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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Senator John Kennedy: Biden Told Me ‘It’s A Bad Idea’ To Use The Military To Take Out Mexican Cartels

Senator John Kennedy: Biden Told Me 'It's A Bad Idea' To Use The Military To Take Out Mexican Cartels

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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).

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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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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-kennedy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Kennedy</a> (R-LA) quipped about the pending <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/national-debt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">debt</a> crisis, expressing confidence that Congress will work to resolve the issue and hoping that President <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> will negotiate with <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/house-republicans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Republicans</a> to establish meaningful spending cuts.
The lawmaker brought his characteristic wit to an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC3RXJyoXlg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with Fox News, during which he predicted that “Congress will not vote to default on America’s debt” in a reflection of the will of the people. “In the past 25 years, our Congress has had 12 opportunities to vote to default,” he said. “Congress has never done that, it never will, nor should it, so everyone should take their meds and chill.”
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yellen-warns-congress-extraordinary-measures-have-begun-after-debt-ceiling-breached" target="_blank" rel="noopener">notified</a> House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and other lawmakers in a <a href="https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1196" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> that the debt ceiling, an arbitrary limit on the national debt established by Congress, crossed the statutory limit of $31.381 trillion as of Thursday. She warned lawmakers that “extraordinary measures” to ensure the solvency of the government have begun.
Administrations led by both Republicans and Democrats have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-american-people-want-a-real-change-steve-forbes-rebukes-both-parties-for-sinful-government-spending-habits" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allowed</a> rampant budget deficit increases; shortfalls worsened over the past three years as lawmakers approved stimulus packages in reaction to the lockdown-induced recession. The national debt is now $31.5 trillion.
“The federal government spends too much, particularly over the past two years, and has too much debt,” Kennedy added. “And if we don’t stop it, we’re going to end up in a deep recession, and Google may have to lay off up to 25 members of Congress. That’s how bad it’ll be.”
The most recent breach of the debt ceiling occurred after Republican lawmakers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-are-the-concessions-house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-gave-to-republican-holdouts-to-win-their-support" target="_blank" rel="noopener">struck a deal</a> with McCarthy under which the party’s new majority would introduce a budget that refrains from increasing the statutory debt limit. Kennedy said that Biden should negotiate with conservative lawmakers because both parties ultimately wish to avoid a default.
“Some people, including the White House,” he continued, “are trying to demonize the House Republicans, but they’re not saying, ‘Mr. President, we can’t wait to default.’ They’re saying, ‘Mr. President, we don’t want to default. We’re not going to default on America’s debt. But we want you to work with us to control spending and debt so that we don’t find ourselves in this position again.’”
Kennedy accused the Biden administration of childishness for purportedly failing to negotiate. “They won’t even meet with the House Republicans,” he said. “I mean, how very mature. Apparently, the people at the White House are not like most teenagers: they’re all over 40.”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) recently contended in a <a href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-jeffries-statement-on-need-to-pass-legislation-to-avoid-a-disastrous-default" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> that Republicans alone are to blame for the fiscal uncertainty. “A default forced by extreme MAGA Republicans could plunge the country into a deep recession and lead to even higher costs for America’s working families on everything from mortgages and car loans to credit card interest rates,” they said.
Yellen, who informed lawmakers that new investments into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund and the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund have been tentatively suspended, added in her letter to McCarthy that the efforts to keep the federal government solvent would last until June. Kennedy claimed that officials truly have until August or early September to secure a deal. “Which is enough time for the White House to grow out of puberty and sit down and talk with the House Republicans.”

