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.”
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.
Is he up for election? Usually that’s when they try to appeal to their base the most.
Gotta love how he completely ignores her answers and asks follow up questions that imply she said the opposite of what she actually said. And how he repeatedly criticizes her for unequivocally stating her position in complete sentences instead of just saying yes or no, which would be less clear and easier to take out of context.
Looking at his Wikipedia page, it looks like at one time this guy wasn’t a complete asshat like he is today.
Age gets us all, but I hope I don’t become an asshole before I kick off.
People are just letting the evil out now instead of hiding it like before.
Grandpa Munster keeps getting worse.
Fun fact… he’s one of the first Republicunt traitors who traveled to Moscow on the 4th of July to kiss Putin’s ring.
No i think it was to let Putin violate his ring
The Tsar’s favorite tar star 🍩
Well, this guy sounds like a real asshole
Well, he is a member of the GOP, I expect nothing else.
It’s also a fake accent. He absolutely did not talk like that earlier in his career.
He was also allegedly a lawyer at some point, but I find that difficult to believe.
It’s like something happens to a boomer’s brain when they hit 40 that just drains any intelligence or empathy the person might have once had, and it’s replaced with selfishness and cruelty.
Lead really did a number on this country.
Crazy that this is the same generation that grew up protesting the Vietnam War
Yeah, but you see they were in danger from the Vietnam draft, doesn’t take empathy to act in self interest.
True
“Is it true, Senator Kennedy, that you are in fact an idiot? A moron? A rube? A stooge?”
It’s true, this man has no penis.
“you’re a nut! You’re crazy in the coconut!” “What does that mean? That boy needs therapy!”
Granny Gazoot! Let’s have a toot! And when I count three!
A Klansman?
A fascist? Anti-American? A prude? A hypocrite? A degenerate molester? A fan of Hot 100 music?
Headline: Old White Man blames racism on non-White People for existing.
Foghorn Leghorn sure loves to get attention by acting like an ass.
Kinda comes full circle dunnit.
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Being anti-Arab is just being racist, so good, glad you’re the only overt racist I’ve seen so far.
Pro Arab? You’re aware that Arab is not a political position?
it is to them
Are they white, or political? Male, or political? Christian, or political?
Don’t be a bigot.
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