
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry: ‘To Protect our Citizens in America from Evil, You Have to Crush It’
by Hannah Knudsen
To protect U.S. citizens from evil, “you have to crush it,” Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) said during a press conference on Thursday, providing updates on the terror investigation in New Orleans.
“Right now, in the city of New Orleans, there’s an unprecedented amount of law enforcement resources” to continue the investigation into the terrorist attack that took place on New Year’s Day, resulting in the loss of 14 innocent lives and injuries of more than two dozen more, he began.
“I want to thank the FBI and all of our federal partners for the amount of resources they have poured into the city. This type of event can happen, and that’s the tragedy, and I think it’s important for people to understand that to protect our citizens in America from evil, you have to crush it,” Landry continued.
“You can’t go out there and placate it. You can’t go out there and say, oh, I’m going to put this in place and that in place and hope that evil doesn’t show up on your doorstep, because it will,” the governor emphasized. “You have to crush it.”