La. state rep who said 'good, bad, ugly' of slavery removed from Education committee chair
Ray Garofalo, R-Chalmette, has been under fire since making the comment about 3 weeks ago during an exchange with N.O. area State Representative Stephanie Hilferty.
Author: WWL Staff
Updated: 10:39 PM CDT May 17, 2021
BATON ROUGE, La. — The Louisiana state representative who drew fire for his comment about teaching “the good, the bad, the ugly” of slavery has been removed as the chairman of the House Education Committee.
The move was reported by a Tweet from Jeremy Alford, who covers politics in Louisiana. It was re-Tweeted by New Orleans City Councilwoman Helena Moreno.