Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) grilled Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/xavier-becerra" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Xavier Becerra</a> over his position on abortion, asking whether there was any case in which he would support imposing restrictions on women seeking to terminate their pregnancies.
During a Tuesday hearing, Kennedy posed a hypothetical scenario — a healthy baby and a healthy mother, one day before the due date — and Becerra repeatedly refused to say whether he&#8217;d support banning abortion even in that case.
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Why are you embarrassed to answer?
&quot;Would you support making it illegal to abort a baby, if the mother is healthy, and the baby is healthy, on the day before that baby is scheduled to be born?&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/SenJohnKennedy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenJohnKennedy</a> presses <a href="https://twitter.com/SecBecerra?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecBecerra</a> on his support for no-limits abortion <a href="https://t.co/K2mkoSGW0i">pic.twitter.com/K2mkoSGW0i</a>
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After thanking Secretary Becerra for his time, Kennedy jumped straight to the heart of his questions.
&#8220;Mr. Secretary, if the mother is healthy and the baby is healthy, do you really support abortion of the baby up to the moment of birth?&#8221; he asked.
&#8220;Senator, let me make sure — to the moment of birth? You&#8217;re saying after gestation, the 40 weeks —&#8221; Becerra attempted to clarify the question.
Kennedy obliged, saying, &#8220;Let&#8217;s suppose — suppose it&#8217;s the day before the due date, and the baby is fully formed and the baby is healthy and the mother is healthy, do you support aborting — the right to abort the baby then?&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;ve heard no one say that,&#8221; Becerra protested, claiming that &#8220;reproductive rights&#8221; advocates were only saying that they supported the provisions of the recently-overturned 1973 case Roe v. Wade.
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Kennedy responded by reading a 2020 statement from Becerra himself, who said at the time, &#8220;No government, state or federal, has the right to make decisions for a woman about her body or her health care.&#8221;
&#8220;Your words, not mine,&#8221; Kennedy added. &#8220;I ask you again, up to the moment of birth, if the mother&#8217;s healthy and the baby&#8217;s healthy, do you believe that there should be the right to abort that baby? Up to the moment of birth.&#8221;
Becerra again claimed that he had &#8220;always supported Roe v, Wade, which doesn&#8217;t do what you just said,&#8221; and said that he did not know of anyone who was arguing in favor of abortion until the moment of birth. He went on to say that it should still be a decision left entirely up to a woman and her doctor.
Kennedy tried once more, asking Becerra directly whether he would support any restrictions on abortion in cases where both mother and baby were healthy and the baby was full term. The HHS Secretary would only answer that he would support bringing back Roe.
&#8220;I want your answer,&#8221; Kennedy pressed again. &#8220;Roe v. Wade has been overturned. I want your answer.&#8221;
But even as Kennedy repeated the direct question several more times, Becerra refused to give a straight answer.

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‘Your Words, Not Mine’: GOP Senator Grills Biden Health Secretary Over No-Limits Abortion

'Your Words, Not Mine': GOP Senator Grills Biden Health Secretary Over No-Limits Abortion

