- Landry hits at LSU women for absence during national anthem
- LSU head coach Kim Mulkey decried as ‘woke’ amid furore
Louisiana’s governor has called for the scholarships of college athletes who are not present for the playing of the national anthem to be revoked after the LSU women’s basketball team were absent from the court during the pre-game ceremonies on Monday night ahead of eagerly anticipated NCAA tournament game with Iowa.
Jeff Landry, the former Louisiana attorney general backed by Donald Trump whose victory in October’s open gubernatorial primary denoted a hard-right shift in the state’s politics, took to social media on Tuesday to lambast the third-seeded Tigers and their head coach, Kim Mulkey, for not being present when the Star-Spangled Banner was played before their high-profile Elite Eight showdown in Albany.
