A pro-Trump business group in Louisiana is walking back support of known FOX TV white supremacist Laura Ingraham after another “senior moment” in Republican history that matches the wits of their illustrious fascist leader in Washington DC, Donald Trump.

Ingraham’s centuries-elderly support of an old dead confederacy that had zero impact on American history except to prove racists wrong -AGAIN- imploded into her pathetic childish gurgling and empathetic gushing over a drum’n’bugle race deep war hero who basically got his ass kicked in the old south more than 150 years ago.

The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI) had to make a public statement of their disapproval of Ingraham’s tired old punditry when she went in to defend long-deceased and thoroughly meaningless Confederate general Robert E. Lee, an American artifact on which a check cannot be cashed, at an event where she was plugged in as the keynote speaker.

The New Orleans’ Times-Picayune reported that LABI, a group that has publicly endorsed many decisions made by useless Russian operative Donald Trump, issued a statement distancing the group from Ingraham’s illiterate remarks.

The LABI Statement
“Ingraham … expressed her views on several national social and political issues, some of which are not reflective of the opinions held by the diverse membership of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. LABI has a long history of listening to all perspectives in a bipartisan manner to develop solutions to Louisiana’s challenges.”

The Antebellum Ruse
The overly-celebrated FOX jock Ingraham, of course, criticized their decision due to her personal mental health issues regarding love of racism over country, and due to her self-attenuated verbal approval of sexual harassment against women.

In an act made for television reality show drama, such as we have seen coming from the likes of Trump’s political charades, she also criticized New Orleans Mayor Rich Landrieu and unsympathetically targeted recent brain cancer victim, Arizona Senator John McCain(R), and many others that their canned Republican anti-social speeches tend to focus on whenever they feel a need to show solidarity with the Republican Playbook on keeping American racism and Hitler-type fascism alive.

Ingraham also noted that she may try another desperate old Republican trick by buying property in Lousiana so she can run for office in a state where she was not born and does not live currently, definitely a tactic they have used alongside gerrymandering for many years to cheat the voting systems across the nation.

Shamefully enough, in what white men of her caliber would refer to as a “dumb blond” comedic gesture, Ingraham did not hesitate to also make this weak-willed and irrelevant statement in the presence of the actual Governor of Louisiana, John Bel Edwards.

The shameful ruse was Ingraham’s “Dan Quayle” moment in Louisiana, where she embarrassed not only the LABI organization, but also the mayor and the governor in her dementia-related bid to “Bring Back the Confederacy,” something the GOP has been unwilling to admit was a lost cause when it happened more than a century ago.

LABI has not issued a statement on how an attention whore like Ingraham would have been chosen to speak for an organization that claims it has no partisan relationships that reflect on their core values and mission as businesspersons in Lousiana.

