One of my FB semi-relatives was excited that he might not come back and the Dem governor will be able to replace him with a dem congressman. True?
The LA. governor is a democrat in a predominately republican state, if he was to replace Scalise with a D, that would be the end of the governor on that day, politically speaking and quite possibly literally speaking. Steve Scalise district is the lower part of LA. and east of Baton Roge to the Mississippi state line, which is bayou and country folk, not the liberal cities of N.O. Baton Rouge, Lafayette, its a nice chunk of LA., he's a good ol' country boy that lives in Jefferson Parish.
That would be a really, REALLY bad move to make, not just for his political future, but for the entire
country as well.
Right now, the Senate is 52R - 48D, I have no doubt that there are a shitload of Libs out there that are hoping
and praying (and not thinking about the consequences), that the Gov. would appoint a Dem to make the voting
block an uncomfortably close 51R - 49D.
Doing so would send out a message to any whack jobs of both political persuasions that they can change the
numbers in their favor by assassinating a Congress critter or two. I wouldn't be surprised if the shooter may have had
that in mind all along.