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Mincey said that as a legislator, he has "no agenda"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livingstonparishnews.com/news/i-don-t-have-an-agenda-buddy-mincey-jr-holds/article_961cd496-952a-11e9-bc78-abe400d0fb7c.html|title="I Don't Have an Agenda": Buddy Mincey, Jr. holds kickoff fundraiser|author=Drew Walker|date=June 22, 2019|publisher=''Livingston Parish News''|accesdate=November 29, 2019}}</ref> but expects to focus on public education, infrastructure, and flood recovery, issue normally pushed by Democrats.<ref name=minceytakesit/>
Mincey said that as a legislator, he has "no agenda"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livingstonparishnews.com/news/i-don-t-have-an-agenda-buddy-mincey-jr-holds/article_961cd496-952a-11e9-bc78-abe400d0fb7c.html|title="I Don't Have an Agenda": Buddy Mincey, Jr. holds kickoff fundraiser|author=Drew Walker|date=June 22, 2019|publisher=''Livingston Parish News''|accesdate=November 29, 2019}}</ref> but expects to focus on public education, infrastructure, and flood recovery, issue normally pushed by Democrats.<ref name=minceytakesit/>
On January 13, 2020, Mincey 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 House [[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> In choosing Schexnayder, Mincey voted against his Livingston Parish colleague, the more conservative [[Sherman Mack]].
===Mincey joins Democrats in choosing House Speaker===
On January 13, 2020, Mincey 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 House [[Speaker]] depended heavily on the votes of thirty-five Democratic lawmakers, along with two [[Independents]], and 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> In choosing Schexnayder, Mincey voted against his Livingston Parish colleague, the more conservative [[Sherman Mack]] of Albany, Louisiana.
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