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Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry speaks in the Louisiana House of Representatives on the opening day of a legislative special session, Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La. (Hilary Scheinuk / The Advocate, Pool) Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I see Gov. Jeff Landry's unmitigated hypocrisy is on display yet again.
For someone who portrays himself as a champion of free speech, he can't actually handle it when anybody dares to express ideas that he doesn't agree with. That's not a good sign in a leader. It's a sign of fear and weakness.
Is it that Landry's own worldview is so fragile or is it that his need to control everyone's thoughts and ideas is so overwhelming? Who knows, but when I listened to this LSU law professor's comments that the governor attacked, I was confused because what came across was a man (the law professor) asking people (these are law students probably all over the age of 21) to be mature, respectful and thoughtful of others. Anyone with common sense could understand that. Landry also stated that the law professor "defied the will of the 76 million Americans who voted for Trump.
" Well, what about the almost 74 million who didn't vote for Trump? What about their will? How many times did Landry defy the will of the 81 million Americans who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 by disrespecting the president? How many times did Landry defy the will of the people of Louisiana by disrespecting former Gov. John Bel Edwards? It's blatant hypocrisy, and I suspect this is a little bit of posturing and a lot of distraction to keep people from noticing what his tax package will really do. FRANCINE SMITH Denham Springs.
