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Honestly, I'm not at all sure that that's the optimal strategy, if the goal is to place political pressure.
I am pretty sure that the places that Trump
not to mention Congressional Republicans
cares the most about political pressure affecting are not deep red states that would vote for a dead orangutan if it were running on a Republican ticket. The US political system renders their voices not very politically important. Rather, I'd think that swing states would be more of a concern. If people there are unhappy, that's more-likely to alter the balance of power.
The purple states, not the red. Louisiana isn't in that list.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/us/elections/presidential-election-swing-states.html
The even more-imminent pressure points, if targets are fine-grained enough, would be at-risk congressional districts in the upcoming midterms, since that's the most-immediate issue that impacts federal power in the US.
https://insideelections.com/ratings/house/2026-house-ratings-march-7-2025
Those are the politicians whose seats are most at risk based on what people are thinking. There isn't a single Louisiana seat on that list.
Sure, I'm personally exasperated with the "MAGA base". But if this is about producing maximum political pressure at a minimum of economic cost rather than than revenge or suchlike, I'm dubious that they're the correct target.
EDIT: Not to mention political enablers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Ruddy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Herring_(businessman)
What happens if the owners of, say, public-influencing media companies upon which Trump and associated politicians directly rely upon the support of suddenly and abruptly find that they are exposed to a disproportionate personal economic stake in Trump's policies?
There's always the chance that if you hit a red state hard enough, it might turn purple. That will very much get their attention.
It isn't an election year though, so if you hit the people that are the campaign funders for the current politicians in power they might call in a favour with them and thus this can have a direct effect now and not only sometimes in a future election.
You should call them up and tell them.
So... Who have you explained to other than us randos?