'Cringey': MAGA governor mocked for begging Trump to deploy military to his state

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry announced late Monday night that his office had officially requested of the Trump administration that the National Guard be deployed to major Louisiana cities, a request that saw the governor promptly mocked online by critics as “cringy and pathetic.”

“Tonight, we're sending the Department of War a request... asking them to deploy the National Guard here in Louisiana into our cities like New Orleans,” said Landry, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, speaking with Sean Hannity on Fox News. “We're not going to tolerate this uptick in violence that's going on right now."

Landry’s request was submitted in writing to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday, where he asked for 1,000 National Guard troops to be deployed to Louisiana cities through October 2026. He went on to cite “elevated violent crime rates” in the state’s major cities, particularly New Orleans, despite the state’s most populous city seeing a significant reduction in violent crime since 2023.

“Watching Jeff Landry lick Trump's boots and then get completely disregarded by Trump is very entertaining, if also cringy and pathetic,” wrote Peter Cook in a social media post on X, who describes themselves as an education reformer and progressive, and has amassed more than 3,600 followers.

Others, like X user “Russell Crow”, who frequently posts content critical of Trump and has amassed nearly 1,000 followers, suggested Landry’s request was merely an attempt at “posturing,” alleging the governor of “groveling to make a name for himself and advance his political career.”

Landry’s request comes on the heels of Trump’s announcement to deploy troops to both Portland, Oregon, and Chicago, Illinois, which themselves come not long after Trump’s military deployment to Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, California.

“Does Gov. Jeff Landry know he can activate his own state National Guard himself?” wrote Alex Cole on X, a self-described pilot and software engineer who’s amassed more than 322,000 followers. “MAGAs are dumb [as f---].”

Matthew Wollenweber, a security engineer and progressive organizer, painted a grimmer picture of Landry’s request, one that continues what he described as Trump’s “war” against American citizens.