Senator Kennedy On ‘How Bad’ Debt Default Could Be: Google Could ‘Lay Off Up To 25 Members Of Congress’

Senator Kennedy Talks ‘How Bad’ Debt Default Could Be

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Classified documents from President <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/somehow-these-documents-appear-joy-behar-seems-to-suggest-classified-docs-at-bidens-house-think-tank-may-have-been-planted/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden&#8217;s</a> tenure as Vice President keep turning up — in places ranging from his office at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement to the garage at his Wilmington home — and Senator <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/hear-no-evil-see-no-evil-prosecute-no-evil-john-kennedy-dumps-on-woke-crime-policies-that-turn-criminals-into-victims/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Kennedy</a> (R-LA) has just four questions he wants answered.
Kennedy joined hosts Sandra Smith and John Roberts Thursday on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;America Reports&#8221; to discuss the still-unfolding situation — and the fact that Attorney General Merrick Garland had already moved to appoint a special counsel to investigate.
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The powers that be have known about Pres. Biden’s classified documents since Nov. 2nd—it’s now the middle of January.
I have some questions. <a href="https://t.co/cVDzdTpVh7">pic.twitter.com/cVDzdTpVh7</a>
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&#8220;I just find all of this surreal,&#8221; Kennedy told Smith and Roberts, comparing the recent turn of events to &#8220;a Quentin Tarantino movie&#8221; and arguing that everything that had transpired only confirmed what many people already believed about Washington, D.C.: &#8220;If it were not for double standards, there wouldn&#8217;t be any standards at all.&#8221;
Kennedy went on to say that he was not surprised to see that Garland had appointed a special counsel — and noted that, given the fact that he had appointed one to investigate former President Donald Trump for similar reasons, he may not have had much choice in the matter.
&#8220;The White House has tried and the White House doesn&#8217;t have enough hazmat suits to clean up this mess,&#8221; Kennedy continued. &#8220;Aside from the obvious, that the Justice Department is investigating President Trump for something that President Biden himself may have done, there are a lot of other intriguing questions.&#8221;
Kennedy went on to lay out the four key questions he would like to see answered.
&#8220;Number one, was there a cover up?&#8221; he asked — and he pointed to the fact that even though authorities had apparently been aware of at least some of the classified documents prior to the midterm elections, the news had not been made public until January.
The second question had to do with the location of the first documents — The Penn Biden Center — which, Kennedy noted was not a typical &#8220;think tank.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s in Washington, D.C., it was a hangout, a clubhouse for President Biden and his people before they were inaugurated, and allegedly it is funded with tens of millions of dollars from China. What&#8217;s up with that?&#8221; Kennedy continued.
&#8220;Number three, what&#8217;s the role of the National Archives in all of this?&#8221; Kennedy asked then, noting that the reaction from the National Archives had been very different when Trump was the one with the classified documents. &#8220;They&#8217;ve been missing in action when it comes to President Biden and his documents. You couldn&#8217;t have found ‘em with a search party.&#8221;
Kennedy&#8217;s final question was simple: &#8220;Did any member of Congress know about this? I didn&#8217;t, and if some of my colleagues knew about it, I&#8217;d like to know why I didn&#8217;t.&#8221;

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The Biden Classified Documents Just Keep Coming – And John Kennedy Has Just Four Questions

