Shane Guidry , a confidant of Gov. Jeff Landry who often serves as his point person for New Orleans issues, said a series of posts on his fishing team’s Instagram story blasting Black leaders — including one asking “Why are Black leaders so ignorant” — were put there by a guest on the team’s fishing trip to the British Virgin Islands.

Guidry, whose fishing group is called Team Harvey, said the guest made that and three other posts criticizing Black leaders but quickly deleted them. He said the guest apologized but did not wish to comment.

Another post featured a headline about New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s indictment and was captioned, “Why do so many black female politicians feel so invincible.”

“We absolutely disagree with what they wrote,” Guidry said Sunday evening, adding th

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