In the swampy boonies of Louisiana, primate-like morons grow on trees out in the mangroves and the bayous, and Senator John Kennedy (what an unfortunate coincidence that this drawling idiot bears the name of the greatest president this sad country has ever had) is one of them. His ancestors came from a group of people - the Irish peasants - who were treated like scum by their English masters, land thieves and occupiers. But do not expect this moron to understand any of this or to reflect on his history as a guide to his miserable present.
Dipstick GOP Senator from the swamps of Louisiana, John Kennedy, can't keep his mouth shut when he should.
Residual white racism against Black Africans remains entrenched in the southern states but is repressed by decades of hard-earned emancipation. This idiot would not dare express his embedded racism against Black African-Americans. Nor can he display his deeply entrenched white anglo-saxon antisemitism against Jews that is endemic in white republican America. Guardrails have been put in place for these two communities. So he has nowhere to unleash his toxic stupidity - unsurpisingly very similar to Donald Dumb's - but against one of the newest community of Americans who still have no protections, the Arab-American and Muslim communities. It is not yet shameful to bash these two communities; it is in fact popular and catchy.
And that is why this dipstick idiot from backward Louisiana allows himself the casual brutality of accusing an American, who happened to be testifying before the Senate on the questions of racism and hate, to be a supporter of a terrorist organization. Just like that, for no obvious reason than the witness being of Arab-American stock.
And like the chronically drunkard inbred southern moron that he is, Kennedy drawls his poisoned inanities to people who are so much better than him, so much more civilized than him, putting them in danger of being targeted by his gun-toting riff raff illiterate KKK neo-Nazi followers.
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GOP Sen. John Kennedy To Arab American Witness: 'You Support Hamas, Don't You?’
Jennifer Bendery
Updated Wed, September 18, 2024
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.”
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.
“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.
“You support Hamas, do you not?” Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) asked an Arab American witness in a Senate hearing. Bill Clark via Getty Images
“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.”
Several people in the audience clapped after she spoke.
But Kennedy continued in the same vein, asking if she supports Hezbollah, an Islamist political party and paramilitary group that’s also a designated terrorist organization.
“Again, I find this line of questioning extraordinarily disappointing, senator,” Berry began to respond as Kennedy talked over her, demanding she give a yes or no response.
“The answer is I don’t support violence whether it’s Hezbollah, Hamas or any other entity that invokes it,” she finally got out. “So no, sir.”
“You can’t bring yourself to say no, can you?” Kennedy replied, even after she said no.
The GOP senator pressed on, raising his voice, asking Berry if she supports Iran and talking over her as she tried to answer his questions. Someone started yelling in the audience as Kennedy kept talking.
“I think it’s exceptionally disappointing that you’re looking at an Arab American witness before you and saying, ‘You support Hamas,’” Berry said, as she repeatedly rejected his claims that she supports terrorist groups.
“You should hide your head in a bag,” Kennedy finally said, drawing loud outcry from some in the audience.
A Kennedy spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Kennedy’s treatment of Berry drew almost instant condemnation from both Muslim and Jewish organizations.
“Maya Berry went before the committee to discuss hate crimes. Both Ms. Berry and the topic should have been treated with the respect and seriousness they deserve,” Robert McCaw of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, said in a statement.
“Instead, Sen. Kennedy and others chose to be an example of the bigotry Arabs, Palestinians and Muslims have faced in recent months and years,” McCaw said.
Sheila Katz, the CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women, called Kennedy’s treatment of Berry “heartbreaking” in a post on social media.
“Heartbreaking scene at a Senate hearing on antisemitism, anti-Arab & anti-Muslim hate: the only Muslim witness faced biased questions about supporting Hamas & Hezbollah despite her clear condemnations,” Katz wrote on social media. “This hearing should combat hate, not perpetuate it. The Senate must do better.”
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