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.
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
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
Well, he is a member of the GOP, I expect nothing else.
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.
“Is it true, Senator Kennedy, that you are in fact an idiot? A moron? A rube? A stooge?”
A Klansman?
A fascist? Anti-American? A prude? A hypocrite? A degenerate molester? A fan of Hot 100 music?
“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!
It’s true, this man has no penis.
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.
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.
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.
Reminder that it’s not just the presidency that needs an upper age limit.
We don’t need an upper age limit. We need term limits.
Personally, money first. Term limits are fine, but not the biggest problem.
We also need to subtract 18 years from the average life expectancy of USA citizens and disenfranchise the elderly. They should have no say on long-term issues that they won’t live to regret.
Also, I guarantee we’ll see proper funding for health care when they want to keep expressing their preferences a little longer.
“You know what’s disappointing to me? You can’t bring yourself to say don’t support UNWRA, you don’t support Hamas, you don’t support Hezbollah and you don’t support Iran. You should hide your head in a bag,” he concluded, to gasps and yells from the audience.
What an asshole.
Asked by Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin, D-Ill., whether she had anything she wanted to say after the Kennedy exchange, Berry said, "It’s regrettable that I, as I sit here, have experienced the very issue that we’re attempting to deal with today.
You go, lady. You’re a badass.
“I don’t support violence, whether it’s Hezbollah or Hamas or any other entity that invokes it, so no, sir,” she said.
“You just can’t bring yourself to say no, can you?” Kennedy said. “You just can’t do it.”Like wtf? How dumb is this guy that he doesn’t understand when someone is saying no?
I guess he doesn’t like being called out as a racist (by implying that all Arabs are Hamas plants or something).
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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.
Being anti-Arab is just being racist, so good, glad you’re the only overt racist I’ve seen so far.
