BATON ROUGE, LA – Governor Jeff Landry issued a sweeping executive order Wednesday mandating that all articles written by The Sadvocate be submitted to his office for “pre-approval, corrections, and moral alignment” before publication.
In a statement, Landry said the move “isn’t censorship, it’s quality control,” claiming Louisiana residents “deserve humor that respects authority and promotes faith.” Landry also claimed that he was “a much better satirical writer than those lunatics over at The Sadvocate” because his satire is real, unlike theirs.
The order establishes a new Department of Satirical Oversight, which will reportedly employ 14 communications aides and one priest to “filter out heresy, sarcasm, and unnecessary references to Cane’s chicken boxes.”
Critics have blasted the move as unconstitutional, though Landry’s office dismissed those concerns, saying “the Constitution is just a living document, and right now it’s living under his desk.”
Sources inside the Capitol say Landry personally reviewed several recent Sadvocate pieces but stopped halfway through, declaring them “too accurate to be funny.” The Governor later clarified that his office remains committed to free speech including satire as long as he gets to write it first.
