“I like omelets better than sex. Not really, but you get the point. You can’t make an omelet without breaking some eggs.”

— Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), quoted by the Daily Beast, while talking about the cuts at USAID and referring to the agency’s workers “tofu-eating wokerati.”

#JohnNeelyKennedy #WTAF #FoghornLeghorn #USPol #GOPTraitor

Perhaps anticipating questions like #JohnNeelyKennedy’s, Berry encouraged senators, despite their concerns about the Oct7 attacks, to focus on “the increase in #HateCrimes our country has experienced for nearly the last decade & the need for a whole-of-society approach that can effectively stem the tide of all #hate targeting all communities.”

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#Republican Sen #JohnNeelyKennedy of #Louisiana questioned #ArabAmerican Institute Exec Dir Maya Berry during a #Senate #Judiciary Cmte hearing, asking her whether she supported #Hamas, #Hezbollah or #Iran as she repeatedly told him NO. Berry tried to explain how assuming that an #Arab #American would support a foreign #terrorist organization or state was an example of the kind of thinking [#racism] that leads to #HateCrimes but was repeatedly cut off by Kennedy.
#USpol #VoteBlue #AlwaysVoteBlue

Absolutely disgusting display of #GOP #racism

#GOP senator insults #ArabAmerican advocate: ‘Hide your head in a bag’

Sen #JohnNeelyKennedy, #Senate #Republican badgered the #Arab #American Institute Exec Dir Maya Berry during a hearing about #HateCrimes in #Congress w/questions about whether she supported #terrorist orgs, finally telling her that she should “hide your head in a bag.”

#USpol #VoteBlue #AlwaysVoteBlue
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/18/john-kennedy-arab-american-hamas/

GOP senator insults Arab American advocate: ‘Hide your head in a bag’

Sen. John Neely Kennedy used a hearing about hate crimes to accuse Arab American Institute Executive Director Maya Berry of supporting terrorists.

The Washington Post

We know that congressional hearings often deteriorate into partisan performances. But recently we saw a disturbing attempt by Republican senator John Neely Kennedy to pass off his racist ideology as fact while actual facts DO NOT support his narrative.
“Why do you think that Chicago has become America’s largest outdoor shooting range?” Kennedy asked.
#Louisiana was among the top 10 states with the highest firearm mortality rates in 2021.

#JohnNeelyKennedy #VoteHimOut

Ruth Marcus: Two GOP senators smear (John Neely Kennedy of Louisiana and Mike Lee of Utah) a witness to defend Clarence Thomas

#clarencethomas #mikelee #johnneelykennedy #corruption
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/18/clarence-thomas-kennedy-lee-wolf

Two GOP senators smear a witness to defend Clarence Thomas

The episode says far more about the reflexively partisan nature of Congress and the character of the senators.

The Washington Post

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In addition to being one of the July 4th Moscow Mules, Sen. John Kennedy is one of the original US poster boys for fake news! #JohnNeelyKennedy #GOPLiars #GOPTraitors #Louisiana #SenCornpone

**Think fake news isn't a real problem? Look at Senator John Kennedy 03-DEC-2016** https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/03/think-fake-news-isnt-a-real-problem-look-at-senator-john-kennedy

Think fake news isn't a real problem? Look at Senator John Kennedy

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The Guardian

In addition to being one of the July 4th Moscow Mules, Sen. John Kennedy is one of the original US poster boys for fake news! #JohnNeelyKennedy #GOPLiars #GOPTraitors #Louisiana #SenCornpone

**Think fake news isn't a real problem? Look at Senator John Kennedy 03-DEC-2016** https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/03/think-fake-news-isnt-a-real-problem-look-at-senator-john-kennedy

Think fake news isn't a real problem? Look at Senator John Kennedy

Today’s politics combine technology with propaganda, disinformation and corruption. But there is an alternative Help us cover the critical issues of 2020. This Giving Tuesday, consider making a contribution

The Guardian

Ramon Antonio Vargas: US senator denounced as ‘profoundly ignorant man’ over remarks on Mexico

"The #Louisiana Republican’s [Senator John Neely Kennedy] racist remarks drew a strong condemnation from Mexico’s foreign affairs secretary, Marcelo Ebrard, who called Kennedy 'a profoundly ignorant man'. Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, meanwhile, urged the 37 million Americans of Mexican descent – along with other Latinos in the US – 'not to vote for people with this very arrogant, very offensive and very foolish mentality' in the future."

#johnneelykennedy #mexico #usborderpolicy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/14/senator-john-kennedy-mexico-drug-cartels

US senator denounced as ‘profoundly ignorant man’ over remarks on Mexico

John Kennedy’s comments about Mexicans ‘eating cat food’ came as he urged the US military to enter country to ‘stop the cartels’

The Guardian