Early in 2016, Gunn told the Louisiana radio broadcaster [[Moon Griffon]] that he opposed [[U.S. President]] [[Barack Obama]]'s [[executive order]] to enhance gun control and supported [[Donald Trump]] in the 2016 presidential election and another Republican, retired Air Force Colonel [[Rob Manes]]s for the [[United States Senate]] seat vacated by [[David Vitter]], whom Gunn had also backed for governor in 2015 in the unsuccessful race against the Democrat [[John Bel Edwards]]. Gunn was also critical of state Republican lawmakers, with whose ranks he had been loosely aligned while a legislator, for having supported Edwards' unsuccessful choice for [[Speaker]] though the Republican [[Taylor Barras]] of New Iberia was finally elected as Speaker.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 5, 2016.</ref> | Early in 2016, Gunn told the Louisiana radio broadcaster [[Moon Griffon]] that he opposed [[U.S. President]] [[Barack Obama]]'s [[executive order]] to enhance gun control and supported [[Donald Trump]] in the 2016 presidential election and another Republican, retired Air Force Colonel [[Rob Manes]]s for the [[United States Senate]] seat vacated by [[David Vitter]], whom Gunn had also backed for governor in 2015 in the unsuccessful race against the Democrat [[John Bel Edwards]]. Gunn was also critical of state Republican lawmakers, with whose ranks he had been loosely aligned while a legislator, for having supported Edwards' unsuccessful choice for [[Speaker]] though the Republican [[Taylor Barras]] of New Iberia was finally elected as Speaker.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 5, 2016.</ref> |