and himself, “the only true conservative in this race.”

He went on to say that Trump’s endorsement of Letlow is a “scheme” of Gov. Jeff Landry aimed at eventually benefiting the governor’s future political aspirations.

“Jeff Landry has been working on this, this endorsement over a year. I’ve heard about it from a number of people,” Fleming said.

A spokesperson for Landry did not not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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