Senator John Kennedy, joined by his wife, Becky, at left, addresses supporters during his election night party, Tuesday, November 8, 2022, at the Lod Cook Alumni Center on the campus of LSU in Baton Rouge, La. It’s not really noteworthy when U.S.
Sen. John Kennedy has a viral moment from a congressional hearing. It actually .
Hearings on Capitol Hill have long since morphed from fact-finding vehicles to showcases for political rhetoric — the more outrageous, the more widely shared. And if there’s anything the Republican junior senator from Louisiana does well these days, it’s create such moments. Remember the time he dramatically wondered aloud whether he should address a Soviet-born and raised nominee for a Biden administration position as Good times.
But last week’s Judiciary subcommittee hearing on interstate travel for abortion was different. There was a , to be sure, but this one didn’t involve one of his trademark personal insults or chicken-fried quips. This time, he didn’t talk much at all, although he tried to.
Instead, he actually had to listen as he got dressed down for playing politics with an issue that deeply affects people's lives. To set the scene, here’s how Kennedy prefaced his questioning. Rather than focus on challenges the U.
S. Supreme Court created for women when it overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago, Kennedy used the hearing to trumpet a danger he claims to see in a Democratic proposal to codify abortion rights nationally.
“This will.
