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New Orleans Mayor Bans Grammy-Winning Christian Singer Lauren Daigle from Dick Clark\'s New Year\'s Eve Show
You may have trouble believing this one. I know I did.
ZitatChristian performing artist Lauren Daigle has won a couple of Grammys and five Billboard Music awards, but her talent and popularity notwithstanding, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell claims she committed the unpardonable sin.
That would be performing without a mask in a “Let Us Worship” protest gathering in November in the French Quarter’s Jackson Square. The protest was organized by evangelical activist Sean Feucht and was held without a city permit.
“Ms. Daigle cannot and should not be rewarded with national media exposure and the public spotlight,” Cantrell told Dick Clark Productions in a December 9 letter that was made available to the media. Cantrell was referring to the annual “Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve” show.
“She harmed our people, she risked the lives of our residents, and she strained our first responders in a way that is unconscionable — during a public health crisis. This is not who we are, and she cannot be allowed to represent New Orleans and the people she willfully endangered.”
Cantrell’s letter sparked outrage among other Louisiana office-holders, especially Attorney General Greg Landry and Lieutenant-Governor Billy Nungresser. Cantrell is a Democrat, while Landry and Nungresser are Republicans.
“The result of her actions was a decision by Dick Clark Productions to pull Lauren Daigle from the lineup and any celebration from Louisiana to be broadcast worldwide,” Nungresser said in a statement Tuesday.