--- title: Full Text of Gov. Bobby Jindal's Campaign Launch in Louisiana description: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal launched his presidential campaign Wednesday. Here is a transcript. canonical: https://time.com/3934818/bobby-jindal-campaign-launch-transcript/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-24T21:52:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:16.354Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Full Text of Gov. Bobby Jindal's Campaign Launch og:description: Here's what he told supporters at the Pontchartrain Center. og:url: https://time.com/3934818/bobby-jindal-campaign-launch-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4aba5dc59cc0563a/69885845e20a879ea2a8c03b/bobby-jindal-campaign1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Republican presidential candidate and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal formally announces his campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination in Kenner, Louisiana on June 24, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Full Text of Gov. Bobby Jindal's Campaign Launch twitter:description: Here's what he told supporters at the Pontchartrain Center. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4aba5dc59cc0563a/69885845e20a879ea2a8c03b/bobby-jindal-campaign1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Transcript: Read Full Text of Gov. Bobby Jindal's Campaign Launch by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jun 24, 2015 9:52 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidate and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal formally announces his campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination in Kenner, Louisiana on June 24, 2015. Republican presidential candidate and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal formally announces his campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination in Kenner, Louisiana on June 24, 2015.Jonathan Bachman—Reuters by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jun 24, 2015 9:52 PM UTC Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal launched his presidential campaign Wednesday with a speech at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner, Louisiana. Here is a transcript for the full remarks. --- > “” --- Full Text of Gov. Bobby Jindal's Campaign Launch in Louisiana ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3934818/bobby-jindal-campaign-launch-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3934818/bobby-jindal-campaign-launch-transcript/"},"headline":"Transcript: Read Full Text of Gov. 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