Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) launched into a blistering attack against Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) while speaking at a Trump campaign rally in Louisiana late Wednesday, The Hill reports.
Said Kennedy: “In three short years, President Trump has doubled the growth in the greatest economy in all of human history. And do you know what our Democratic friends have done for him? Speaker Nancy Pelosi is trying to impeach him.”
He added: “I don’t mean any disrespect, but it must suck to be that dumb.”
New Orleans Times-Picayune: “John Neely Kennedy is the junior U.S. senator from Louisiana… Foghorn J. Leghorn is an animated chicken who appeared as a featured character in Looney Tunes…”
“There is practically no way to get the two confused… unless you are just reading what they have said. Then, it gets a little tricky.”
This quiz is much harder than you might think.
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) joked that former Vice President Joe Biden may “lose some teeth” if he attempts to embrace the GOP senator in a manner similar to how several women have described encounters with Biden that made them uncomfortable in recent days, The Hill reports.
Said Kennedy: “I’ve said this before, just because you’re accused of something doesn’t mean you’re guilty of it. This is America and you do have a right to due process. On the other hand, this is no country for creepy old men.”
“This is no country for creepy young men, creepy old men or creepy middle aged men. But this also no country to deny people due process.”
— Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), quoted by the Washington Post, saying that the third woman to accuse Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct has been invited to make a sworn statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) defended President Trump’s decision to revoke John Brennan’s security clearance telling CNN the former CIA director is a “butthead” who doesn’t need the clearance.
Said Kennedy: “I think most Americans look at our national intelligence experts as being above politics. Mr. Brennan has demonstrated that that’s not the case. He’s been totally political. I think I called him a ‘butthead’ and I meant it. I think he’s given the national intelligence community a bad name.”
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) told WWL-TV that President Trump called him over the weekend and told him to keep doing his job when White House staff send over an unqualified nominee.
Kennedy recently grilled one of Trump’s U.S. District Judge nominees on basic questions of law and he couldn’t answer a single one.
Recalled Kennedy: “The president and I get along fine, and he has told me, he said, ‘Kennedy, when some of my guys send somebody over who’s not qualified, you do your job.'”
Louisiana State Treasurer John Kennedy said he won’t back off asking about allegations that his opponent in the U.S. Senate race was allegedly involved with prostitutes, the Baton Rouge Advocate reports.
Said Kennedy: “The most prestigious publisher in the world has alleged that he was serviced by not one, not two, not three but four prostitutes and has cheated on his wife. He says it’s a lie. I didn’t write that. Simon and Schuster did. He needs to sue them if it’s not true.”
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