Troy Carter
Troy A. Carter, Sr. has served as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district since 2021. He was previously a member of the Louisiana State Senate for the 7th district. A member of the Democratic Party, Carter also previously served on the New Orleans City Council and as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Education
After graduating from Oliver Perry Walker High School in Algiers, Carter attended Xavier University of Louisiana, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration and political science. He has completed programs at the Harvard Kennedy School and Carnegie Mellon University's School of Urban and Public Affairs.
CPC and NDC
Troy Carter is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the Congressional Black Caucus and the New Democrat Coalition.
Pro-Hamas 'Ceasefire' Letter by Troy Carter
On December 1, 2023, Representative Troy Carter wrote a letter signed by ten members of congress demanding that Joe Biden use his "immense influence" to convince Israel stop their campaign against the terror organization Hamas in the wake of the terror attack on October 7, 2023. The letter mentioned the goal of a "two-state solution" three times. "We urge you to use your immense influence and the full power of your office to continue negotiations and extend the bilateral pause beyond tomorrow so that both sides can build towards a bilateral ceasefire and, ultimately, a two-state solution."[1] The letter called for a euphamistically named "ceasefire" mirroring the Ceasefire Now Resolution introduced in the House on October 16, 2023 and initiated by Cori Bush, Rashida Tlaib, Summer Lee, and Delia Ramirez:
- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) led 10 Members of Congress in sending a letter to President Biden, calling for him to support a bilateral ceasefire in the ongoing Middle East conflict.
- Rep. Carter was joined in sending the letter by Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ), André Carson (D-IN), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), and Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. (D-GA).
Birmingham Democratic Socialists of America reposted reference to Troy Carter's letter on December 2, 2023. [2]
No to China committee
Sixty-five Democrats in the House of Representatives voted on Tuesday January 10, 2022, against creating a committee to investigate China and find ways to counter the communist country’s growing international influence.
The House overwhelmingly voted to create the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party on a 365 to 65 margin, in one of the first votes since the Republicans took control of the chamber.
However, even though some members did not vote, all 65 lawmakers who voted against the committee’s creation were Democrats, including Troy Carter.
Cuban connections
Cuban diplomats
On June 25, 204, FBI agents phoned New Orleans Cuba solidarity activist Jack Reno Sweeney to attempt to interrogate him about his work. A week prior to calling him, they visited his former apartment, and then called his mother on June 24. They called his mother a second time two days later.
This harassment came after Reno Sweeney hosted Cuban diplomats in the city from May 22 to May 24. The visit fostered solidarity between New Orleanians and the Cuban people, and fought the U.S. embargo on trade and aid to the island.
Fight Back! interviewed Reno Sweeney about the trip and the FBI harassment. He’s a good example of what to do if an agent shows up at your door - don’t talk to the FBI. The FBI will try to find ways to throw you off guard, call at odd hours, show up at your home or work, contact family or whoever they can get ahold of. In every case, you tell them that you have nothing to say. If you have a lawyer, you can say that you legal representative might contact them. Jack Reno Sweeney is the co-chair of New Orleans Democratic Socialists of America and a member of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization.
Fight Back!: What did you do with Cuban diplomats during their visit?
Jack Reno Sweeney: We met with representatives of the City Council to try to get the ball rolling on an anti-embargo resolution. We met with Congressman Troy Carter’s local district office, he had been to the island multiple times and opposes the embargo.
We introduced them to a lot of local groups who were either interested in ending the embargo or otherwise. Many were interested because they were labor groups or student organizations that supported Cuba.[3]
Removing Cuba from 'terror' list
Tweet from Bob Murrell.
Cuba, December 2022
On the weekend of December 9th, 2022 Reps. Mark Pocan (WI), Troy Carter (LA), and James McGovern (MA) traveled to Havana, Cuba to meet with Cuban officials, including president Miguel Diaz-Canel and U.S. medical students.
Rep. McGovern’s appearance in Cuba is of particular note as he is a co-chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), a U.S. agency dedicated to studying and countering nefarious Chinese regime influence in America and advocating against Beijing’s human rights violations. Cuba is a client state of China’s, most recently receiving $100 million in aid from China following Díaz-Canel’s visit to Beijing a month ago.
According to the Castro regime’s National Assembly, the Democrats’ delegation first held a meeting with communist Cuban lawmakers on Friday promoting the “normalization” of relations between the United States and Cuba.
Cuba’s National Assembly informed via a press release published on Saturday that, following their meeting with the communist lawmakers, the Democrat delegation was received by the president of Cuba’s National Assembly, Esteban Lazo Hernandez and his delegation.
Lazo Hernández “highlighted” the transcendence of the meeting while expressing that “as neighbors, the closer we are, the better we should relate to each other.”
“We want to work together with you to tear down the walls, to have a more mature and constructive relationship, for the benefit of the peoples of Cuba and the United States,” McGovern stated. The U.S. representative reportedly added that, according to him, there are no reasons for Cuba to have been included in the United States’ list of state sponsors of terrorism.
On Saturday, the Democrat congressmen were received by the Castro regime’s puppet president Miguel Diaz-Canel, the Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, and other government officials.[4]
Climate resilience workforce
On Monday, February 7, 2022 U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and Deputy Secretary Julie Su will visit New Orleans to speak on the Biden-Harris Administration’s focus on labor and supporting the climate resilience workforce.
As part of federal investments under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the visit looks to emphasize local workforce solutions through a roundtable discussion.
Key officials in attendance at Monday’s meeting include:
- Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards
- Representative Troy Carter
- Mayor LaToya Cantrell
- Saket Soni with Resillence Force[5]
Collective PAC
Troy Carter is a former State Senator from New Orleans who won a special election in April 2021 to represent Louisiana’s 2nd District.
The Collective PAC–a national organization that works to increase the ranks of Black elected officials across the country–endorsed Carter’s campaign. Co-founders Quentin James and Stefanie Brown James released a congratulatory statement following his win that said in part: “As we push to expand racial justice and equity across the country, this work has never been more important and we’re excited to see leaders like Troy get to work in Washington.”
They added, “[h]is leadership in the House of Representatives will be critical in holding Republicans accountable and advancing an agenda that gives voice to the systemic inequalities that continue to hold back our most vulnerable communities.”[6]
Mark Morial connection
Troy Carter with Marc Morial.
Ernest Morial connection
Troy Carter with Ernest N. Morial.
John Lewis connection
Charles Frye Memorial Lecture
NEW ORLEANS (FEB 16, 2023) Southern University at New Orleans’ Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS), in partnership with the Lyceum at SUNO, hosted the 7th Charles Frye Memorial Lecture on February 16, 2023.
Chokwe Antar Lumumba, the Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, presented “Governing While Black: The Challenges of Leading Jackson, Mississippi.”
“Our university has spent the last few years researching and developing strategies to combat the challenges that plague New Orleans, like education attainment, health disparities, employment, income, poverty, and crime. So, we are very honored to have Mayor Lumumba on our campus for this critical conversation,” James H. Ammons, Jr., Executive Vice President of the Southern University System and Chancellor of Southern University at New Orleans, said.
The Charles Frye Memorial Lecture honors the memory of the first full-time director of SUNO’s Center for African and African American Studies, Charles Frye, Ph.D. The Charles Frye Memorial Lecturers are leading scholars, intellectuals, and political pundits.
Dr. Eddie Glaude, Jr., Marc H. Morial, Donna Brazile, Angela A. Allen-Bell, State Representative Edmond Jordan, and United States Representative Troy Carter are previous Charles Frye Memorial lecturers.[7]