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Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) slammed President Joe Biden on Sunday and accused the president of signaling weakness following Iran&#8217;s unprecedented attack on Israel Saturday night.
Kennedy made the remarks during a Sunday interview on &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; with host Shannon Bream while discussing the hundreds of missiles and drones that Iran directed at Israel.
&#8220;You’ve got Senator Sanders there, one of your colleagues who says, in a piece in the Boston Globe this week, he said not another nickel to Netanyahu,&#8221; Bream said. &#8220;He says, does America want to be on the side of history of standing with people who are child killers and creating starvation? I mean, those are his words. He seems determined to block anything going to his right.&#8221;
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&#8220;Yes. And in the past 60 days, we have seen President Biden, go wobbly in his support of Israel,&#8221; Kennedy responded. &#8220;And today, the White House has already leaked to the press early this morning that they’re not going to participate in an Israeli response to what Iran just did. Let me say it again. More sheep is not going to solve the wolf problem.&#8221;
&#8220;My advice to the president today, for what it’s worth, Mr. President, &#8216;don’t&#8217;. Stop it. Support Israel,&#8221; he added. &#8220;With respect, go to Amazon and buy a spine online! Peace through weakness never works. Not with these hard, hard men.&#8221;
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Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced the EDUCATE Act, a bill that would eliminate federal funding to medical schools that embed the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) agenda into their admission or instruction policies, on Thursday.
Called the Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education <a href="https://www.kennedy.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/f/c/fc004939-9acc-4b5b-ac2a-33f6a400d77c/EB87810799D9902262DC1CD4353F7165.educate-act-bill-text.pdf">(EDUCATE) Act</a>, the Senate bill corresponds with legislation that was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-bill-would-eliminate-federal-funding-to-any-med-school-that-incorporates-dei">recently introduced</a> in the House of Representatives by Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC).
“Woke universities are forcing America’s future doctors to care more about race and gender than saving lives,” Kennedy <a href="https://www.kennedy.senate.gov/public/press-releases?id=3AACCF99-2BEC-40B7-8432-2D6D58596EDB#:~:text=John%20Kennedy%20(R%2DLa.,affirm%20ideological%20beliefs%20and%20prioritize">asserted</a>. “The EDUCATE Act would make sure taxpayer dollars don’t fund medical schools that discriminate against talented students or peddle progressive nonsense at the expense of science.”
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) is co-leading the legislation alongside Kennedy.
“The medical field has traditionally been one driven by core tenants of merit, academic excellence, and superb scientific achievement, but that has not stopped the left from their malpractice of injecting DEI into every aspect of education in America,” Schmitt noted. “To cheapen medical schools with woke politics and DEI would be to put the lives of countless Americans in danger as students of extraordinary achievement and meticulous discipline in the field will be cast aside in the name of social justice and equity.”
Medical schools would not be eligible to receive federal funding under the bill if they direct, compel, or incentivize students to adopt or affirm various beliefs associated with DEI and Critical Race Theory (CRT), including that the United States is structurally racist or that people can be lumped into “oppressed” and “oppressor” categories by virtue of their race, ethnicity, or sex.
The bill would also eliminate federal funding for medical schools that deprive students of educational opportunities on the basis of their background by giving preferential treatment to students on the basis of race or by holding classes specifically for those of one racial background. Medical schools would also be ineligible for federal funding if they established or maintained DEI offices.
The introduction of the bill in the Senate was praised by Rep. Murphy, who introduced corresponding legislation in the House of Representatives in March. “Discriminatory DEI practices have rapidly permeated medical schools across the country at great harm to the field of medicine,” Murphy <a href="https://murphy.house.gov/media/press-releases/murphys-legislation-ban-dei-medicine-introduced-senate#:~:text=%E2%80%9CDiscriminatory%20DEI%20practices%20have%20rapidly,lives%20are%20on%20the%20line.">asserted</a>. “Political ideology has no place in the classroom, especially when lives are on the line.”
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“I appreciate Senators Kennedy and Schmitt for recognizing the detrimental impact these initiatives will have on the future of American healthcare,” Murphy went on to add. 
The legislation comes in the wake of a bombshell investigation into Duke Medical School by Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro, who found that the institution appeared to be <a href="https://x.com/benshapiro/status/1762196005234024632">discriminating</a> against white men.
Discrimination in medical schools has recently become a national conversation, with Elon Musk warning that lowered standards in the medical field in pursuit of equity would put people’s lives at risk.
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Elon Musk tries to explain how lowering the standards for doctors could result in more deaths. 
Don Lemon is unable to grasp the concept.
This entire exchange is incredible. <a href="https://t.co/QJ3efuvVAb">pic.twitter.com/QJ3efuvVAb</a>
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Data <a href="https://www.aamc.org/media/6066/download">from</a> the Association of American Medical Colleges reveals that the average grades and test scores vary significantly by race, with whites and Asians needing to receive higher scores to be competitive in admissions than black or Hispanic applicants.

