Jindal Defends Low Numbers in Louisiana

‘If folks are looking for popular politician … that’s not what our country needs’

KING: “But your approval ratings governor, sorry to interrupt you but I know our time is limited.”

JINDAL: “Sure.”

KING: “Your approval rating in your home state of Louisiana is not so great, in fact they’re at an all-time low. How do you intend to translate that to a national stage if people in your own state are saying, well, we have some issues with you?”

JINDAL: “Well two things. I’d say, I'd ask people to actually look at what we've accomplished in Louisiana. There are a lot of folks talking a great talk in this race. We’ve actually accomplished, in our state we've cut our budget 26 percent. Over 30,000 fewer state bureaucrats than the day I took office. More people working than ever before earning a higher income than ever before in my state’s history. I came into office, we were talking about Katrina, I came into office a couple of years after Katrina. Our state was reeling. We had 25 years in a row with out-migration. We reversed that. We've got statewide school choice. We have proven we can shrink government, grow the private sector economy. If folks are looking for a popular politician, you can govern by the polls. You can kiss babies, cut ribbons, don’t do anything. That's not what our country needs. We're in serious trouble right now. We've got to shrink or federal government and grow our private sector economy. I’ve done that in Louisiana. [I can do that in D.C.]” 

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