WE INTERRUPT THIS CONCESSION
SPEECH TO GO TO A RUNOFF
VICTORIES EACH WITH JOHN BELL
EDWARDS.
I AM SO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE
FUTURE OF OUR GREAT DAY BECAUSE
I'M SO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE
FUTURE OF THIS GREAT CAMPAIGN.
I WANT TO TELL YOU I'VE
DEVELOPED A TRUE AFFECTION FOR
JAY DARDENNE.
THEY BOTH RAN TREMENDOUS RACES.
THEY ARE GOOD PUBLIC SERVANTS.
I LIKE THEM AWFUL LOT.
I WANT TO REACH OUT UNTIL THE
LABOR FOR THEM.
I WAS INTRODUCED BY MY WIFE
DONNA WHO IS BEEN MY PARTNER FOR
26 YEARS.
I
KNOW THAT SHE IS THE STAR OF
THIS CAMPAIGN BECAUSE OF THAT
COMMERCIAL THAT SHE RAN AREA
I
KNOW THIS IS NOT HER MORE THAN
IT'S ABOUT ME.
I HAVE ALL OF MY EXTENDED FAMILY
HERE TONIGHT INCLUDING MY MOTHER
.
THEIR SMALL RIGHT NOW.
ONCE THEY CALLED MY SUPPORTERS.
NO ONE WHO DOES THIS ALONE.
I KNOW THAT BETTER THAN ANYBODY.
I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE
WORKING SO HARD FOR SO LONG AREA
ALL WANT TO CALL OTHER COUPLE OF
INDIVIDUALS.
DONNA AND I WERE MARRIED A
LITTLE OVER 26 YEARS AGO.
ONE MY WEST POINT ROOMMATES IS
HERE TONIGHT.
ANOTHER WANT MY WEST POINT
CLASSMATES IS HERE.
I WANT TO INVITE ALL OF THE
VOTERS OUT THERE WHO DIDN'T VOTE
FOR ME TONIGHT
TO COME TO OUR
CAMPAIGN.
SO THAT TOGETHER WE CAN PUT
LOUISIANA FIRST.
WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL STATE.
WHEN I WAS IN THE ARMY TRAVELING
AROUND DONNA
AND I ALWAYS KNEW
WE WERE COMING HOME AND HOME FOR
US WAS LOUISIANA.
WHAT WONDERFUL PEOPLE,
HARD-WORKING GENEROUS PEOPLE WE
HAVE IN LOUISIANA AREA MY FAITH
IN OUR STATE IS RENEWED.
AT THE SAME TIME WE CANNOT
PRETEND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE HURTING IN
LOUISIANA AREA
WE HAVE TO
RESTORE THAT SENSE OF OPTIMISM
AND OPPORTUNITY.
WE WILL DO THAT WITH GOOD
LEADERSHIP.
FOR EIGHT YEARS OUR PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN SACRIFICING FOR BOBBY
JINDAL'S AMBITION.
NO MORE.
WE WILL CORRAL THAT.
THERE'S A LOT WE HAVE TO DO.
WE DID AN HONEST DISCIPLINES
GOVERNOR WITH THE LEADERSHIP
ABILITY TO BRING PEOPLE
TOGETHER.
REGARDLESS OF RACE GENDER PARTY
JOB.
THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP THAT I
LEARNED.
MY LEADERSHIP IN THE
LEGISLATURE.
STANDING AT THE BOBBY JINDAL
WHEN HE WAS AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS
POWER WHEN HE WAS WRONG FOR THE
STATE.
WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL STATE AND
WONDERFUL STATEMENT IT THERE
WILL HAVE TO BE SACRIFICED IN
PROSPERITY.
INTO LIMITED TO A FEW.
WE HAVE TO EVEN THE STORE.
AND THAT'S ABOUT IT WAS YOUR
NEXT GOVERNOR.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP
PRETENDING THAT ALL IS OK.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE DO WITH WHAT
WE HAVE AND WORK LESS.
