GOP senator insults Arab American witness at hate crimes hearing

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Source: The hill



by Juliann Ventura - 09/17/24 6:13 PM ET


Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) told an Arab American witness that she should “hide [her] head in a bag” after repeatedly asking her if she supported Hamas and Hezbollah during a Tuesday congressional hearing.

“You should hide your head in a bag,” Kennedy told Maya Berry, the executive director of the Arab American Institute, who was adamant she did not support Hamas or violence by any group.

Berry said she found the line of questioning “exceptionally disappointing.”

“I think it’s exceptionally disappointing that you’re looking at an Arab American witness before you and saying, ‘You support Hamas,'” she said.

Berry testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee alongside witnesses from the National Jewish Advocacy Center and Bard Center for the Study of Hate. The conversation touched on antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate, specifically on college campuses.

“You support Hamas, do you not?” Kennedy asked Berry.

“Oddly enough, I’m going to say thank you for that question because it demonstrates the purpose of our hearing today,” she said, before he interrupted, asking for a yes or no answer.

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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4885035-senator-kennedy-arab-american-witness/

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Kennedy was rude-very rude


.@SenJohnKennedy
: You support Hamas, do you not?

@AAIUSA
's Maya Berry: Hamas is a foreign terrorist organization that I do not support...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?

Link to tweet

[Delphinus]

1. That

is appalling behavior.

[Comfortably_Numb]

2. His corn pone, aw shucks hick shit is old and tired. He's a fucking pig. Full stop.

[moniss]

11. The phony act from him has been shown

before. There are people who knew him when he was younger and he never had the drawl and corn pone nonsense. An act.

[Comfortably_Numb]

13. Performative. Like every other republipuke.

[RussBLib]

15. ...and they claim Kamala changes her accent

...is there nothing the GOP will not project?

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1

[Deuxcents]

3. There should have been more than just banging the gavel at this point of disorder 😡

[Keepthesoulalive]

4. There is no bottom for republicans

Their ignorance, cruelty, hatred , racism and sexism is on display. It is sad that one of the most important government pillars is crawling with stupid and corrupt republicans.

[SupportSanity]

5. Sen. John Kennedy - hard to believe that he is anywhere near representing this country.

It would've been better if someone with really good aim and the gavel was in charge there. Better use of the gavel.

Stupid is as stupid does.
Mama used to say that.

[oasis]

6. Sen.Corn Pone Kennedy is deplorable beyond

redemption.

[drmeow]

7. Kennedy is ALWAYS rude

you look up rude in the dictionary and it has his picture next to it.

[BaronChocula]

8. Trying to find kennedy in this photo

[Grins]

9. She should have said, "Why don't you go fuck another goat?"

Tired of Senators in the do-called ‘upper house’ pulling crap like this without an in-your-face pushback.

[C0RI0LANUS]

10. The Director of National Counter-Terrorism Center (NCTC) was an Arab-American woman.

America's former head of counter-terrorism, Christy Abizaid, is an Arab-American woman (and openly gay). Appointed by Pres. Biden, she left her US Senate-confirmed post at NCTC this summer after three years.




Source:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/christy-abizaid-national-counterterrorism-center-stepping-down/

[RandiFan1290]

12. Sounds familiar

[mahina]

14. What a monster, in a forest of monsters. Women understand what he just said. Men understand too.

Shame on him.

[dchill]

16. I KNEW it was him.