BATON ROUGE, LA – Following recent unwanted publicity involving one of its volunteers, organizers behind the effort to recall Governor Jeff Landry reportedly spent the weekend conducting what insiders described as an “emergency rewrite” of the campaign’s volunteer code of conduct.
Sources said the original handbook consisted of little more than “be polite” and “bring your own clipboard,” but has since expanded into a 63-page document covering everything from appropriate public behavior to avoiding actions that cause campaign staff to simultaneously sigh and reach for the crisis communications binder.
Among the newly proposed rules is a section specifically reminding volunteers not to shoot at random people in cars, regardless of political affiliation or whether they think it’s “just a harmless prank.”
Organizers also reportedly added reminders encouraging volunteers to stay out of booking photos, avoid becoming statewide headlines, and refrain from creating situations that require campaign spokespersons to begin every interview with the phrase, “To be clear, that individual was acting entirely on their own.”
Sources say the campaign is also considering a new interview question asking prospective volunteers to describe the last time they made the evening news, with bonus points awarded for answering “never.”