HE CAN DO MORE WITH LESS ONE DAY
YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING FOR
NOTHING AREA IT DOESN'T WORK
THAT WAY IN MY HOUSE ON A
BUSINESS.
SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN I SAY
WE'RE GOING TO PUT LOUISIANA
FIRST AGAIN?
I'M GETTING INVEST IN HIGHER
EDUCATION.
WE'RE GOING TO INVEST IN HIGHER
EDUCATION.
WE WILL STOP THE DOUBLE-DIGIT
ANNUAL TUITION INCREASES MARKET.
AND MAKE IT SO THEY CAN START
THEIR CAREERS.
BATON ROUGE.
THEY CAN ABOUT BANKRUPTCY.
WE CAN'T HAVE THAT.
IF LSU IS THINKING ABOUT
THAT
TAKING ABOUT YOUR BALANCE OUT
THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN.
THEY ARE FUNDED LESS THAN LSU.
THE ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE.
WHEN
WE STOP THE DOUBLE-DIGIT
TUITION INCREASES WE WILL DO
THAT AS WELL.
MORE TALKING ABOUT
EDUCATION THE
LAST PERSON I TALKED TO EVERY
NIGHT IS A TEACHER.
NOW WE HAVE TO RESPECT OUR
EDUCATORS AGAIN.
GOING TO IMPROVE EDUCATION.
OUR TEACHERS ARE GOING TO HAVE A
SEAT AT THE TABLE.
WILL MAKE SURE WOMEN ARE PAID
THE SAME AS MEN.
AND YOU HASN'T CONGRESS WILL DO
IT WE WILL INCREASE THE MINIMUM
WAGE.
SEVEN DOLLARS AND CORNER IS NOT
MINIMUM WAGE IN 2015.
IT'S A LITTLE REPETITIVE.
WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND HEALTH
CARE COVERAGE FOR WORKING
FAMILIES IN AMERICA.
ODDLY
ENOUGH, THE REPUBLICAN
GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION SPENT OVER
A MILLION DOLLARS ATTACKING ME
FOR WANTING TO DO RIGHT THING IN
LOUISIANA.
ALL
THREE OF MY REPUBLICAN
PROPONENTS IN THIS RACE EMBRACE
TO SOME DEGREE OR ANOTHER THE
MEDICAID EXPANSION.
LET ME TELL YOU, I DON'T KNOW
WHERE THEY'VE BEEN.
LET ME TELL YOU, IF THAT'S THE
BEST THEY GOD GRACE YOURSELVES.
OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, DAVID
BETTER IS GOING TO SPEND
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS LYING ABOUT
MY RECORD IN MY VALUES AND MY
SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY AND TO
OUR STATE.
HE'S DESPERATE.
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SELL MY
SOUL.
I LIVE BY THE HONOR
CODE
I WILL
NOT CHEAT STEAL OR TOLERATE
THOSE WHO DO.
NOW, SOMEHOW
THE LEAST EFFECTIVE
SENATOR AND THE UNITED STATES
SENATE WANTS TO BE OUR NEXT
GOVERNOR.
WHEN NOT GOING TO ALLOW THAT TO
HAPPEN.
LET ME TELL YOU, SENATOR VITTER
IS GOING TO TRY TO MAKE THIS
RACE ABOUT EVERYTHING BY WHAT'S
IMPORTANT TO US HERE IN
LOUISIANA.
HE'S NOT GOING TO FOCUS ON YOU
OR THE STATE OR BATON ROUGE, IS
GOING TO TRY TO DISTRACT YOU A
DIFFERENT YOUR ATTENTION.
I STUDY THE ART OF WAR I KNOW
ALL ABOUT DIVERSIONARY TACTIC.
THAT ISN'T GOING TO WORK.
THE PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA ARE
BETTER THAN THAT AND SMARTER
THAN THAT.
HE'S GOING TO TRY TO DIVIDE US.
HE WANTS TO RELATE TO CERTAIN
PEOPLE'S BIGOTRY.
I WANT YOU TO BRACE YOURSELF
BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE
A
REAL TOUGH RUN TO WATCH UNFOLD
ON TV.