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Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-kennedy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Kennedy</a> (R-LA) is not a fan of liberals — or kale, apparently.
While campaigning on behalf of Georgia&#8217;s GOP senate nominee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/herschel-walker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Herschel Walker</a>, the wordsmith let known his distaste for all things woke as well as the crunchy produce.
&#8220;If you want to eat kale, that&#8217;s up to you,&#8221; Kennedy <a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2022/12/05/john-kennedy-stumps-for-herschel-walker-n2616741" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> a crowd of Walker supporters while slamming liberals who push the vegetable onto others. &#8220;I don&#8217;t eat kale, you know why? Because kale tastes to me like &#8216;I&#8217;d rather be fat.'&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.wdsu.com/article/louisiana-senator-john-kennedy-governor/41952934" target="_blank" rel="noopener">potential Louisiana gubernatorial candidat</a>e also claimed that those lending support to incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) in Tuesday&#8217;s runoff election were a special kind of stupid.
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&#8220;These high-IQ stupid people have an answer for everything, you know why?&#8221; Kennedy said of Democratic politicians. &#8220;Because they think they&#8217;re smarter and more virtuous than the American people.&#8221;
Kennedy also advised Georgians how to spot such leftists.
&#8220;These woke high-IQ stupid people are easy to recognize,&#8221; Kennedy continued. &#8220;They hate George Washington, they hate Thomas Jefferson, they hate Dr. Seuss, and they hate Mr. Potato Head. These woke high-IQ stupid people, they walk around with Ziploc bags of kale that they can eat to give them energy.&#8221;
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John Kennedy is a national treasure: 
&quot;I don&#39;t eat kale. You know why? Because kale tastes to me like I&#39;d rather be fat!&quot;<a href="https://t.co/7ZqEYK84p7">pic.twitter.com/7ZqEYK84p7</a>
&mdash; Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href="https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1599786471765864449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Kennedy, an Oxford scholar, has a reputation for telling it like it is — as evidenced by another classic line he delivered in June about the nation’s then-record-high gas prices.
At the time, he joined Fox News&#8217; Jesse Watters to discuss soaring inflation and the Biden administration’s dismal response to the economic woes that continue to plague the country.
“I don’t know about where you live, Jesse, but in my state, the price of gas is so high that it would be cheaper to buy cocaine and just run everywhere,” Kennedy remarked at one point in the interview.
In January, the senator made similar comments about Biden.
“The Biden administration has mismanaged COVID, it has mismanaged inflation, it has mismanaged the border, and it has mismanaged foreign policy, all in one year,” Kennedy said. “If the aliens landed tomorrow, and said, ‘take me to your leader,’ it would be embarrassing. Now President Biden is trying to change the subject by talking about race. And he is mismanaging that.”
As for Tuesday&#8217;s contest, Peach State voters have been particularly energetic — but there are no signs that bags of kale are providing that energy — to cast their vote in this runoff election.
More than 1.8 million Georgians have voted early in the state’s Senate runoff election — including a record-high 353,000 voters on Friday, the final day of early voting.
The Secretary of State has officially recorded 1,868,127 <a href="https://sos.ga.gov/data-hub-december-6-2022-runoff" target="_blank" rel="noopener">early voters,</a> including more than one million female voters.
The number of early voters fell short of the total from the recent November midterms in Georgia, when about <a href="https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-2022-25m-early-votes-cast-a-midterm-turnout-record/R5ZEYSPNMJH3RKVUMUZEGOXG5E/">2.5 million</a> voters cast their ballot before Election Day.

‘I’d Rather Be Fat’: John Kennedy Slams ‘Woke’ ‘High-IQ Stupid People’ Who Eat Kale In Georgia Senate Campaign Pitch

'I'd Rather Be Fat': John Kennedy Slams 'Woke' 'High-IQ Stupid People' Who Eat Kale In Georgia Senate Campaign Pitch

