“Ms. Daigle cannot and should not be rewarded with national media exposure and the public spotlight,” Cantrell told Dick Clark Productions in a December 9 letter that was made available to the media. Cantrell was referring to the annual “Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve” show.
“She harmed our people, she risked the lives of our residents, and she strained our first responders in a way that is unconscionable — during a public health crisis. This is not who we are, and she cannot be allowed to represent New Orleans and the people she willfully endangered.”
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Landry zeroed in on the constitutional concerns raised by Cantrell’s censorious demand.
“Your rights to protest and worship are enshrined in the First Amendment. I vow to do everything in my power to protect them,” he wrote in a letter to Daigle that he made public via Twitter.
“And I offer my assistance to work with more hospitable regions in our state, like your home Parish of Lafayette, if you and Dick Clark Productions wish to move the event,” Landry added.
“She harmed our people, she risked the lives of our residents, and she strained our first responders in a way that is unconscionable — during a public health crisis. This is not who we are, and she cannot be allowed to represent New Orleans and the people she willfully endangered.”
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Landry zeroed in on the constitutional concerns raised by Cantrell’s censorious demand.
“Your rights to protest and worship are enshrined in the First Amendment. I vow to do everything in my power to protect them,” he wrote in a letter to Daigle that he made public via Twitter.
“And I offer my assistance to work with more hospitable regions in our state, like your home Parish of Lafayette, if you and Dick Clark Productions wish to move the event,” Landry added.