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A witness who testified about climate change last week on Capitol Hill said a top Democrat issued an apology after he was grilled by Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) on the issue of carbon dioxide.
Gus Schumacher, an American cross-country skier who was invited by the Democrats, went viral over his exchange with Kennedy during a Budget Committee <a href="https://www.budget.senate.gov/hearings/recreation-at-risk-the-nature-of-climate-costs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hearing</a> on &#8220;Recreation at Risk: The Nature of Climate Costs.&#8221;
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Democrats want to spend $50 TRILLION to become carbon neutral &amp; held a hearing to tell us why.
Dem witness: Carbon dioxide is &quot;a huge part of our atmosphere.&quot;
Me: &quot;It’s actually a very small part of our atmosphere.&quot; (0.035%)
Dem witness: &quot;Well, okay. But, yeah. I don’t know.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/sSdbtsX7aq">pic.twitter.com/sSdbtsX7aq</a>
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One particular moment at the start that drew much attention was when Kennedy corrected Schumacher after he said carbon dioxide is a &#8220;huge part&#8221; of the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere after noting he was not a &#8220;professional&#8221; to discuss the topic.
&#8220;It&#8217;s actually a very small part of our atmosphere,&#8221; Kennedy replied.
Indeed, carbon dioxide makes up only about <a href="https://netl.doe.gov/carbon-management/carbon-storage/faqs/carbon-dioxide-101#:~:text=Carbon%20dioxide%20occurs%20naturally%20in,percent)%20in%20the%20Earth's%20atmosphere.&amp;text=Carbon%20dioxide%20is%20a%20minor,subsequently%20exhaled%20from%20the%20lungs." target="_blank" rel="noopener">0.04%</a> of the atmosphere. Although it is naturally present there, it is also <a href="https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/overview-greenhouse-gases" target="_blank" rel="noopener">considered</a> the planet&#8217;s primary greenhouse gas, emitted through human activities that are driving climate change.
As the discussion went on, Schumacher said he would like there to be a decrease in the use of fossil fuels that produce CO2 emissions, but he could not provide specifics on a timeline or how much money going carbon neutral would cost.
Schumacher later <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13238361/Climate-skier-Gus-Schumacher-kennedy-senate.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told DailyMail.com</a> that Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) offered him an apology and was &#8220;pretty cheerful&#8221; afterward.
&#8220;He apologized for Sen. Kennedy and mentioned that it&#8217;s not the first time he&#8217;s done that aggressive line of questioning that&#8217;s not entirely related,&#8221; Schumacher said.
He added, &#8220;&#8216;I don&#8217;t think anyone from my team was expecting that approach, he did a good job of making these questions really silly.&#8221;
Schumacher also said he was &#8220;a little bit flustered&#8221; after the line of questioning from Kennedy. &#8220;That spoke to my inability to answer questions on CO2, but I wasn&#8217;t too red in the face,&#8221; he said.
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Kennedy posted a video of his exchange with Schumacher to X.
&#8220;Democrats want to spend $50 TRILLION to become carbon neutral &amp; held a hearing to tell us why,&#8221; he said before quoting the exchange about how much carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere.
In addition to questions about carbon dioxide, Kennedy pressed Schumacher about social media posts in 2020 about racism and the criminal justice system.
Schumacher pushed back, claiming the questions were &#8220;off topic&#8221; and that he was there as an athlete to discuss the effects of climate change on his sport.

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Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-kennedy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Kennedy</a> (R-LA) delivered a sports analogy during a recent Fox Business appearance, where he was asked to give his thoughts on the ongoing crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Kennedy compared the Biden administration&#8217;s border policy to the game plan of a football program, noting that if any football team were to deliver such a dismal record, the people deemed responsible for the failure would have long since been fired.
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It’s time for America to wake up and smell the incompetence: The border is wide open.
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&#8220;It&#8217;s time for America to wake up and smell the incompetence,&#8221; Kennedy began. &#8220;I mean, the border is wide open, and as I&#8217;ve said before, that&#8217;s man-made — and the man&#8217;s name is Joe Biden.&#8221;
&#8220;And if the White House — how can I put this? If the White House were a football team and performed like this, we would have already fired the coach, the athletic director, and the mascot,&#8221; Kennedy continued. &#8220;Americans want better and it keeps getting worse.&#8221;
The situation at the border has come to a head in recent days as President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration has taken dramatic steps to prevent Texas authorities — under the direction of Republican Governor Greg Abbott — from enforcing federal immigration laws themselves.
The Supreme Court handed Biden a win earlier this week, telling U.S. Border Patrol agents that they can cut down razor wire barriers put in place by the Texas National Guard — but Abbott has pushed back, declaring that Texas has the right to protect its own border if the federal government refuses to do so.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/25-republican-governors-band-together-to-support-texas-in-its-fight-to-secure-the-border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twenty-five</a> of the 26 remaining Republican governors — every one but Governor Phil Scott (R-VT) — have voiced support for Abbott&#8217;s course of action.
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UPDATE &#8211; 25 Republican governors issue a joint statement in support of Texas in its border dispute with the federal government, Vermont&#39;s governor was the lone exception. <a href="https://t.co/ObXWfbyBHd">pic.twitter.com/ObXWfbyBHd</a>
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&#8220;We stand in solidarity with our fellow Governor, Greg Abbott, and the State of Texas in utilizing every tool and strategy, including razor wire fences, to secure the border. We do it in part because the Biden Administration is refusing to enforce immigration laws already on the books and is illegally allowing mass parole across America of migrants who entered our country illegally,&#8221; a statement signed by the 25 read.

