New Orleans mayor recall organizer, Eileen Carter, shares that their petition collected enough signatures to oust the city's leader, Mayor LaToya Cantrell.
"Putting your middle finger to residents isn't necessarily going to get you cheers during a recall election," Carter told Fox News.
"We’re like Gotham down here," Carter said."It’s sad to say, but that’s kind of what people are calling us, and we’re calling ourselves that."— a 116% increase from 2019, according to the New Orleans City Council crime database. Carjackings rose by 165% in the two-year period. Babs, also of the Big Easy, said many of her friends are afraid to sign the petition in fear of retaliation.
"We have an administration of intimidation and fear tactics," Carter told Fox News."They will take your job. They will take your livelihood."previously labeled the recall campaign
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