All eyes are focused on the Bayou State of Louisiana. As I mentioned in our last episode, the Louisiana State Senate passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 2. It’s now in the state house. The first hurdle is the House and Government Affairs Committee. When it passes that committee, it will go to the House floor for a full vote and we’re hoping Louisiana is gonna do the right thing and add to our growing list of states passing our resolution. Hi, this is Holly Robichaud with Breaking News on Term Limits.
[music]The news media is starting to realize that Americans want congressional term limits. Tennessee mayor, Glenn Jacobs, appeared on The Lars Larson Show, Wilkow TV, Wilkow Majority on SiriusXM, discussing term limits and Tennessee’s jump on congressional term limits bandwagon. We are starting to see strong movements for term limits in North Carolina. We’ll keep you posted on further updates. Our North Carolina State Chair, Leigh Brown, is doing a great job. She appeared in the Cornelius Today with an op-ed on the need for congressional term limits. We wanna thank her for her efforts. Our South Carolina State Chair, John Warren, is being featured in Charleston Mercury and Upstate News with an opinion editorial on how South Carolina can pass congressional term limits resolution. Let’s go, South Carolina! Legislative candidates across the nation are getting the message that voters want congressional term limits. An additional 79, that’s right 79, 2024 legislative candidates have signed our pledge over the past two weeks. Why is this happening? Because of people like you who support term limits and the power that your vote has at the ballot box. And a special thank you goes out to our pledge team who’s making this happen. Keep going team.
While Congress may be resisting term limits, congressional candidates are signing their pledge to support congressional term limits amendment. Over the past two weeks, we saw an additional 12 congressional candidates sign US term limits pledge. We have record number of candidates signing our pledge this 2024 election cycle. We also have 130 members of Congress who have signed our pledge. Let’s keep going. Now it’s time for an update on United States Senator Bob ‘Gold Bar’ Menendez. Political reports that ‘Gold Bar’s defense may potentially be blaming all illicit activity on his wife, claiming that his wife withheld information on any illegal activity that was being done. His wife is being tried separately and is slated to start later this year. According to The Decider, this theory received some support from Ana Navarro, one of the hosts for The View. She said, ‘Gold Bar’ Bob is one of the smartest men in Congress, conveying that he has never done anything remotely close to his alleged accusations during their collaborations on countless issues. Instead, she believes that it was his wife behind all the current predicaments.
And now it’s time for the crap politician of the week. And this week, former Georgia Representative Nathan Deal makes our list. He was first elected to the Georgia State Senate in 1981 and served in until 1993. After that, he became a representative for Georgia’s 9th House District from 1993 to 2003. Then again from 2007 to 2010 after being elected in Georgia’s 10th House District from 2003 to 2007. Finally, he was the governor of Georgia from 2011 to 2019. As you can imagine, he is no supporter of term limits. In 2007, he was caught in a scandal that dates back 20 years. In 1990, he set up a couple of monopolies that did not bid for contracts and paid inspectors over $1 million annually. The most lucrative contract was given to a business co-owned by Deal. It seems no one knew how these contracts were awarded. When Deal was confronted about these contracts, he admitted, “I don’t know there was much of an official thing.” How convenient is that? Congressional term limits can become a reality. Look at the momentum we’re building with all the candidates that are signing our pledge. But we can’t do it alone. We need your help. Please go to termlimits.org and get involved today. We need your help. And be sure to share this program with your friends and family. This is Holly Robichaud for US Term Limits Breaking News. I’ll see you soon.
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