GOP Sen. John Kennedy To Arab American Witness: 'You Support Hamas, Don't You?'

[LiberalArkie]

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Tuesday baselessly accused an Arab American witness of supporting terrorists during a Senate hearing, and as she called out his blatant Islamophobia, the GOP senator told her to “hide her head in a bag.”

“You support Hamas, do you not?” Kennedy abruptly asked Berry, referring to the terrorist group behind the Oct. 7 attacks on southern Israel. His question drew audible gasps in the audience.

“Senator, oddly enough, I’m going to say thank you for that question, because it demonstrates the purpose of our hearing today,” Berry responded. “Hamas is a foreign terrorist organization that I do not support. But you asking the executive director of the Arab American Institute that question very much puts the focus on the issue of hate in our country.”

Kennedy lashed out at Maya Berry, executive director of the Arab American Institute, a nonpartisan national civil rights advocacy organization, during her testimony before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing focused on stemming hate crimes. Berry was the only Muslim witness in the hearing

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[Fla Dem]

1. He's a pro at asking snarky questions.

[Whiskeytide]

11. I respectfully disagree. He is profoundly stupid. He ...

… thinks he’s smart, and he tries to play the country hick comes to Washington so he can pretend he’s fooling the Yankees.

But the reality is that he is too stupid to understand just how stupid he is, and how stupid he looks when he does this shit.

However, his core constituency - also quite stupid - will see this as “he owned her”.

[Seinan Sensei]

14. He is a country hick's idea of what a smart man is

[Attilatheblond]

28. Nah, his county hick shtick is code language to be folksy with the willfully ignorant voters

Have heard videos of him speak in the past and that hick shit is not how he really speaks.

[markodochartaigh]

17. He isn't stupid in the conventional sense.

In 1979, he earned a Bachelor of Civil Law (master's) degree with first class honours from Oxford University, where he was a member of Magdalen College and studied under Rupert Cross and John H.C. Morris.

It may be stupid of him to support a party which is in league with those who are destroying our biosphere. It may be stupid of him to support a party which, in a time of historic wealth inequality, seeks to increase that inequality. It may be stupid of him to support dividing the US so that we in the 90% can be further crushed into the ground. Of course he supports these policies which throw everyone and everything else under the bus because they give him power. That may be stupid. To me it seems evil. And if acting the hick makes him a laughing stock among "liberals" then it only increases his approval among his voters, insomuch as they are even aware of it.

But not everyone who is evil is ugly, or stupid, or old, or poor. And not everyone who is a decent person is good looking, or smart, or young, or rich.

Senator Kennedy may be many things, but he is not stupid.

[Fla Dem]

23. I did not say he asked SMART questions, I said they were snarky.

snarky
1. : crotchety, snappish. 2. : sarcastic, impertinent, or irreverent in tone or manner.

[regnaD kciN]

29. I think "hateful" would be a better adjective...

…although “repugnant” and “racist” also apply.

[barbtries]

19. he's disgusting.

his racism and bigotry is undeniable. i guess he's proud of it.

i don't think his line of questioning was successful as far as doing anything else but showing what a complete asshole and bully he is.

[NoMoreRepugs]

2. That douchebag needs a major ass beating.

[ck4829]

3. What a disgusting display, kudos to Maya Berry though

[Freethinker65]

4. What a racist piece of shit.

I hope someone let her rebut his line of character assassination.

One could argue, using Kennedy's reasoning, that if you support Republicans, you support this racist badgering grandstanding asshole.yes or no. Yes or know. Shameful.

[tetedur]

5. So proud to be represented by that dumb F__K Senator Kennedy

I want to scream.

[DinahMoeHum]

6. It's a wonder she didn't scream or curse at him. . .

. . .because I would have.

And I wouldn't have given a fuck if I was found in contempt of Congress for it.

Odds are she was subpoenaed, she didn't ask to come to Capitol Hill.

[onenote]

10. You are 100% wrong about her being subpoenaed

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The Democrats control the Senate. Dick Durbin, chairman of the Judiciary Committee called this hearing and invited Berry to appear. She opened her testimony by thanking the committee for giving her the opportunity to testify.

[DinahMoeHum]

20. Thanks for clarifying.

But it still doesn't get Kennedy off the hook for his browbeating and badgering her.

[keithbvadu2]

7. Kennedy, you republicans support killing more Jews, don't you?

[SamKnause]

8. Kennedy should hide his head in a plastic bag tied exceptionally tight.

[Dave Bowman]

32. He probably does that in private.

[StevieM]

9. His treatment of her is appalling.

But this is who he is.

[Bev54]

12. He is such a disgusting POS, everyone, especially in his state should watch this.

He really is as dumb as he looks, contrary to those who claim he is smart.

[twodogsbarking]

13. John KKKennedy.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

15. If this is what people in Louisiana are like, and he WAS elected by his peers, why would anyone want to move there?

Same with my state. These moronic pols discourage investment by being representative of their constituents. Why would anyone move there, move their business there or invest in the state? They act like idiots and then complain when the money goes to blue states where they don't act as moranic. You want business, then act like a place where they'd want to be. Dumbassed Repugs forget that.

If I'm a small business owner, why would I move where dumbasses reign who could sink my life's work?

[RobertDevereaux]

16. Alas, this racist bastard was reelected in 2022...

… so, not until 2028 can Louisiana do the right thing and kick his unworthiness out.

[Uncle Joe]

18. Kennedy is a moral disgrace to the Senate and he should be formally censured.

Thanks for the thread LiberalArkie

[chowder66]

21. He needs to be thrown off of the committee and censured.

[hlthe2b]

22. Did no fellow Senator on the committee speak up in any way to object to his treatment of her--even afterwards?

[kingvitamin]

24. Weird, Disgusting, and Stupid!

Sen. Foghorn Leghorn Jr. is a moral failure. All he did was grandstand, interrupt, and show constant disrespect.

What a worthless excuse for a Senator and human being!

Circus clowns behave better that this.

[UTUSN]

25. You beat me to it. This long time p.o.s. needs disciplinary action or removal. What does it take.

[bullimiami]

26. Bloviating ass clown.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

27. "You should hide your head in a bag." Horrifying and utterly unsurprising.

[duncang]

30. Question for Kennedy

Why do you support neo-nazis?

Do you represent any Muslims in Louisiana? If so does that make you a supporter of Hamas?

[GoodRaisin]

31. Why is he even on any committee aimed at reducing hate crimes?

Seriously, this shit bag? This waste of tax payer money?