During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on hate crimes, Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., accused a leading Arab American activist, Maya Berry, of supporting Hamas.
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It is too bad that Senators are protected by the speech and debate clause. Kennedy should be censured for this kind of anti-American, racist attack on an invited witness.
She and everyone else should just start insisting that he supports the KKK.
Good for him .. I’m. Sick of Muslims playing victim when all they do is torture
So interesting that she got applause after answering Foghorn Leghorn’s “question”.
People have been calling him racist for years and they clapped because it proves her point the ending statement was him just being savage 😂
@@dajokerjrYes, I agree! He is a Racist and a diisgrace to the Office he is holding! Why is the Republican Senators so rude, unprofessional, hate filled, and combative to these witnesses???
@@dajokerjr
Southern Racists “are” Savage and SAVAGES!!!!
This dude is a true red neck 🙏
I have redneck family, and they aren’t like him. Please don’t do the same thing he’s doing.
Yeah, BUT I a European Muslim living in Louisiana, the state that this guy represents and telling someone In Louisiana that is redneck is like a compliment. I even consider myself redneck in many ways .redneck is not to bad, and if nothing, it is honest in his hate.
This senator is a disgusting individual that does not deserve a seat in the senate. Censure him!
He’s a true southern racist!
Hamas is a terrorist organization race has nothing to do with anything
Why? Explain. I can say you are a terrorist just because i don’t like you but it doesn’t make it right. Why is he a racist?
A sorry excuse for a man. Just pathetic. As a Louisianan I am ashamed.
Foghorn needs to go back to the bayou.
He is great about trying to get to the point!
I want him to say “momma said” one time.
Israel is evil
Ya its hideous
My father was Jewish and I don’t like this guy.
and you’re not?
Honestly it doesn’t matter what their view is of the war. But this is very despicable.
Berry also declined to condemn a slogan, projected on the side of a George Washington University building after Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks, that read “Glory to Our Martyrs.” She said banners reading “Free Palestine from the River to the Sea”—a reference to the destruction of Israel and its replacement with a Palestinian state—were “not hate speech.”
That’s real hypocritical considering the other side has taken out tens of thousands of children and counting.
an educated voice. Thank you.
This is misinformation, “Free Palestine from the river to the sea” means to FREE Palestine only and does NOT mean the destruction of Israel.
Islam is evil and he knows it , she is lying,because muslums can lie if it benefits Islam
This senator is 100 x smarter than all of you here that re vilifying him here.
😂😂😂 Yeah, right
No one here is criticizing his intellect. They are disgusted by his conduct.
Elon musk is directly connected to Ari Emanuel who is apart of the ZIONIST Irgun terrorist organization since 1948.
ZIONIST AND Jewish are not synonymous
Zionists are backing the DNC.
It’s good to see the losers took some times off from protesting the “current thing” to help applauded this lady no matter what she said and gasp and clutch their mothers pearls in fake disbelief
She said she didn’t support Hamas very clearly. Why would he ask her that question and tell her to put a bag over her head? I am open to additional context. But based on that exchange he didn’t look very good.
This was a disgusting showing.
💙💙💙 HE was so freaking DUSTIN’S!¡!!!@@×@×++×
Excuse this question personally but, Hamas exists every politics infiltrated into systems that has affiliating these institutions. Just say yes or no simple. Lady bring on the arguments .
What you sugar coated cornflakes don’t get is, that looking at yall thru our eyes is liking looking thru the magic glasses and seeing the monster underneath!!
You’re all the same. We can spot you coming a mile away! If your satan’s best weapon, he again failed! Praise God!!
She’s a racist. It’s in her eyes because it’s in her soul. !!
She is full of stuff
So THIS GOP senator is truly disgusting and just shows you how much racism STILL exists in this MAGA Republican’s clown show of a party 😔
Louisiana, you should be so proud of your Senator!🫥🫥🫥
Pure racism
I can’t stand him, I guarantee he still wears a white robe …..and not just for baptisms.
The racism coming out of the GOP is nauseating
I always did think that he was a nasty piece of ignorant and arrogant bigotry. If he’s never proved it before he certainly has on this occasion.
trumpism on display.
And he supports the genocidal rogue state of israel
Blatant raccism from that senator
This senator should be removed! The statements he made are flagrantly false and disgusting. I’m not surprised though, this is what the republican party does. Look at this video and ask yourself do you really want a party that will accuse non-white AMERICANS of being criminals or terrorists with absolutely NO EVIDENCE?? If the Republicans are allowed to continue with this, it will honestly destroy this country. Hate destroys people and it destroys nations. Vote blue in November!
“You should have your head in a bag”
This senator is fire, bro.
That fool should not be in charge of everything, he should be watching perry mason reb.runs in the Home , the one that only takes Medicare.
Horrible sad man
When did Louisiana start electing racist abusive representatives.
And he gets money of aipac !
He’s a Clown
Emotional blackmail can take you a long way
CANNOT STAND KENNEDY!!!!!! He’s digusting. He should be sanctioned/penalized for such behavior!!!!!!!!!
Horrible Man!
Mushmouth Kennedy is a bigot.
Louisiana needs to make sure he doesn’t get re-elected
It seems the only reason they hold these hearings is to yell and posture. It’s disgusting.
Israel and the Western world were the initial supporters of Hamas during the time Yasser Arafat was leading PLO. Hamas was created by Israel and America to cause internal conflict within the Palestinians.
Wow unbelievable. This is really a United States Senator? He should be ashamed of himself. The level of ignorance is beyond me.
Are you 5? This shocks you?
That Man is Crazy.
This is typical example of giving meat to your base.
Shame!😔
Awfully funny, she had to dodge it at first. I’m so tired of all these invaders. This is America. Once you come here, you pledge aledgence to this nation. We do not need to appropriate your culture that ruined the place you fled to come here. Otherwise, don’t come here and stay there if it’s so much better than america.
Now, Senator Kennedy, bless your ignorant and hateful little heart. Not surprising as he’s from the state I reside in. What an as$hat! He is also starting to look much older… being so vile does wear a person down. 🤨😮💨
He asked her a question. Being Arab doesn’t mean she can’t support Hamas. Her attitude that being Arab she shouldn’t be asked questions she doesn’t like isn’t hate. When you watch entire conversation there was reasons why he asked that question.
People please stop being judgmental and let’s try getting to the truth.
O my, these old white folk losing it.
This senator is on AIPAC payroll.
Those southern boys certainly have a way with words when asking asinine questions
Speaking of hiding head in a bag… used to be that people like him wore white hoods. Utterly disgusting. Shame on him.
This senator is a disgrace to our country. I can’t believe people vote for him. My question is why?? What has he done for your state?? Geez
“I do not support Hamas”
“It’s disappointing you can’t bring yourself to say you don’t support Hamas!!!!”
This clown had a script and he was gonna follow it no matter what. All about the sound bites and how they can spin this.
Today, Kennedy proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is one of the most racist senators ever to hold the title since before the Civil War. He is an absolute disgrace. He just uses hearings like this to be open about it.
DISGUSTING!!
Louisiana you can do better than this cartoon senator
Sounded like a death threat to me from Sen John Kennedy
Wow, well I guess based on the premise of his question to her that since she’s Arab that she must be a Hamas supporter must then mean that this senator must be a KKK supporter since he is a southern white guy.
With this logic thr senator is a KKK member as he is a white man from Louisiana
Kennedy loves playing games, halfwit
It’s hard to believe this guy is a Kennedy. Embarrassing.
Let’s see the clip where he proves she is a Hamas supporter by her previous posts and comments on public platforms …..