Amid an ongoing power struggle between state Republicans and New Orleans Democrats, Gov. Jeff Landry said New Orleans is no longer as important to Louisiana’s economic success as it has been in the past.
“Used to be, the saying was, ‘Where goes New Orleans, where goes the state.’ Let me tell you what happened today. That has changed, ” Landry said Monday after a press conference announcing the expansion of an enormous Meta data center project in northeast Louisiana.
“Where goes Louisiana will determine the fate of New Orleans, okay?” the GOP governor said.
Landry’s remarks about New Orleans – the largest Democratic stronghold in Republican Louisiana – come after almost two weeks of feuding between the city’s leaders, the governor and Republican Attorney General Liz Murrill, Landry’s closest political ally.
A New Orleans grand jury indicted Murrill shortly before the July 4 holiday over allegations of malfeasance in office and intimidation of New Orleans elected officials.
I always wonder what would happen if a major metro decided to secede from its state. Not from the country, just from the state. Like if Atlanta was just “We’re not part of Georgia anymore.”
The national guard doesnt have a mission to defend defecting cities. The state has a military. The city has a police force. Whatever stuff is happening in a defecting city would be met with violent demands ofc. Depending on the president, the national guard gets nationalized. The governor declares a state of emergency obv. Troops flow in via the highway system that leads directly to the city. As Hitler and Eisenhower envisioned government response to civil disobedience.
It’s not really seceding but a lot of blue cities in red states have had to consider legal action against overbearing state authority trying to encroach on local government in recent years
Nashville has actually had to do something similar a few times now
https://fox17.com/news/local/2024-nashville-tennessee-metro-wins-lawsuit-against-governor-lee-challenging-council-size-state-davidson-county-middle-tn
https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/06/10/metro-sues-state-again-to-block-airport-board-takeover/
https://www.wkrn.com/news/tennessee-politics/lawsuits-mounting-against-tn-taxpayers-footing-the-bill/
So since the state can’t just stay out of their business, Nashville keeps suing the state, and state tax payers keep having to pay for it.