The city of New Orleans is poised to remove four statues of Confederate figures, including statues of General Lee and Confederate President Jefferson Davis, but Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is reportedly planning to intervene on behalf of the Confederacy.
The city will not be allowed to remove the statues if Bobby Jindal has anything to say about it.
As a committee of city government called Thursday for taking down four controversial statues that celebrate Confederate officials and a white supremacist group’s violent fight against a biracial state government during Reconstruction, Gov. Bobby Jindal’s office said it is looking into whether he can use the power of his office to keep the monuments in place. [...]
“Gov. Jindal opposes the tearing down of these historical statues and has instructed his staff to look into the Heritage Act to determine the legal authority he has as governor to stop it,” Doug Cain, his spokesman, said in an emailed statement.
It's not yet clear if Jindal has the executive authority to block the city from removing the statues, but it is clear this will not improve his presidential poll numbers. He's still Bobby Jindal even if he does throw himself at the feet of Jefferson Davis.