GOP Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana has been making the media rounds recently to chastise Mitt Romney for his "gifts" comment after his failed presidential bid and to call on his party to reach out to a broader base. But Melissa Harris-Perry takes the governor of her home state to task and issues him an open letter, challenging him to help the poor in his own backyard.
Watch Melissa Harris-Perry read Jindal:
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