GOP senator tells Arab American witness at hate crimes hearing to 'hide your head in a bag'
GOP senator tells Arab American witness at hate crimes hearing to 'hide your head in a bag'
Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana also repeatedly suggested the witness, a leading Arab American activist, supports Hamas even as she repeatedly denied it.
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."
Disavowing Hamas is entirely pointless. Racists will accuse you of being Hamas no matter what.
When the entire population of Palestine is described as "Hamas", all "Condemning Hamas" amounts to is blaming civilians for their own massacre. It's just racist people demanding you be as racist as they are before they let you speak.
Besides that, supporting Hamas is the only moral position.
Ha! His state is run on slave prison labor. Shut the fuck up, John.
We need to take away their congressional representation until they finally start following the post-civil war amendments.
150 years is enough.
Sadly the post-civil war amendments include a provision that allows prisoners to be used for unpaid labor.
From the text of the 13th amendment:
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Only argument is if the party has been "duly" convicted, which is a recurring issue we see with the US justice system.
The most frustrating part is that the witness literally answered his questions. She wasn't even replying in non-answers like others who try to avoid directly answering a question, and he still kept on accusing her of the opposite. Ultimate grandstanding.
Video in the article
I’m trying to think of the most painful and apropos thing that could happen to Kennedy, but I can’t come up with anything suitable enough.
EDIT: I’ve got it! He gets beaten to death by Nazi proud boiz with Baseball bats.
This guy is the freaking worst.
The witness, later that day.
That's a pillow, not a bag.
Baby steps
What a repulsive human being.
No. YOU hide your head in a bag, Senator. You're an embarrassment to your state.