<p>Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-kennedy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Kennedy</a> (R-LA) took a brief moment during Thursday&#8217;s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to throw a little shade at his colleague, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), over the latter&#8217;s claims that Kash Patel was a &#8220;conspiracy theorist.&#8221;</p>
<p>Kennedy addressed the comments to Patel, who was testifying before the committee as part of the Senate&#8217;s &#8220;advise and consent&#8221; process since being named by President Donald Trump to take over leadership of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨KASH PATEL A CONSPIRACY THEORIST?</p>
<p>Here&#39;s the epic moment when <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnKennedyLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JohnKennedyLA</a> mocked Sen. Durbin for calling <a href="https://twitter.com/Kash_Patel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Kash_Patel</a> a conspiracy theorist.</p>
<p>&quot;Sounds to me like we need to get some new conspiracy theories because all the old ones turned out to be true,&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/SenJohnKennedy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenJohnKennedy</a> said.… <a href="https://t.co/N1goiWHa91">pic.twitter.com/N1goiWHa91</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Tyler O&#39;Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) <a href="https://twitter.com/Tyler2ONeil/status/1885023700849709102?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;My colleague and friend Senator Durbin called you a &#8216;conspiracy theorist,'&#8221; Kennedy said to Patel. &#8220;You remember that?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I do, Senator,&#8221; Patel replied.</p>
<p>&#8220;You were instrumental in revealing the Trump-Russia election-collusion hoax was a hoax, weren&#8217;t you?&#8221; Kennedy asked.</p>
<p>Patel said that he was, and confirmed that he had been the lead investigator on that particular case. For a moment, Kennedy remained silent, hands folded, and simply nodded his head.</p>
<p>&#8220;Sounds to me like we need to get some new conspiracy theories because all the old ones turned out to be true,&#8221; he observed.</p>
<p>Patel laughed, and added, &#8220;Facts matter, senator.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I mean, conspiracy theorists are up something like 37 to nothing,&#8221; Kennedy said, prompting more laughter, before pivoting to a more serious line of questions: &#8220;You&#8217;re not saying everybody at the FBI is bad, are you?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve never said that,&#8221; Patel replied. &#8220;I&#8217;ve overwhelmingly said, multiple times, that 98% of the FBI is courageous, apolitical warriors for justice. They just need better leadership.&#8221;</p>
<p>Patel&#8217;s hearing included a series of contentious exchanges with Democrats like Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), who used her allotted time to make several attempts — all of which failed — to walk Patel into a rhetorical trap.</p>
<p>Also on Capitol Hill for hearings on Thursday were Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-spits-fire-in-opening-statement-i-refuse-to-be-their-puppet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tulsi Gabbard</a>, who was nominated to be Director of National Intelligence.</p>

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