Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry faces backlash for restaurant photo after deadly terror attack

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: USA Today

Published 9:52 p.m. ET Jan. 2, 2025 | Updated 9:34 a.m. ET Jan. 3, 2025


Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is under scrutiny for posting a lighthearted photo of him outside a New Orleans restaurant hours after the deadly truck attack on New Year's Day. The photo, posted Wednesday night, shows the governor with six others including his wife outside a steakhouse with Landry smiling while holding a thumbs up.

The post emphasized that New Orleans restaurants remain open following the attack that killed 14 people and injured dozens in the French Quarter neighborhood. The FBI has confirmed the attack was a premeditated "act of terrorism" by 42-year-old driver Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a Houston resident and U.S. citizen fatally shot by police at the scene.

"Ate dinner tonight in New Orleans. Proud to be a part of this incredibly resilient city. See everyone at the game tomorrow!" Landry wrote in the post. "It’s important to understand that we have many visitors in the city of New Orleans right now. Safety is our top priority and we want our guests and the world to know that Louisiana does not cower to radical islamic terrorists."

Critics call post distasteful, 'showboating'

The photo was seen more than 6 million times on X and received backlash online with some people calling the post distasteful. The governor's office did not immediately respond to a USA TODAY request for comment. Critics have scolded Landry for not being sensitive to the lives lost and those injured in the terror attack.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/02/jeff-landry-restaurant-photo/77416254007/

---

Note that this is Jeff Landry (R) and when it's a Republican, the media won't put their party affiliation.

[Unladen Swallow]

1. Not a good look!!!

[BoRaGard]

2. It's OK. He's a reublicon.

[rambler_american]

10. "Oh, come on,

it's just a tiny little wafer-thin mint."

[Renew Deal]

3. I heard him speak yesterday and I thought he was too small for the job.

He was asked about why the story about accomplices changed. He dissembled and told ridiculous and irrelevant stories about his past law enforcement experience, and some other nonsense. The FBI person was able to bail him out by answering honestly.

[Evolve Dammit]

9. He came across as a complete dickhead.

[IronLionZion]

4. Nothing wrong with showing resilience of the city

but the smile a thumbs up is typical Republican tone deafness.

Link to tweet

[sop]

5. American-born ex-US miitary radical islamist-inspired terrorist.

[Darwins_Retriever]

7. Just support for Trump to go after natural born citizens

I am assuming that the terrorist's parents are foreign born. But the sh*t head elect won't care if they weren't.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. If he wanted to show NOLA "toughness", the Sugar Bowl wouldn't have been postponed.

I'm not sure what additional safety measures could be taken in 30 hours that couldn't be done in 15 hours.
.
If he wanted to show sensitivity, he could have just canceled the game.



Full disclosure: this Bozo attended neither Georgia nor Notre Dame.

[BComplex]

8. "Note that this is Jeff Landry (R) and when it's a Republican, the media won't put their party affiliation."

Absolutely true, BRDS! And they have often times WRONGLY named the evil person as a democrat. That, too, is the so-called "liberal" media's intentional deception. We, the USA, have probably NEVER had a "liberal" media.

[C0RI0LANUS]

11. Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann had a segment on his show years ago:

..............................................."The Worst Person in the World"........................................