From JC Today

I know what my U.S. readers must have been thinking when I reported yesterday about all the great news from Australia and New Zealand about the conservative counter-revolution. Americans were thinking, but what about us? I am happy to report your prayers were promptly answered.

Yesterday, the New York Times ran a frustrated, angst-ridden story headlined, “Jeff Landry, a Hard-Line Republican, Is Elected Governor of Louisiana.” A hard line Republican? Is that better or worse than ultra-right? But wait, it got better. Here is the sub-headline: “The victory by Mr. Landry, the state’s attorney general, secures Republican control of Louisiana after eight years of divided government.”

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The NYT reported that in yesterday’s so-called “jungle primary,” a political cage-match pitted over a dozen candidates of all political affiliations against one other, former AG Landry demolished the field and stunned commenters by winning over 50 percent of the vote, which automatically eliminated the runoff.

We are ecstatic. But the Times sees nothing but grey skies on Louisiana’s horizon:

(Landry’s) victory guarantees a far-right government for Louisiana — a state where Republicans have controlled the Legislature for a decade but had faced resistance from (former Governor Bel) Edwards, who vetoed several bills, including ones targeting L.G.B.T.Q. people. It comes at a moment when the state is confronting soaring insurance rates and dwindling population numbers.
This outstanding and remarkable development was never supposed to happen. The “jungle primary” system was designed to secure a permanent democrat majority, not a unified “far-right” Republican government for Louisiana. But it gets even better. Check this out — Landry’s election proves exactly what I have long predicted is finally happening:

Mr. Landry, a confrontational litigator and politician, had won over much of the Republican base by battling Mr. Edwards and the Biden administration in court over pandemic vaccine mandates, efforts to work with social media companies to limit the spread of misleading or false theories, and environmental regulations.
During the coronavirus pandemic, he challenged vaccine and mask mandates on the local and national level for health care workers, students and federal workers, voicing skepticism even as the vaccines were proven to help stem the spread and toll of the virus.
Damned antivaxxers! And so it begins. New politicians without covid baggage, who never participated in lockdowns and mandates, who don’t have any reason to hide the jab injuries, are beginning to move into offices of authority.

That’s what must happen for accountability to follow. It’s coming. We are winning the narrative war.