'Duck Dynasty' star says Jindal is his man for the White House

Bobby Jindal has his first campaign endorsement, and he hasn’t even entered the presidential race.

Willie Robertson, a star of the A&E show “Duck Dynasty,” appeared on Fox News Radio’s “Kilmeade and Friends” Monday when he was asked after he and Jindal were seen together in Iowa, “is that your man?”


“It is, if he chooses to run, he hasn’t decided yet. But if he does,” Robertson said, calling the Republican Louisiana governor a “great man” and a “godly man.”

Robertson and his family live in West Monroe, Louisiana, and first met Jindal before they found fame and he found his home at the governor’s mansion, when he was running for governor and was invited to church by the Robertsons.

“He just preached…he wasn’t really political, he just talked about his own relationship with the lord, it was very impressive to us then,” Robertson said.

The Robertson clan has participated in Republican politics in the past. This year, Robertson’s father Phil —the patriarch of the reality TV family —spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Robertson himself made an appearance in a Louisiana political advertisement for Rep. Vance McAllister and was the congressman’s guest to the 2014 State of the Union address.

“If he chooses to go on, I know the values he has,” he added.

Jindal, who is a long-shot for the Republican nomination, is expected to announce whether he will run in June, when the state’s legislative session ends.

“I’m the kind of guy who really likes smart people…and that guy’s one of the smartest people I’ve ever met in my life,” Robertson said.

“He’s young, but he’s got the values, he’s got the intelligence to do it,” he added.