Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., repeatedly suggested a leading Arab American activist is a Hamas supporter when she testified Tuesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on hate crimes, and he told her she should hide her “head in a bag.”
The activist, Maya Berry, said repeatedly that she did not support Hamas and was “disappointed” by the minuteslong exchange toward the end of a hearing called “A Threat to Justice Everywhere: Stemming the Tide of Hate Crimes in America.”
“You are the executive director of the Arab American Institute, are you not?” Kennedy said at the beginning of the exchange. She said she was and agreed with Kennedy that she is a Democratic activist.
“You support Hamas, do you not?” Kennedy asked, referring to the militant group behind the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks on Israel. The question prompted gasps and surprised laughs from the audience.
“Senator, oddly enough, I’m going to say thank you for that question, because it demonstrates the purpose of our hearing today in a very effective way,” Berry responded. Kennedy then cut her off and insisted he needed a yes-or-no answer.
This is one of the dumbest motherfuckers that I have ever had the displeasure of hearing speak. Every single time I’ve seen this moron speak, I’ve walked away stupider.
It is absolutely shocking to me that this man graduated high school, let alone college or fucking law school.
Mind boggling.
Just seeing his photograph in the thumbnail, I can hear his stupid fucking voice…
Turns out law school isn’t that hard, it’s just really, really annoying and expensive.
As a dear friend of mine likes to say “Someone had to graduate at the bottom of the class.”
He probably graduated law school over 50 years ago. Any knowledge he learned from the 70s/80s is irrelevant
You can be intelligent AND evil. You are forgetting they just ignore the evil part cause it supports their motives
Well… Yeah.
But this man is not intelligent. I assure you.
I heard he was a democrat in the past and looked up some of his ads/debates during the 2004 election. He criticized tax breaks for the rich and advocated for affordable education and equal opportunity for minorities. Jesus it’s like he got replaced by a lizard person.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?183616-1/louisiana-senate-campaign-ads
Lead is a helluva drug
Is he up for election? Usually that’s when they try to appeal to their base the most.