The LAGOP Calls for Boycott of Urban League Debate

BATON ROUGE, LA— Today, the Republican Party of Louisiana called on all GOP gubernatorial  candidates to boycott the proposed Urban League debate next week. The debate will be co-hosted by media outlets and is scheduled to be broadcast live. 

“This debate format is a biased sham that is purposely designed to damage Republicans,” stated LAGOP Chairman Louis Gurvich. “No Republican candidate should fall for antics like this. To have the radical Urban League as an outside panelist and not balance its ultra liberal viewpoint with a conservative organization is wrong. The Urban League does not reflect the political views of the great majority of the citizens of this state.”

“GOP candidates must stop falling into traps set by the liberal media. The voters deserve balance and fairness, not a panel of questioners who actively helped to elect John Bel Edwards, who despised Donald Trump, and who opposed the values of this state,” continued Gurvich.

After the 2019 gubernatorial election, in a post election analysis story, The Advocate specifically credited the National Urban League and the Urban League of Louisiana with aiding in Jon Bel Edwards' victory. The story highlighted an Urban League voter turnout program called “Geaux Vote” as “an ostensibly nonpartisan effort that almost entirely benefited the Governor.” (“John Bel Edwards earned a remarkable win for reelection; here’s how he did it,” Baton Rouge Advocate, November 17, 2019).