In the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent decision on gerrymandering, Louisiana’s governor suspended the state’s primary elections, even though tens of thousands of votes had already been cast.

Now he intends to toss those votes.

During a “60 Minutes” interview Sunday, Gov. Jeff Landry (R) was pressed about what would happen to the roughly 45,000 ballots that were cast prior to the high court’s decision.

“This country has held elections during the Civil War, during two world wars, elections still went on,” correspondent Cecilia Vega said.

“We’ll have an election, and we’re actually gonna have an election on election day,” Landry responded.

“But voting was already happening,” Vega said, cutting Landry off. “As we sit here right now, more than 45,000 ballots have been returned. What happens to those?”

“Oh, those ballots are discarded,” Landry said. “And those people will vote again in November.”

Vega seemed to take issue with the cavalierness of the governor’s response.

“You say that like it’s not a big deal,” she said.

“Well, it’s not a big deal,” Landry responded. “It’s not my fault. If anyone has a grievance, take it to the United States Supreme Court.”

Landry issued an executive order suspending the primary elections last month because “allowing elections to proceed under an unconstitutional map would undermine the integrity of our system and violate the rights of our voters.”

“This executive order ensures we uphold the rule of law while giving the Legislature the time it needs to pass a fair and lawful congressional map,” Landry continued.

The order affects only primary elections for the U.S. House of Representatives, which will now take place on July 15 or on a date to be set by the Legislature.

Watch Landry’s full “60 Minutes” interview here:

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