Gov. Jeff Landry and former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu traded barbs Friday on social media, as Landrieu accused the governor of attacking the city and the governor responded by blasting his record.
The two have traded barbs on X, with Landrieu posting a recent guest column in the Times-Picayune on Friday calling on the state to back down on what he characterized as a misguided self-defeating battle with the city.
“If Governor Landry wants to sit back while Louisiana falls behind our neighbors and pick fights with the city driving this state’s economy, so be it,” Landrieu wrote on X. “But I won’t let him lie about New Orleans. New Orleans is an asset…