‘Wake Up And Smell The Incompetence’: John Kennedy Minces No Words On ‘Wide-Open’ Border

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Senate Minority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mitch-mcconnell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mitch McConnell</a> (R-KY) announced on Wednesday that he intends to stay in office for the remainder of his term after the lawmaker&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mcconnell-appears-to-freeze-again-during-presser" target="_blank" rel="noopener">second freeze-up</a> last week.
The 81-year-old lawmaker, standing before a group of his GOP colleagues on Capitol Hill, brushed off a reporter who asked him to respond to people who are calling on him to step down and whether he had plans to retire.
&#8220;I have no announcements to make on that subject,&#8221; McConnell said with a chuckle. &#8220;I&#8217;m going to finish my term as leader. And I&#8217;m going to finish my Senate term,&#8221; he added, cutting off a follow-up question, before walking away.
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&quot;I&#39;m going to finish my term as leader. And I&#39;m going to finish my Senate term.&quot;
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McConnell, whose current term ends in January 2027, was briefly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-senate-minority-leader-mitch-mcconnell-discharged-from-hospital" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hospitalized</a> with a concussion in March after falling at a hotel in Washington, D.C.
Over the past several weeks, he appeared to momentarily freeze and struggle to answer questions while speaking to the press, first last month on Capitol Hill and then last week during an event in Kentucky.
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BREAKING NEWS: Sen. Mitch McConnell appearing to have another scary episode in the media gaggle in Covington today. Aides had to step in to help him out and repeat questions. He was eventually lead away. We&#39;ll have the full video on <a href="https://twitter.com/WLWT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WLWT</a> <a href="https://t.co/q9ex5MHxLV">pic.twitter.com/q9ex5MHxLV</a>
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The leader&#8217;s office has released two notes from Dr. Brian Monahan, the attending physician of the U.S. Congress, over the past several days.
In the first memo, Monahan said he evaluated McConnell&#8217;s most recent incident and informed the leader that he was &#8220;medically clear to continue with his schedule as planned.&#8221; Monahan also noted that occasional &#8220;lightheadedness is not uncommon in concussion recovery and can also be expected as a result of dehydration.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/capitol-physician-says-no-evidence-of-mcconnell-having-stroke-or-seizure-disorder" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The second memo</a>, this one released on Tuesday as the Senate returned from its summer recess, offered a more detailed explanation.
&#8220;My examination of you following your August 30, 2023 brief episode included several medical evaluations: brain MRI imaging, EEG study and consultations with several neurologists for a comprehensive neurology assessment,&#8221; Monahan said.
&#8220;There is no evidence that you have a seizure disorder or that you experienced a stroke, TIA or movement disorder such as Parkinson’s disease,&#8221; the physician added. &#8220;There are no changes recommended in treatment protocols as you continue recovery from your March 2023 fall.&#8221;
Despite the notes, there has been a torrent of speculation about <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/health/mitch-mcconnell-health-seizures.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">McConnell’s condition</a> and <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/09/02/who-replaces-mitch-mcconnell/70730662007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">future in Congress.</a>
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6336695710112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">emerged</a> from a closed-door lunch meeting on Wednesday and told Fox News that the minority leader explained to his GOP colleagues that he has been given a &#8220;clean bill of health&#8221; by medical experts.
The &#8220;only person in the Milky Way who can make Mitch McConnell step down is Mitch McConnell,&#8221; the senator added.

