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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 13 points 5 hours ago

Foghorn Hatehorn, the shame of Louisiana, at it again.

Few people in the world are stupider or more hateful than Senator John "the lesser" Kennedy.

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago

Almost have to give props to him for being a consistently irredeemable racist piece of shit.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 52 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

It makes me so mad that this asshole is allowed to pretend she didn’t give the answers he was fishing for. She couldn’t have been any more of a prop for his grandstanding. He might as well have questioned a mannequin

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 50 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

It was fucking ridiculous.

"Do you support Hamas?"
"No. I do not support Hamas"
"You haven't told me if you don't support Hamas."
"I did tell you. I do not support Hamas."
"Let the record show that she supports Hamas."

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago

YOU JUST GOT KENNEDY'D!

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 48 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (4 children)

Fucking racist cunt. Good job Louisiana. The next time New Orleans is destroyed, we shouldn't bother giving a shit since they continually elect this shithead.

[–] Tenthrow@lemmy.world 22 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

New Orleans is an incredible place full of incredible people. Try directing your justified anger at the villains.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 9 hours ago (5 children)

The guy is a senator. He was voted in by his state.

If they don't want to be represented by him, they should have voted him out in 2022.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 17 points 9 hours ago

New Orleans did vote against him. It was the only parish in the state to do so

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

One city cannot vote out a senator an entire state voted in.

All mayors of New Orleans since 1872 have been Democrats.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_New_Orleans

Several mayors, including the current mayor, have been black too.

Do you think people voting black Democrats into the mayor's office want John Kennedy representing them?

Edit: The entire city council are also Democrats.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans_City_Council

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago

New Orleans is the only parish in the entire state where he didn't win the vote, with only 16.2% voting for him.

[–] cmoney@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

My guess is him being a Republican he only "won" due to voter suppression and gerrymandering. I would be shocked if he even had the popular vote.

[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

He's a senator, so prepared to be shocked.

[–] CatsGoMOW@lemmy.world 42 points 11 hours ago

To be fair to New Orleans, they’re not all that responsible for this guy being elected.

[–] Chocrates@lemmy.world 27 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I'm in Nola and I don't vote for this cunt. Be mad at the real enemy

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee -4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

So you choose to live in a place prone to disaster and which is a state largely run by those you wouldn't elect. Genius!

[–] wanderingmagus@lemm.ee 6 points 2 hours ago

Or, hear me out, they were born in a place without their consent, raised in that place as a minor without their consent, and now are not financially or physically capable of leaving that place on their own.

[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world -2 points 7 hours ago

Way to be a part of the problem

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 33 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

Or maybe we can hide conservative heads in a bag instead. Fair is fair.

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 10 hours ago

They prefer a white sheet

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 15 points 9 hours ago

As long as the bag is under a guillotine, I support this.

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 21 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 18 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

A plastic bag? Tied tigh...

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

With some rocks inside to make sure it sinks to the bottom of a lake

[–] Clent@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Reasonable. If they're going to witch hunt, we need to make sure they aren't witches first.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 4 points 6 hours ago

Well, are they made of wood?

[–] cmoney@lemmy.world 39 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

The GOP the party of hate and fear.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 22 points 11 hours ago

don't forget immeasurable prideful ignorance

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 21 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

When I heard he said "hide your head in a bag" my mind immediately went to those awful photos from Abu Ghraib. Sure enough, Wikipedia has that one picture front and center on its page about the prisoner abuse:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse

It wouldn't surprise me if that what this poor excuse for a human had in mind, too.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 14 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

And probably the same methods where you answer their question and they keep torturing you and telling you to answer their question.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 10 points 10 hours ago

Well, there was no physical torture in that Congressional hearing, but that might only have been because of the cameras.

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 21 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I watched these questions.. Utterly gross.

[–] WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

This guy is s total fake. The corn pome accent and the conservative outrage. He was a Democrat until it was obvious he'd never win in Louisiana so he switched.

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 18 points 11 hours ago

Pretty disgusting of this senator.