Louisiana professor quits in protest over rightwinger’s victory in governor’s race

Robert Mann says Trump-backed Jeff Landry urged LSU to fire him and attacks university leadership for cowardice and appeasement'

A prominent professor at Louisiana's largest public university has said he is resigning after an extremist Republican candidate won the state's gubernatorial election - a victory some fear could accelerate the already conservative-dominated state's march into unfettered rightwing governance.

Robert Mann, a journalism professor at Louisiana State University's Manship School of Mass Communication and a well-known political commentator, said he will step down at the end of the academic year in response to Jeff Landry's victory in the election to become governor.