BATON ROUGE—The Louisiana Freedom Caucus (LAFC) commends LSU administrators for taking swift action against an LSU graduate teaching assistant who left an angry, vulgarity-laden threat on State Senator Mike Fesi’s voicemail. The vile tirade was in response to Sen. Fesi’s vote to override Governor John Bel Edwards’ veto of a bill banning puberty blockers and surgery on minor children for the purpose of attempting to change their biological sex.
LSU officials issued the following statement, “As a university, we foster open and respectful dialogue. Like everyone, graduate students with teaching assignments have the right to express their opinions, but this profanity-filled, threatening call crossed the line. This does not exhibit the character we expect of someone given the privilege of teaching as part of their graduate assistantship. The student will be allowed to continue their studies but will not be extended the opportunity to teach in the future.”
“The level of vitriol which some try to pass off as political discourse has risen to dangerous levels over the past decade or so, all under the guise of Freedom of Speech. However, there are lines which cannot be crossed without consequences. This vulgar threat is one of those instances. I want to thank LSU for nipping this behavior in the bud and for publicly stating that this behavior is not something that will be tolerated by the University as it should not be tolerated by anyone. As an LSU graduate, I am proud that my university did the right thing” said Alan Seabaugh, Louisiana Freedom Caucus Chairman.
The angry voicemail in full: “I just wanted to say ‘Congratulations, to our State Senator, Big Mike Fesi. And that f***ing moron voted to make things worse for people who are already suffering. You fat f***ing piece of sh**. You did not produce any g**d*** evidence to support the claims you made about people being harmed by transgender care, yet we’ve had tons of empirical evidence telling us there’s an increased suicide risk for people who don’t get this care. So you, you big fat headed mother f***er, I can’t wait to read your name in the f***ing obituary. I will make a g**d*** martini made from the tears of your butthurt conservatives when we put your f***ing a** in the ground, you fat f***ing useless piece of sh*t. F*** you. I hope you have a terrible day. Go f*** yourself.”
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