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Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) let President Joe Biden&#8217;s family have it during a recent appearance on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;Hannity,&#8221; saying that Americans being lectured about &#8220;privilege&#8221; by Biden was &#8220;like being lectured about gun safety by Alec Baldwin.&#8221;
Kennedy argued that the case surrounding President Biden&#8217;s embattled son Hunter Biden was primarily rooted in the intersection of &#8220;privilege and sleaze,&#8221; and went on to lay out how he believed Hunter was the prime example of &#8220;privilege.&#8221;
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This may be Senator Kennedy&#39;s most SAVAGE takedown of the Biden Crime Family yet— You&#39;ll be in TEARS:
&quot;Huntergate is about two things: privilege and sleaze&#8230; President Biden and many members of the media lecture us incisively about the injustice of privilege. But to me, that&#39;s… <a href="https://t.co/YZwfBOfdEy">pic.twitter.com/YZwfBOfdEy</a>
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&#8220;Huntergate is about two things: privilege and sleaze,&#8221; Kennedy began. &#8220;First, the privilege. President Biden and many members of the media lecture us incessantly about the injustice of privilege, especially so-called &#8216;white privilege.&#8217; But to me, that&#8217;s like being lectured about gun safety by Alec Baldwin.&#8221;
Kennedy went on to point out that while the president and other members of his party routinely lecture Americans about privilege, &#8220;they never mention Hunter Biden, who is the epitome of privilege.&#8221;
&#8220;How did Hunter Biden earn those millions of dollars?&#8221; Kennedy asked then, referencing money the younger Biden had raked in through foreign business deals and time spent on the board of Burisma Holding. He then asked how smart Hunter could have been if he surrendered the now infamous laptop to a stranger despite the sensitive – and incriminating information — he&#8217;d stored on it.
&#8220;How smart is it to try to deduct your hookers on your federal income tax?&#8221; he asked. &#8220;The next time we are lectured about privilege, I want people to remember that.&#8221;
Kennedy then pivoted to his second point, saying that he knew the White House&#8217;s position was that Joe Biden had called Hunter and talked to his business partners &#8220;about the weather&#8221; because he was such a devoted father.
&#8220;If you believe that, you will never own your own home,&#8221; Kennedy said. &#8220;At a minimum. At a minimum, the evidence brought forth by the House and by Senator Grassley, by the way, in the Senate, is clarion clear that President Biden was well aware of what his son was doing, and he aggressively enabled it.&#8221;

John Kennedy Savages Biden Family On Privilege: ‘Like Being Lectured About Gun Safety By Alec Baldwin’

John Kennedy Savages Biden Family On Privilege: 'Like Being Lectured About Gun Safety By Alec Baldwin'

