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November 17, 2019 | 09:58AM ETNews & PoliticsCommenters on the Internet piled on President Donald Trump late Saturday night after the GOP candidate for Lousiana’s governor seat lost to sitting Governor John Bel Edwards who held his seat in a state that Trump carried in 2016 by nearly 20 percentage points.
Trump visited the states multiple times to support Republican Eddie Rispone, but to no avail.
To add insult to injury, a Trump tweet on Saturday that read “Louisiana, 3 hours left, get out and vote for @EddieRispone for Governor. Lower taxes and much more!” was deleted and made unavailable by the president.
You can see a screenshot and responses to the president below:
Good news, Republican Senators! Trump can do for you what he did for Matt Bevin and Eddie Rispone.— Tea Pain (@Tea Pain) 1573968312
In more evidence that everything Trump touches dies, even though Trump held multiple rallies and begged the crowd t… https://t.co/TfFEXYeLiP— Bill Madden (he/him/él) 🇺🇦 (@Bill Madden (he/him/él) 🇺🇦) 1573969273
@RobAnderson2018 The plague is more well liked than trump.— AZNLP79 (@AZNLP79) 1573962648
@RobAnderson2018 The Trump curse continues 😁— Becky Up North 🌻🇺🇦🐶🌊🌈 (@Becky Up North 🌻🇺🇦🐶🌊🌈) 1573962480
@kylegriffin1 @RK_in_LA #TrumpSlump— Linda Gray (@Linda Gray) 1573982043
@kylegriffin1 @Lawrence Another Trump Stooge bites the dust. Oh well— Cmdr.Klink304 (@Cmdr.Klink304) 1573967787
@kylegriffin1 womp womp— Seanchai (@Seanchai) 1573965330
@kylegriffin1 I think it would be a GREAT idea for Elise Stefanik to invite Trump to have a bunch of rallies in NY.— Erik Halvorsen (@Erik Halvorsen) 1573966489
What's the over-under on how many points Trump will claim Rispone was down before he came in and almost saved him?— Jeff Greenfield (@Jeff Greenfield) 1573962264
