Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has been extensively ripped for a “disgraceful” and “tone-deaf” photograph of himself smiling and giving a thumbs-up exterior a dear steak restaurant — simply hours after the lethal New Orleans terror assault unfolded.
The grinning Republican governor shared the photograph of himself posing with restaurant workers exterior Bon Ton Prime Rib on Wednesday night time, mere blocks from the place the ISIS-supporting terrorist killed 14 New Yr’s revelers within the metropolis’s famed French Quarter.
“Ate dinner tonight in New Orleans. Proud to be part of this extremely resilient metropolis,” Landry wrote on X.
“It’s vital to grasp that we now have many guests within the metropolis of New Orleans proper now. Security is our prime precedence and we wish our visitors and the world to know that Louisiana doesn’t cower to radical Islamic terrorists,” he added in a follow-up publish roughly half-hour later.
“Our eating places and all New Orleans has to supply stay open for enterprise!”
The backlash towards Landry was swift — with many social media customers tearing the governor to shreds for staging the photograph op because the households of the slain victims had been mourning.
“Whereas persons are struggling within the hospital, whereas households are mourning their lifeless, hell whereas the common American isn’t making ends meet you spent how a lot on dinner? Please inform us,” one person raged on X. “You’re a coward and a shame.”
A 14-ounce New York strip goes for $64 on the swanky eatery, whereas crab desserts are listed on the menu for $49.
The costliest bottle of reserve pink wine listed on the restaurant’s web site is priced at a staggering $1,900.
“It’s best to have been on the cellphone all through the whole day calling dad and mom and relations, visiting the injured on the hospital, holding the FBI accountable for getting out true info,” one other individual griped.
“Many people (in different states) couldn’t even eat at present as a result of we had been sick figuring out what occurred in our nation when you had been extra involved about steaks and the commercial of your eating places.”
Many additionally accused the governor of being misguided — regardless of his obvious efforts to spice up native companies within the wake of the carnage.
“‘Doesn’t cower to terrorists … however I additionally am not about to overlook out on this reservation.’ There’s supporting the tenacity of companies staying open and pondering now’s the time to deal with your self to a pleasant steak & whiskey. Roll up your sleeves, put the fork down and go do your job,” one individual tweeted.
“You didn’t even take a second to point out some respect to those who misplaced their lives nor their households. You had your self what seems like a celebratory meal,” one other chimed in.
One social media person added: “I can’t think about smiling that massive after a catastrophic occasion.”
The backlash continued as investigators probed the fear inflicted by killer Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Texas native and army vet, when he rammed into revelers on Bourbon Road with a pickup truck at about 3 a.m. on New Yr’s Day.
Jabbar was shot and killed in a firefight with cops simply after mowing down his victims.
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