JUST CAN BE THAT WAY.
I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I'M NOT BE THE ONE DOING
IT, I
HAVE NOT RUN A SINGLE NEGATIVE
SPOT IN THE TWO YEARS THAT I'VE
BEEN RUNNING THIS CAMPAIGN AREA
NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT
DAVID
VENDOR IS GOING TO TRY TO PUT
THE FOCUS ON THE PRESIDENT IN
WASHINGTON DC.
IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THOSE ARE
OUR BIGGEST PROBLEMS IN
LOUISIANA, HE NEEDS TO STAY IN
WASHINGTON.
BY THE WAY I INTEND TO MAKE SURE
THAT HAPPENS.
AT LEAST FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
THE TRUTH IS, OVER THE LAST
EIGHT YEARS NOBODY HAS DONE MORE
TO HURT LOUISIANA THE BOBBY
JINDAL.
AND YET DAVID BETTER SAYS HE
RESPECTS KINDLE.
HE ENDORSED HIM IN 2011.
THERE FAILED LEADERSHIP
HAS
BANKRUPTED OUR STAY.
WE CANNOT AFFORD THIRD GENERAL
TERM.
THAT IS WHAT DAVID BETTER OFFERS
YOU ACCEPT GENTLE ON STEROIDS.
DON'T THINK ABOUT IT TOO LONG AS
I DON'T WANT ANYBODY THROW.
THAT'S WHAT HE OFFERS YOU.
WHAT I OFFER YOU IS THIS, I
WILL
ALWAYS PUT LOUISIANA FIRST.
MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT
IT, I WILL
GLADLY STAND OUT TO THE MEN AND
WOMEN OF EITHER PARTY WHEN THEY
WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS
RIGHT FOR LOUISIANA.
AND NOW PROUDLY STAND UP AND
FIGHT AGAINST ANYONE WITH A
STAND UP FOR THEM OR DO
SOMETHING THAT IS BAD FOR
LOUISIANA.
THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO PUT
LOUISIANA FIRST.
IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE.
THAT IS MY RECORD IN THE
LEGISLATION AND THAT'S THE WAY
I'M GOING.
WHY IS IT THAT HE DOES NOT WANT
TO GO TO THE BASE?
THE PEOPLE IN LOUISIANA DESERVE
BETTER.
WHAT HAPPENED THE LAST TIME THE
STATE ELECTED GOVERNOR?
WE GOT BOBBY JINDAL.
WHO NEEDS THAT?
ONLY ONCE SHAME ON ME FOR ME
TWICE.
CHALLENGE DAVID RIDDER TO SHOW
UP.
HE NEEDS TO SHOW UP AND ANSWER
THE QUESTIONS.
BY THE WAY THOSE MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS ARE COMING
IN FROM OUT
OF STATE SPECIAL INTERESTS WHO
ARE SPENDING MONEY TO STOP ME
BECAUSE THEY KNOW IS YOUR NEXT
GOVERNOR ALAN TO WORK FOR YOU.
I ALSO CHALLENGE SENATOR
VITTER
WORRIES SENDING OUT PEOPLE TO
ENGAGE IN SURVEILLANCE AND
TRYING CAPTURE ON CAMERA LOOK
FOR THEIR CONVERSATIONS.
WHAT ARE THE POLICE STATE WHAT
YOU HAVE?
FOR ONCE BE DECENT.
NOW, WE'RE GOING TO WIN THIS
ELECTION.
ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER FOR
GENERAL IN THE SELECTION FOR
CHILDREN FOR OUR SENIORS FOR OUR
WORKERS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN
THIS STATE.
WE'RE GOING TO REBUILD LOUISIANA
AND GET BACK
THE FINANCIAL
ACCOUNTABILITY BACK TO
RESPECTABILITY IN LOUISIANA AREA
OF PROMISE YOU I WILL NEVER
EMBARRASS YOU I WILL ALWAYS TELL
YOU THE TRUTH.
I WILL ALWAYS FIGHT FOR
THE
FIRST.
WILL YOU JOIN ME?
GOD BLESS YOU.