Calvin Duncan, a man imprisoned for 30 years before he was exonerated, won an election in New Orleans promising to fix a judicial system that failed him

Now, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and the GOP-controlled Legislature are racing to eliminate his job before he can be sworn in

April 11, 2026 - 21:31 UTC

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Eliminating a city elected position just to save the state $27,300 makes absolutely no sense but this is typical Louisiana corruption as usual 🙃💀
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Dems won’t criticize this because they want to maximize their appeal to “moderate” Republicans in the midterms
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WTF? I missed this. I didn't miss listening to the radio interview when Mr. Duncan recounted his story and how proud he was to win.

F Landry and his scum.
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Racists gonna racist.
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Example number ten billion and one of how systemic racism plays out in America.
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What sort of bullshit is this? It's 2026 ffs, not 1926.

Republicans need to be voted out of every level of government.
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Despicable, racist bastards!!
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Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen.
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I think you'll find that legislatures have the right to legislate on things like this. Sure, they're scum, but, you know, civics 101.
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David Duke supporters tried to follow progressive activists who opposed Duke campaign rallies decades ago.
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🤬🤬🤬
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This is disgusting. Racist lunatics at it again. What is it with those fckrs and why is this allowed? Oh right, Dems don’t have balls. I forgot got a moment.
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"Your vote counts"
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Louisiana is the swamp
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I keep telling my husband that we need to 2nd reconstruction…
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Also the position in charge of elections
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www.alabseries.com/episodes/episode-28-something-given
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Landry is a horrible person
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He won 68% of the vote. The GOP just loves to subvert the will of the people
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The GOP is centrally organized around religious and racial bigotry.

This is just further proof.
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I HOPE BEYOND ALL HOPE THAT THIS MAN IS LEFT ALONE.
OF COURSE LANDRY WANTS TO STOP HIM. DAMN IT MAN.
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What. The. Actual. Fuck?
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May he keep his position, may his pillow always be cool on both sides, may he always get the USB to plug in correctly on the first time. I wish this man the best.
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SMFH
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It’s just straight up KKK for the 21st Century.
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Louisiana isn't a state, it's still a plantation
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If the GOP had that much power nationwide they would have eliminated the office of the president in 2008.
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Instead of 2025. We now have a king.
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Wtaf I hate Republicans like this!
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“Maintain the swamp.”
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can't we race to eliminate the governor and the GOP instead?
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In the Civil Rights era, municipalities across the South filled public swimming pools with cement rather than let them be integrated
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This man needs to be Governor of Louisiana.
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White southerners white southering.
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The state is a penal colony for the prison industrial complex.

Gotta keep that cheap labor flowing.
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Huh?

None of the state facilities are privately run. There are no state prisoners in privately-run facilities.

Only a few parish jails and the ICE facilities are private. The state can't control ICE.
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Horrible abuse of power
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This right here is "DIRTY WORK", HE BEAT THEM FAIR & SQUARE. Yet the "FRAGILE RACIST WHITE MALE EGO", is of the belief — that BLACK PEOPLE should be subservient. They're just as UNDERHANDED as they've ever been. Only now, it's "NO LONGER OUR IMAGINATION" — we're NOT BEING "SENSITIVE"... -ONE.🇺🇸🤔✊🏾
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bsky.app/profile/propublica.org/post/3mjb2j3c4av2n -ONE.
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Just another reason not to live in Louisiana.
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They really are just shameless horrific cheaters
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Can't win unless they cheat
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Sore losers and even sorer winners
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How racist do you have to be to eliminate a government position because a black man won?
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In America? Not even average
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Republicans are simply unable to let a day go by without showing their deep contempt for democracy itself.
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Disgraceful
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Louisiana politics is so fucked up:

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy is making a concerted push to get Democrats to switch their party registration so they can vote for him in next month's Republican primary. www.nola.com/news/politics/bill-cassidy-urges-democrats-to-re-register-to-vote-for-him/article_5eb2f986-af26-4eb3-99ed-8029bfec4fde.html?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAQ8Iy5hZ3lrd1AGJSWhZrB9PX1ogEqEAgAKgcICjCOpf8KMIW1-AI&utm_content=rundown&gaa_at=g&gaa_n=AWEtsqfXbpBd53q8qsetPuCyC1vc_v3xjtwYwanTDVhSUwEUnh38Vxm_HBuutR942lAoxZ4_rQ3a09GQBznu&gaa_ts=69db01eb&gaa_sig=gVkn36GOshFUPiSKHXowK9fKQXYx8kBiH4L11CGcaIMQXhLUWewnNUYjwtcdSBUY0W9iJm1IJ50bFUnY_7E4kg%3D%3D
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Republicans can't do anything legitimate. They only know how to lie and cheat
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KKKlan state
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Wow. If I didn't know Jeff Landry & his cronies before, that is proof of the two tiers of justice right there. They don't want reform because it would not benefit their practice of injustice for all.
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Corruption incarnate. It's the only play the #GOP have left.
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The southern clansmen GOP are fascist Nazis.
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This is what they call 'justice'?
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I hope there is a lawsuit underway.
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Louisiana GOP eliminating Calvin Duncan's elected office (exonerated, won 68%) echoes Wilmington 1898: white legislature overturning Black electoral victory. "Efficiency" then & now = racialized power preservation. When rules change because someone won—that's not reform. #WilmingtonEcho
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Showing us they have not changed by their actions?
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Disgusting 🤮🤮
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I am so sick of these people and their endless petty hatefulness.
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They’re not even trying to hide it anymore.
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smdh
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KKK is working overtime to stop a Black man from his elected post!
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Are USians even aware that in the rest of the democratic world this is called 'corruption' and would lead to serious consequences? And not just this... Your political system seems to barely involve the actual voters, at all...
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Yes. A good many of us are. Unfortunately:
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It's sad that the GOP is full of dirty doers. They just can't ever play by the rules. Cheating is their modus operandi. It's like breathing for them.
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The horrors of the post reconstruction and Jim Crow eras are still in operation today. You can learn about it in history but you can also see it happening now.
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