The region once known as the province of Languedoc is the traditional homeland of cassoulet, especially the towns of Toulouse, Carcassonne, and Castelnaudary, the town which claims to be where the dish originated.
On the night of the election, they joined New Yorkers in Times Square and hoisted aloft a banner bearing the word "Cassoulet", as well as another version with the words "Cassoulet Forever".