12/2/2014
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The Black Conservatives Fund (BCF) has released damning video footage of desperate Democratic attempts to defend Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu’s seat from Republican challenger Rep. Bill Cassidy. In the videos, an organizer calls on supporters to commit voter fraud and promises that Landrieu “will go on to support Barack Obama 97 percent of the time.”
A Cassidy victory in the runoff would underscore the GOP’s already impressive midterm election results with a ninth Senate pickup, which would give Republicans a 54-46 majority over their Democratic colleagues.
Leading into the runoff, conservative groups have rallied behind Cassidy; and he has enjoyed all manner of high-profile endorsements. By comparison, Democratic groups have offered only lukewarm support for Landrieu, largely because of the presumption that her re-election effort is a lost cause — “unless he makes a big mistake, says something stupid or some scandal erupts,” as University of Louisiana at Monroe political scientist Joshua Stockley told The Washington Post.
The pair of videos released by the BCF, a political action committee established to engender black support for conservative candidates, reveals how the desperation is affecting Landrieu’s camp.
A video released by the group Friday shows Don Cravins Jr., Landrieu’s chief of staff, rallying support for the candidate by promising that she’ll help Obama fulfill some of the promises that his supporters feel he’s failed to deliver.
“He can’t finish his agenda because he doesn’t have people like Mary Landrieu with him,” he says. “… So I’m asking you tomorrow to go out and vote for Sen. Landrieu.
“She’s been in office for 18 years, and in the Senate,” he continues. “That’s what you need to get things done.”
If she’s re-elected, he adds, “She will go on to support Barack Obama 97 percent of the time.”
On Monday, the group released another rally video taken Nov. 3. It features the chief of staff’s father, Opelousas Mayor Don Cravins Sr., who encouraged voter fraud to reach Democrats’ legislative goals.
“That’s the kind of progress that we want, Opelousus,” he says, adding that Democrats need leadership and someone who knows how to do business.
“And that’s why I’m asking that you go out tomorrow and vote for [ballot] No. 99,” he continues. “If you early voted, go vote again tomorrow.”
Amid cheers, he adds, “One more time’s not gonna hurt [and] tomorrow we’re gonna elect Earl Taylor as D.A. so he won’t prosecute you if you vote twice.”
Republican Louisiana state Sen. Elbert Guillory, speaking on behalf of the BCF, said that he attributes the messaging to desperate Democratic attempts to increase election numbers among the black community where he says the party’s failures have been felt most heavily.
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