Sen. Kennedy won't run for governor of Louisiana

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

Louisiana GOP Sen. John Kennedy will not run for governor of his home state next year, opting to stay in a chamber where he's become known for dishing out quotable comments and lingering in front of TV cameras.

The conservative Republican said in a statement on Monday that it dawned on him during a trip to China last month that he's more effective in the Senate. He said that mission, where he lobbied against the exports of synthetic drugs, as well as support from each nation's president "sure made me feel like our trip to Beijing was worthwhile."

"I love being in the United States Senate. I will not be a candidate for governor in 2019," Kennedy said. The Senate is "where I think I can do the most good."

"I hope someone runs for governor who understands that Louisiana state government does not have to be a big, slow, dumb, wasteful, sometimes corrupt, spend-money-like-it-was-ditchwater, anti-taxpayer, top-down institution."

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/03/kennedy-senate-louisiana-governor-2019-1038353

[Just a Weirdo]

1. Come 2020, he'll lose all resemblance of power.

Because the Democrats will have taken the majority.

David

[hlthe2b]

2. He's a Senator... R's will and do control the Senate...2020 might turn it, but it will be hard...

Even if we do, Kennedy won't likely face the same level of "powerlessness" that R Congress Reps are going to, so he probably made the best decision...

[turbinetree]

3. So for the next two years the country gets fucked with him affirming justices

from the Federalist Society unto the bench, oh fucking yippie, two more years of getting fucked and then in my twilight years getting fucked by this asshole some more, and then the Gulf of Mexico turning into a complete dead zone.......................

[Mandeville]

4. Living in LA

I couldn't decide which i dread the most....that idiot as my senator or my governor

[atreides1]

5. Didn't he go to Russia

I would guess that his handlers told him to remain in the US Senate, where he can further the Putin agenda!!!!

Remember, Kennedy was one of the 8 Russian members of the US Congress that went to Moscow, on July 4th 2018!!!

[Roy Rolling]

6. Lightweight

He won't run because he can't win against our strong Democratic governor. The national press will soon tire of Kennedy's aw shucks attitude as much as Louisiana is tired of him. He's a perennial candidate for office and it's said the most dangerous place in Washington is between Kennedy and a TV camera.

His 15 minutes is way over.