Girl Faints As Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry Signs Ten Commandments Bill
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry just signed a bill requiring that the biblical Ten Commandments be displayed in the state’s public school classrooms, but the signing ceremony apparently wasn’t for the faint of heart.
Video of Thursday’s ceremony shows what appears to be a middle school student fainting as the governor signs the bill into law.
About 19 seconds into the video below, you can see her fall and get help from people near her.
Meanwhile, the Republican governor appears unaware of what is happening behind him.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) invokes biblical figures as he signs a law requiring public school classrooms in the state to display the Ten Commandments:
“If you want to respect the rule of law, you’ve got to start from the original lawgiver, which was Moses." pic.twitter.com/3BywlBDmno— The Recount (@therecount) June 20, 2024
HuffPost reached out to the governor’s office to find out the status of the girl and her connection with the event, but no one immediately responded.
However, the clip went viral, and people had thoughts. Lots of thoughts, many of which assumed Landry ignored the girl (though it’s unclear he was aware of what was going on).
Gov. Landry with a self-satisfied smug look while a young child passes out behind him.
😳 https://t.co/mE6gpsnWuD— Katie Phang (@KatiePhang) June 20, 2024
Jeff's Laundry right now can wait a sec, yes he's turning Louisiana into the biggest sht hole ever.
Can someone explain to me why the girl behind him fainted and why did everyone just go on about their business like it's normal!? 👀 https://t.co/91Zsfpzugd— Susan🇺🇲♀️🇺🇦 (@ifudontlike2bad) June 20, 2024
Hope the girl who fainted is ok. She did provide the perfect symbol of Christion Nationalism: a typically ignorant GOP politician signing a stupid fucking unconstitutional bill into law while ignoring whatever actual human suffering is happening around him. https://t.co/0QTKkyYgom
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) June 20, 2024
As Louisiana Gov Landry invokes the Bible to sign a law mandating the Ten Commandments in public classrooms, a child behind him collapses—AND HE COMPLETELY IGNORES HER😳
MAGAs enact performative laws while ignoring suffering kids is the perfect metaphor.pic.twitter.com/trmq2ByPMx— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) June 20, 2024
And not a moment to stop and find out if the child is OK. Didn't even notice it or ignored the poor kid completely. You'll know they are Christians by their actions.
— Sandra Lee Schubert (@sandraschubert) June 20, 2024
The young girl directly behind Landry faints near the end of the short video. He's so busy being a pompous ass, pushing this unconstitutional, indoctrination monstrosity into the classroom... https://t.co/c8ae6cuCAS
— Dr. Sumun Pendakur (@SumunLPendakur) June 20, 2024
Gov. Landry continuing on and disregarding the child who fainted behind him is emblematic of how much these extremists don't actually care about children.
They use children and the religion they aren't even committed to as a ploy to advance their agenda of social control. https://t.co/jAEa0ZVdLn— Bryant Odega, Ed.M. 🍎 (@BryantOdega) June 20, 2024
