NewsNation reports:
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) doubled down Tuesday on blaming progressive politics for the escape of 10 inmates from a New Orleans jail. Half of the escapees remained at large as of Wednesday morning, after a fifth was captured Tuesday evening.
Landry, a staunch conservative and ally of President Trump, has repeatedly pointed to billionaire Democratic donor George Soros’s influence in Democrat-led New Orleans for creating the circumstances that that allowed 10 inmates to break out of the jail at about 1 a.m. EDT Friday.
“George Soros came over the last decade or so and spent a ton of money in the city of New Orleans, electing these progressive people,” Landry told Cuomo. Landry, who took office last year, has routinely pointed to Hungarian-born Democratic megadonor Soros, 94, as having influence over his state.
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