![]() ![]() “Out of the less than 200 rally-goers, I saw only two people with face masks,” reported environmental investigative journalist and photographer Julie Dermansky on Desmog. While their first event may not have been intended to focus on opposition to mask mandates, that message clearly wasn’t received by those in attendance. But we’re lawful people, so if we have to wear it, we’ll wear it.” “But we’ll follow the law,” Owens interjected. “That was not really the focus of our rallies, and that really won’t be the focus of our upcoming rallies.” “Our event was not about masks,” Crouere told me. At some point, I asked whether to expect the opposition to face masks to be a theme in upcoming rallies. Three weeks ago, we spoke for nearly an hour through FaceTime. “Are you a masker or a free breather?” he roared at the rally, though he already knew the answer.Īfter I asked Crouere and Owens if they’d be willing to respond to a few questions, they were happy to help. The event included Tony Spell, the breakaway Pentecostal preacher whose defiance of the stay-at-home order earlier in the year encouraged over 1,000 members of his church to undermine the public health, providing Spell with his 15 minutes of fame and a warrant for his arrest. Around 200 people attended their first rally, which took place outside of the Governor’s Mansion in Baton Rouge on the Fourth of July, right as Louisiana began to confront a sudden surge in COVID-19 cases. Recently, Crouere and Owens announced that they will be hosting their second “Save America” rally in Jefferson Parish on August 14. Lee-themed Mardi Gras throws, which earned her a lifetime ban from the Krewe of Freret. His style is probably best described as “Young Republican.” He seems most comfortable in a polo and khakis or a suit, which he wears whenever he’s on the air, even when it’s just a taping of He Said, She Said, the weekly radio show he co-hosts with his new girlfriend, Miriam “Mimi” Owens, the race-baiting provocateur who is perhaps best known locally for creating Robert E. Even though he’s just a week shy of his 57th birthday, Jeff Crouere-the pugnacious New Orleans area conservative talk radio host, TV pundit, and columnist-still looks like someone who occasionally gets the question “Can I see some ID?” by no-nonsense bartenders and by-the-book convenience store cashiers. ![]()
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