U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow has won Louisiana’s Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. Letlow was endorsed by President Donald Trump.

U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Louisiana on Saturday, giving Donald Trump a win after he backed her to replace GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy.

Letlow, who was endorsed by Trump, defeated state Treasurer John Fleming in the two-candidate runoff after they finished ahead of Cassidy in the GOP primary May 16.

Letlow pledged her loyalty to Trump in a race where Cassidy, who voted to convict the president on impeachment charges in 2021, spent a year working to keep Trump from going after him. She has promised to work in lockstep with Trump to advance his agenda.

  • NekoKoneko@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    “Trump’s lady all the way,” said Barbara Dufrene, 67, of Marrero. She added that she knew little about Letlow but was counting on the president to lower her healthcare costs and increase her social safety net. “I always vote whatever Trump wants.”

    Sorry, I planned to write an insightful comment here, but my head seems to have just exploded.

    • Lasherz@lemmy.worldM
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      2 hours ago

      I think the majority of prisoners who haven’t touched grass for years are more informed than this woman, and many of them will have lost their right to vote. At what point do we require basic observation of reality to be reintroduced to society? They should have to visit a judge and explain why they’re qualified to vote again just like ex convicts do.