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Louisiana GOP Senator John Kennedy blasted President Biden over the inflation that has occurred on his watch, snapping, “Inflation is gutting my people like a fish.”
Kennedy, interviewed on Fox News, prefaced his remarks about inflation by offering his solace and encouragement to the people of Maui after the devastating fires in which more than 100 people died.
“It just breaks my heart; we’ve been through it in Louisiana with hurricanes,” he said. “All I can say to my fellow Americans in Hawaii is you’re gonna want to give up at some point; Don’t. Just get up every day, put one foot down then another foot. The American people will be with you. I’ll vote to help you out in Congress. And I’m just so sorry they’re going through it.”
Then he turned to Biden and the inflationary spiral that has seen inflation rise 16% during Biden’s tenure and food prices soar 20%.
“I’m also sorry that the American people are going through Bidenomics,” he declared. “Bidenomics is pretty simple. It&#8217;s just bigger government, more spending, and higher prices. And I’ve said this before: At least in Louisiana, inflation is gutting my people like a fish. My people are getting really good at barely getting by. And in America, you shouldn’t have to take an early distribution from your retirement account or sell blood plasma in order to go to the grocery store.”
“And President Biden is out there saying prices are high and your 401K is crashing because the economy is so good,” he continued. “He just doesn’t get it. That’s why he’s polling up there with a fungal infection.”
“The median household income for a family in Louisiana is about $55,000 to $60,000 a year,” he stated. “Because of President Biden’s inflation and economics, they’re paying an extra $700 a month, $9,000 a year. And they don’t have it.”
“I hate to say it, but these higher prices? They’re permanent,” he said. “Even if inflation goes to zero tomorrow, we’re still gonna be stuck with these higher prices, which are a direct result of President Biden’s economic policies.”
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Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) mocked Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday after a video clip of her went viral showing her fumbling around with words while trying to define what &#8220;culture&#8221; is.
On June 30, Harris appeared at the Essence Magazine “Festival of Culture” in New Orleans where she was asked to define the topic.
&#8220;Well I think, culture is, is a reflection of our moment and our time. Right?&#8221; she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/another-day-another-kamala-word-salad-that-tops-all-others" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;And, and, and present culture is the way we express how we’re feeling about the moment and, and we should always find times to express how we feel about the moment. That is a reflection of joy. ‘Cause you know … it comes in the morning.”
“We have to find ways to also express the way we feel about the moment in terms of just having language and, and, and a connection to how people are experiencing life,” she continued. “And I think about it in that way, too.”
When asked what his thoughts were about the clip, Kennedy said that she was struggling at speaking engagements for several reason.
“She’s struggling for a couple of reasons,” Kennedy said. “Number one, she doesn’t appear to be prepared. Number two, no matter how well-prepared you are, you have to be able to express yourself. And with respect, I would say the vice president needs to work on being a little more articulate. Some might say that based on her performances that English is not her first, second, third, or even fourth language.”
“But number three, I think sound advice for anyone, politician or not, is always be yourself unless you suck. If you suck, have enough self-awareness to know you suck, and try to do better,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And I just don’t get the impression that the vice president is – she’s not being herself. She’s trying to sound smart instead of just saying what she believes and saying it in a clear articulate manner that the average American who’s busy can understand.”
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Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) mocks Vice President Kamala Harris over her latest word salad: “English is not her first, second, third, or even fourth language.” <a href="https://t.co/aEXuyKHLJ9">pic.twitter.com/aEXuyKHLJ9</a>
&mdash; Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonrantz/status/1677426707396186112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-district-court-nominee-stumped-by-john-kennedys-most-basic-questions-about-the-constitution" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Kennedy</a> (R-LA) made it clear on Wednesday that he was not impressed by Deputy Energy Secretary David Turk, challenging him to explain just how the Biden administration&#8217;s climate agenda would translate to a real-world impact.
Kennedy noted that the Biden administration wanted to spend trillions on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/whoopi-mocks-conservatives-who-lost-everything-in-tornadoes-there-hasnt-been-much-denying-of-climate-change" target="_blank" rel="noopener">climate initiatives</a>, and asked Turk to estimate what kind of measurable change that much spending could be expected to net.
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KENNEDY: &quot;If we spent $50 TRILLION to become carbon neutral by 2050 in the United States of America, how much is that going to reduce world temperatures?&quot;
BIDEN STOOGE: *nonsense*
KENNEDY: &quot;You don&#39;t know do you?&quot; <a href="https://t.co/o8h8luTABv">pic.twitter.com/o8h8luTABv</a>
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&#8220;If you could answer my question,&#8221; Kennedy began, &#8220;If we spent $50 TRILLION to become carbon neutral in the United States of America by 2050, you&#8217;re the Deputy Secretary of Energy, give me your estimate of how much is that going to reduce world temperatures?&#8221;
&#8220;So first of all, it&#8217;s a net cost,&#8221; Turk replied. &#8220;It&#8217;s what benefits we&#8217;re having from getting our act together and reducing — all of those climate benefits — we&#8217;re seeing —&#8221;
&#8220;Let me ask again,&#8221; Kennedy interrupted. &#8220;Maybe I&#8217;m being — maybe I&#8217;m not being clear. If we spent $50 TRILLION to become carbon neutral by 2050 in the United States of America, how much is that going to reduce world temperatures?&#8221;
&#8220;This is a global problem,&#8221; Turk replied, going on to say that everyone — not just the United States — needed to do their part to make a difference.
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&#8220;How much, if we do our part, is it going to reduce world temperatures?&#8221; Kennedy asked again.
&#8220;We&#8217;re 13% of global emissions &#8230;&#8221; Turk said, and Kennedy interrupted, shaking his head.
&#8220;You don&#8217;t know, do you?&#8221; the Louisiana Senator asked. &#8220;You don&#8217;t know, do you?&#8221;
&#8220;You can do that math —&#8221; Turk tried again.
&#8220;You don&#8217;t know, do you, Mr. Secretary?&#8221; Kennedy asked again. &#8220;If you know, why won&#8217;t you tell me? &#8230; You just want us to spend $50 trillion and you don&#8217;t have the slightest idea whether it&#8217;s going to reduce world temperatures. Now, I&#8217;m all for carbon neutrality, but you&#8217;re the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Energy and you&#8217;re advocating we spend trillions of dollars to seek carbon neutrality and you can&#8217;t — and this isn&#8217;t your money or my money, it&#8217;s taxpayer money — and you can&#8217;t tell me how much it&#8217;s going to lower world temperatures?&#8221;
The exchange continued, and Turk — who never did give a straight answer to Kennedy&#8217;s question — went on to explain that he did not believe the rest of the world would take steps to cut emissions unless the United States took the lead.

