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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry , Donald Trump Jr. , rapper 50 Cent and other MAGA-aligned figures suffered a big loss Saturday when voters in the Bayou State rejected various amendments to the state constitution. Landry spent a large amount of political capital advocating for the four proposed amendments Amendment 1 would have permitted the state to establish regional and statewide specialized courts, and also gave the state Supreme Court the authority to penalize out-of-state attorneys for unprofessional conduct in Louisiana. Amendment 2 aimed to reduce the highest marginal income tax rate at the state level and included several additional measures. Most crucially, it proposed reallocating hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue from the state’s reserve funds directly into the general fund. This shift would have made it simpler for both Landry and state lawmakers to utilize these funds as they saw fit. the Louisiana Illuminator reported . 50 Cent, whose actu...