On January 13, 2020, Zeringue was among twenty-three Republican lawmakers, known as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]], who voted for the [[Moderate Republican]] [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish, whose election as [[Speaker]] depended heavily on the votes of thirty-five Democratic lawmakers, along with the Republican defectors. Statewide [[radio]] commentator [[Moon Griffon]] coined the term "Fraud Squad" for the twenty-three dissidents nominally in the Republican Party.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 23, 2020.</ref> | On January 13, 2020, Zeringue was among twenty-three Republican lawmakers, known as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]], who voted for the [[Moderate Republican]] [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish, whose election as [[Speaker]] depended heavily on the votes of thirty-five Democratic lawmakers, along with the Republican defectors. Statewide [[radio]] commentator [[Moon Griffon]] coined the term "Fraud Squad" for the twenty-three dissidents nominally in the Republican Party.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 23, 2020.</ref> |