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Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) said during an interview on Sunday that when he approached President Joe Biden about using the U.S. military to take out Mexican drug cartels, the president rebuffed him and said that it was a &#8220;bad idea.&#8221;
Kennedy made the remarks on &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; with host Shannon Bream when discussing former Attorney General William Barr&#8217;s recent <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-us-must-defeat-mexicos-drug-cartels-narco-terrorism-amlo-el-chapo-crenshaw-military-law-enforcement-b8fac731">op-ed</a> in The Wall Street Journal urging the Biden administration to use the military against the cartels.
“Look, the cartels, we know who they are,” Kennedy said. “They are killing Americans on both sides of the border. And the fact is that the American military could partner with the Mexican military and the Mexican police, and we could wipe out the cartels.”
“But President Lopez Obrador in Mexico refuses to do that. And when Senator [Lindsey] Graham and I talked about the issue this year, this week rather, President Biden said it’s a bad idea. And the truth is that President Biden believes in open borders, but the cartels don’t seem to bother him. And President Lopez Obrador can answer for himself, but I don’t get why he would turn down American help with killing cartels that are killing our people.”
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Federal District Court nominee Charnelle Marie Bjelkengren appeared to struggle with the most basic of questions during her Thursday morning hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, failing to recall the purpose of both Article V and Article II of the United States Constitution.
Sen. <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/the-biden-classified-documents-just-keep-coming-and-john-kennedy-has-just-four-questions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Kennedy</a> (R-LA) attempted to keep his questions simple, asking directly what Article V and Article II of the Constitution were designed to do — but Bjelkengren could not come up with an answer to either question.
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Q: “Judge, tell me what article V of the Constitution does?”
Biden judicial nominee: “Article V is not coming to mind at the moment.”
“How about article II?”
Nominee: “Neither is Article II”
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After offering his congratulations to the nominees, Kennedy jumped straight into the questioning.
&#8220;Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and congratulations to all of you,&#8221; he began. &#8220;Judge &#8230; on the far end. Tell me what Article V of the Constitution does.&#8221;
After a brief pause, Bjelkengren replied, &#8220;Article V is not coming to mind at the moment.&#8221;
<a href="https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-5/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Article V</a> details the proper process and procedure surrounding proposed amendments and how they can be passed, ratified, and added to the U.S. Constitution.
&#8220;How about Article II?&#8221; Kennedy tried again.
&#8220;Neither is Article II,&#8221; was Bjelkengren&#8217;s response.
<a href="https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Article II</a> of the Constitution defines the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government: how the president is elected — and by whom; the qualifications for and duties of the office; what the president&#8217;s powers are; who succeeds the president; and the impeachment process.
&#8220;Okay,&#8221; Kennedy replied, scratching his head before moving on. &#8220;Do you know what purposivism is?&#8221;
&#8220;In my 12 years as an assistant attorney general and my nine years serving as a judge, I was not faced with that precise question,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We are the highest trial court in Washington State, so I&#8217;m frequently faced with issues that I&#8217;m not familiar with, and I thoroughly review the law. I research and apply the law to the facts presented to me.&#8221;
&#8220;Well, you&#8217;re going to be faced with it if you&#8217;re confirmed, I can assure you of that,&#8221; Kennedy warned.
<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purposivism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Purposivism</a>, according to Merriam-Webster, is defined as follows: &#8220;any of various theories of nature or of human and animal behavior that regard purpose or conscious intent as a basal fact.&#8221;
Biden nominated Bjelkengren to serve as U.S. District Court Judge in the Eastern District of Washington — <a href="https://www.murray.senate.gov/at-senator-murrays-recommendation-president-biden-nominates-judge-charnelle-bjelkengren-to-serve-as-u-s-district-court-in-the-eastern-district-of-washington/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on the advice</a> of U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA).

Biden District Court Nominee Stumped By John Kennedy’s Most Basic Questions About The Constitution

Biden District Court Nominee Stumped By John Kennedy's Most Basic Questions About The Constitution

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