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And he strongly opposed the unsuccessful candidacy of state Representative [[Julie Stokes]] for Louisiana secretary of state in a special election held on November 6, 2018. "Her closeness to John Bel Edwards bothers me to no end." Griffon said of Stokes.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' August 10, 2018.</ref>
And he strongly opposed the unsuccessful candidacy of state Representative [[Julie Stokes]] for Louisiana secretary of state in a special election held on November 6, 2018. "Her closeness to John Bel Edwards bothers me to no end." Griffon said of Stokes.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' August 10, 2018.</ref>
===Griffon coins the term, "Fraud Squad"===
In 2020, Griffon coined the term [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]] to refer to twenty-three [[Moderate Republicans]] in the Louisiana House of Representatives who broke ranks with the conservative majority to join thirty-five Democratic lawmakers and two Independents to make [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish the state House [[Speaker]], rather than the caucus selection, Representative [[Sherman Mack]] of Livingston Parish. Schexnayder had sixty votes, fifteen more than the forty-rive for Mack. Griffon subsequently compared the Fraud Squad to Louisiana Republican defector John L. "Jay" Dardenne, Jr., and U.S. Senator [[Mitt Romney]] of [[Utah]], the only Republican in the chamber to vote to convict President [[Donald Trump]] on a single article of [[impeachment]].<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' February 6, 2020.</ref>
In 2020, Griffon coined the term [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]] to refer to twenty-three [[Moderate Republicans]] in the Louisiana House of Representatives who broke ranks with the conservative majority to join thirty-five Democratic lawmakers and two Independents to make [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish the state House [[Speaker]], rather than the caucus selection, Representative [[Sherman Mack]] of Livingston Parish. Schexnayder had sixty votes, fifteen more than the forty-rive for Mack. Griffon subsequently compared the Fraud Squad to Louisiana Republican defector John L. "Jay" Dardenne, Jr., and U.S. Senator [[Mitt Romney]] of [[Utah]], the only Republican in the chamber to vote to convict President [[Donald Trump]] on a single article of [[impeachment]].<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' February 6, 2020.</ref>