Black Louisianans: Know With Whom You are Doing Business

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LABI Board of Directors
Executive Committee
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Clay M. Allen, Managing Partner
Allen & Gooch, A Law Corporation
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Bobby Barousse, Chief Financial Officer
Elmer Candy Corporation
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Terry Baugh, Treasurer / Chief Financial Officer
D & J Construction Company, Inc.
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Andree Begneaud, Owner
Begneaud Manufacturing, Inc.
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Ayres Bradford, Business Development Director
Lincoln Builders, Inc.
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J. H. Campbell, Jr., Executive Chairman
Associated Grocers, Inc.
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Maura Donahue, Executive Vice President
DonahueFavret Contractors, Inc.
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Ronald Evans, Owner
International Packaging Company, LLC
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Art Favre, Chair / President
Performance Contractors
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William Fenstermaker, Chairman & CEO
Fenstermaker
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John J. Finan, Jr., Immediate Past Chair / President/CEO
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health Systems, Inc.
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John F. Jones, Vice President, Policy and Federal Legislative Affairs
CenturyLink
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James M. Lapeyre, Jr., President
Laitram, LLC
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Marjorie McKeithen, Partner
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre
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Jude Melville, President
Business First Bank
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Jody Montelaro, VP, Louisiana Governmental Affairs & Regulatory Affairs
Entergy Corporation
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Tom O’Neal, President
O’Nealgas, Inc.
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Sonia Perez, Secretary / President
AT&T Louisiana
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Scott Poole, Chief Operating Officer
MARTCO LLC
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E. Fredrick Preis, Jr., Partner, Labor & Employment Law Section
Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P
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Christel C. Slaughter, Partner
SSA Consultants, Inc.
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Tim Stine, Vice Chair / CFO
Stine Lumber Company
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Stephen Waguespack (ex officio)
President & CEO
LABI
Brent Wood
State Government Affairs Manager
Chevron Corporation
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Board Members
Clay M. Allen, Managing Partner
Allen & Gooch, A Law Corporation
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Robert Angelico, President and Managing Partner
Liskow & Lewis
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Joe Arroyo, President
Fire Extinguisher & Supply Company, Inc.
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James A. Babst, Attorney
Wegmann & Babst, LLC
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Bobby Barousse, Chief Financial Officer
Elmer Candy Corporation
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Terry Baugh, Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer
D & J Construction Company, Inc.
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Adrianne Baumgartner, Partner
Porteous, Hainkel & Johnson
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Andree Begneaud, Owner
Begneaud Manufacturing, Inc.
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C. J. Blache, Attorney
Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Blache, Balhoff & McCollister
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Robert S. Boh, President
Boh Brothers Construction Company, LLC
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Boyd Boudreaux, President & CEO
Jeff Davis Bank & Trust Company
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Michael Boudreaux, Owner
Juban’s Restaurant, Inc.
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Greg Bowser, President
Louisiana Chemical Association/Louisiana Chemical Industry Alliance
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Ayres Bradford, Business Development Director
Lincoln Builders, Inc.
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J. S. Brown III, President
Bruce Foods Corporation
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James B. Bulliard, Owner
Cajun Chef Products, Inc.
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Jamie Burgess, Senior Vice President
Whitney Bank
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J. H. Campbell, Jr., Executive Chairman
Associated Grocers, Inc.
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Karl J. Connor, Director of Communications and External Affairs, Louisiana
BP America, Inc.
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Emile Cordaro, Government Affairs
American Electric Power
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Tom Cox, President
Golfballs.com, Inc.
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Hank Danos, President
Danos
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Christopher Dicharry, Partner
Kean Miller LLP
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Maura Donahue,Executive Vice President
DonahueFavret Contractors, Inc.
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Eduardo DoVal, Site Director, Louisiana Operations
The Dow Chemical Company
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Keith P. Duet, Owner
Duet Wealth Management
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Reggie Dupre, Owner
Dupre Logistics, LLC
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Michael Echols, Director of Business Development
Vantage Health Plan
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Ronald Evans, Owner
International Packaging Company, LLC
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Denise Evans, CFO
Training Logic, Inc.
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Art Favre, Chair / President
Performance Contractors
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Courtney A. Fenet, Jr., VP & Special Assistant to CEO and President
R. E. Heidt Construction Company, L.L.C.
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William Fenstermaker, Chairman & CEO
Fenstermaker
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John J. Finan, Jr., Immediate Past Chair
President/CEO
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health Systems, Inc.
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Wayne J. Fontana, Attorney
Fontana & Seelman, LLP
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Marlowe Foster, Government Affairs, Gulf Coast Region
BASF Corporation
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Justin Furnace, Corporate Manager of External Affairs
Hilcorp Energy Company
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David Gaines, CEO, System Retail Services and Vice President of Public Affairs
