Louisiana Updates

7/13/09

Audra Shay wins chair of Young Republicans despite accusations of racism on Facebook


As The Huffington Post reports, 38-year-old Audra Shay has won the post of chairman of the Young Republicans, despite accusations that she seemingly endorsed racism on Facebook.
The Daily Beast claims to have "obtained more troubling details about her online musings—despite clear attempts by Shay to scrub her social-networking pages clean."
Salon also tackles the subject with "The Young Republicans elect a real joker."
Shay is an Army veteran, mother and event planner from Louisiana who has been endorsed by her governor, Bobby Jindal, according to a previous post on The Daily Beast.

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