Long is the New Deal Huey Long was Governor of Louisiana, U.S. Senator, and a champion of the common man. Long believed that government’s place was to protect and support all citizens—specifically the most prominently vulnerable ones—regardless of social hierarchies due to race or class. Long’s most celebrated policy, which had established him as a viable presidential candidate before his assassination, was famously known as his “Share Our Wealth” platform. Perhaps the most famous opponent to the New Deal, which was a series of domestic programs in response to the Great Depression, Long viewed the movement as an unconstitutional failure that did not do enough for those in poverty. In Long’s address to the nation in his speech “Every Man