Ochsner Health Systems
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Todd Gregory, Vice President of South Central Group
Cintas Corporation
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Lane Grigsby, Chairman Emeritus
Cajun Industries, LLC
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George H. Guidry, Jr., Reg. Mgr., State Govt. Affairs
Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC
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Tyson Hackenberg, Vice President / General Manager
APTIM
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Gregory J. Hamer, President
B & G Food Enterprises, LLC
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Stephen J. Hamilton, Process Division Manager
ExxonMobil Chemical Company
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Bryan Hanks (serving as Trade Association Representative on behalf of LOGA)
President
Beta Land Services, LLC
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Lester Hart, General Manager
Nucor Steel Louisiana, LLC
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Chris Haskew, Louisiana Market President
Capital One Bank Louisiana
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Tom Hawkins, President
Atmos Energy
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Mike Hayes,Public Affairs Manager
Sasol Chemicals (USA), LLC
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Thomas E. Iles, Director, State Public Affairs
John Deere Thibodaux, Inc.
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Michael T. Johnson, Founder & Owner
Johnson Siebeneicher & Ingram, Attorneys at Law
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Bryan Jones, Gulf Coast Deputy Office Leader
HNTB Corporation
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John F. Jones,Vice President, Policy and Federal Legislative Affairs
CenturyLink
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Steve M. Jordan, CEO
Central Crude, Inc.
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Mark Joslin, CFO
Pool Corporation
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Dana Keel, Government and Public Affairs Manager
CITGO Petroleum Corporation
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Christopher M. Kinsey, CEO
Kinsey Interests, Inc.
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James M. Lapeyre, Jr., President
Laitram, LLC
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Gary Littlefield, President, Baton Rouge
Gulf Coast Bank & Trust
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Felicia Manuel, Vice President
Ville Platte Iron Works, Inc.
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Martin Mayer,President
Stirling Properties, Inc.
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Marjorie McKeithen, Partner
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre
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Jude Melville, President
Business First Bank
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Ralph R. Miller, Vice President
Freeport-McMoRan
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Robert Mills, Vice President
Calumet Lubricants Company
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Jessica Monroe, Director, State Government Affairs
Johnson & Johnson HCS
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Jody Montelaro, VP, Louisiana Governmental Affairs & Regulatory Affairs
Entergy Corporation
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Danny Montelaro, South Louisiana Area President
Regions Bank
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Spencer Murphy, General Counsel
Canal Barge Company
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Todd Murphy (serving in capacity as LACCE president) / President
Jefferson Chamber of Commerce
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Mark Myrtue, Treasurer & Corporate Secretary
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc.
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Tom O’Neal, President
O’Nealgas, Inc.
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Reldon Owens, Marketing & Sales Director
Diamond B Construction, LLC and Affiliated Companies
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Frederick B. Palmer, State Government Relations Manager – Southeast U.S.
Shell Oil Company
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Nial Patel, Vice President
Cornerstone Government Affairs
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James Pellerin, President
Pellerin Milnor Corporation
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Sonia Perez, Secretary / President
AT&T Louisiana
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Ronald W. Petree, Senior Vice President
St. Martin Bank & Trust Co.
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Scott Poole, Chief Operating Officer
MARTCO LLC
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E. Fredrick Preis, Jr.,Partner, Labor & Employment Law Section
Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P
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Arthur Price,Vice President – Finance
Badger Oil Corporation
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Molly Quirk, Public Affairs Specialist
State Farm Insurance Company
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David Roberts, CEO
Excel Group
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Kenneth L. Ross, Managing Partner
Seale & Ross
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Gordon E. Rountree, Senior Vice President / General Counsel
Lafayette General Medical Center
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Phillip Rozeman, President
Cardiovascular Consultants, LLP
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Donna Saurage, Manager, CCC Holdings, L.L.C.
Community Coffee Company, LLC
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David Shuffield, General Manager – Louisiana
LafargeHolcim U.S.
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Tony Simmons, CEO
Mcllhenny Company
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Christel C. Slaughter, Partner
SSA Consultants, Inc.
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Erich Sternberg,CEO
Starmount Life Insurance
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Tim Stine, Vice Chair / CFO
Stine Lumber Company
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Dana Stumpf, Chief Administrative Officer
Durr Heavy Construction, LLC
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Brian Verrette, Credit, Risk, and Depots Manager
Bayou Steel Group
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Jennifer Vosburg, President, Louisiana Generating LLC & Sr. VP NRG Energy Inc.
NRG Energy, Inc.
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Stephen Waguespack (ex officio) / President & CEO
LABI
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John Walters (serving in capacity as Small Business Council chair) / Vice President of Governmental Relations
Associated Builders and Contractors of Louisiana, Inc.
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David H. Welch, President & CEO
Stone Energy Corporation
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George Wilson, Jr., Chairman
Barriere Construction Company, LLC
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William Windham, President
Windham, LLC