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Garofalo won his third term without opposition in the nonpartisan blanket primary on October 12, 2019. On January 13, 2020, he 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 two [[Independent]] legislators, and the Republican defectors.

Garofalo won his third term without opposition in the nonpartisan blanket primary on October 12, 2019. On January 13, 2020, he 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 two [[Independent]] legislators, and the Republican defectors.

Garofalo was named the chairman of the House Education Committee. Speaker Schnexyader, however, proved disloyal to Garofalo, who had joined the Fraud Squad to make Schnexyader the Speaker. The removal occurred because of a comment that Garofalo uttered in committee: "the good, the bad, the ugly" of [[slavery]], went viral. The Black Caucus demanded Garofalo's removal as chairman as a requirement for the African-American legislators to support "tax reform" in the legislative session. [[Tanner Magee]] of Houma in Terrebonne Parish, the No. 2 leader in the House, said that Schexnayder met with Garofalo, but the disagreement could not be resolved.<ref>{{cite web|url=

Garofalo was named the chairman of the House Education Committee. Schnexyader, however, proved disloyal to Garofalo, who had joined the Fraud Squad to make Schnexyader the Speaker. The removal occurred because of a comment that Garofalo uttered in committee, "the good, the bad, the ugly" of [[slavery]], went viral. The Black Caucus demanded Garofalo's removal as chairman as a condition for the thirty-five African-American legislators to support "tax reform" in the legislative session. [[Tanner Magee]] of Houma in Terrebonne Parish, the House Majority Leader and integral part of the Fraud Squad, said that Schexnayder met with Garofalo, but the disagreement could not be resolved.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/politics/2021/05/18/louisiana-house-education-chair-ray-garofalo-ousted-slavery-comment/5141971001/|title=Louisiana House Education Committee chair removed following fallout from slavery comment|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=May 18, 2021}}</ref>

 

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