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Louisiana GOP Senator John Kennedy took a harsh shot at President Biden and his “<a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/energy/oil-execs-rip-biden-admins-completely-inaccurate-flat-out-lie-us-energy-production" target="_blank" rel="noopener">America-Last” energy policy</a>, likening it to roadkill that Kennedy’s beagle used to bring home and put under his porch.
Kennedy appeared on &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends,&#8221; where co-host Ainsley Earhardt noted the regulations the Biden administration is implementing “to prevent any methane leaks here at home.” On Monday, the Biden Administration’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) <a href="https://www.blm.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2022-11/Proposed%20Waste%20Prevention%20Rule%20RIN%201004-AE79.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposed a new rule</a> that would replace BLM’s current requirements governing venting and flaring, acknowledging it would cost the oil and gas industry roughly $122 million per year.
Earhardt pointed out that the Biden administration had no problem with the oil drilling in socialist-ridden Venezuela, a regime that is hostile to the United States.
On Saturday, the Biden Treasury Department <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/white-house-defends-easing-oil-sanctions-venezuela-says-plenty-opportunities-drill-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> it would soften U.S. sanctions on Venezuela, permitting Chevron to resume &#8220;limited&#8221; energy production in the country. American Energy Alliance President Tom Pyle <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/energy/oil-execs-rip-biden-admins-completely-inaccurate-flat-out-lie-us-energy-production" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ripped</a> the Biden administration on Tuesday, blasting, “We&#8217;ve basically tracked about 125 specific actions that this administration and the Democratic Congress have done to slow down or stop oil production in America. He has an ‘America last’ energy policy.&#8221;
“How do you feel about that?” Earhardt asked about the difficulty the Biden administration makes for domestic oil companies. “It’s more rules for us and allowing Venezuela with this dictatorship to drill.”
Kennedy then gave a folksy analogy to describe Biden’s energy policy: &#8220;Ainsley, I used to have a beagle named Roger. And Roger was a rascal. About every two weeks, Roger would run off. He’d always come back but about half the time he’d come back dragging roadkill that he would hide under my back porch. President Biden’s energy policy looks like something Roger used to keep under my back porch.&#8221;
“It is a fact that America has the greatest economy, strongest economy in all human history; we can’t run it without fossil fuels, not today, not tomorrow,” Kennedy explained. “It is also a fact that through reserves in technology America can produce every drop of oil and natural gas we need and have extra left over to sell to our friends.”
Then he turned to Biden’s fealty to the hard-left wing of his party: “That presents a problem for President Biden because he has embraced the woke, or berserk wing, of the Democratic party and woke ideology says we have to get rid of oil and gas in the United States.”
He summed up: “So President Biden has developed a new energy policy and it is this: Instead of producing at a cheaper cost our own oil and gas in America, we’re going to buy oil from foreign countries that hate us — in this case, Venezuela — so those foreign countries will have more money to buy weapons to try to kill us. It’s a moron-athon.”
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America can produce every drop of oil &amp; natural gas that we need &amp; still have extra to sell to our friends. 
That presents a problem for Pres. Biden b/c he embraced the berserk wing of the Democratic party—&amp; their woke ideology says we have to get rid of oil &amp; gas in the U.S. <a href="https://t.co/m57fjqWmtk">pic.twitter.com/m57fjqWmtk</a>
&mdash; John Kennedy (@SenJohnKennedy) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenJohnKennedy/status/1598038797718999040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2022</a></blockquote>
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‘Roadkill’: Kennedy Says Biden’s Energy Policy Reminds Him Of What His Beagle Brought Home

Kennedy Says Biden's Energy Policy Reminds Him Of What His Beagle Brought Home

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Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) on Monday accused <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/leftist">the Left</a> of intimidating conservative <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/supreme-court">Supreme Court</a> justices, arguing that the disrespect will continue if the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Biden administration</a> allows it.
Kennedy shared the remarks during an interview on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;America&#8217;s Newsroom.&#8221;
&#8220;This is more than just about abortion. It&#8217;s about respect for American institutions. I think most people can say that all of this is being driven by the anti-intellectual, crypto-socialist woke left that the Biden administration has embraced and frankly, that is in charge of in Washington, D.C. When the draft opinion was leaked, the wokers&#8217; response was immediate,&#8221; Kennedy <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/sen-kennedy-rips-woke-left-intimidating-supreme-court-justices-allow-continue" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
The Louisiana senator also argued that most leaders in the Biden administration have refused to push back on the intimidation tactics.
&#8220;They said, &#8216;We don&#8217;t agree with it, so let&#8217;s burn the place down, let&#8217;s intimidate the justices, let&#8217;s intimidate their spouses, let&#8217;s intimidate their kids, let&#8217;s publish their telephone numbers and addresses on the Internet and, while we&#8217;re at it, let&#8217;s pack the court and abolish the filibuster.&#8217; What you allow is what will continue, and the Biden administration has embraced that. I don&#8217;t think the Biden administration and most of my Democratic colleagues have pushed back at all,&#8221; Kennedy added.
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What you allow is what will continue.
Until the Biden admin takes a stand, the anti-intellectual, woke Left will keep trying to intimidate the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SCOTUS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SCOTUS</a> justices and their families. <a href="https://t.co/RqYL7t5L9G">pic.twitter.com/RqYL7t5L9G</a>
&mdash; John Kennedy (@SenJohnKennedy) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenJohnKennedy/status/1538909388454387718?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Kennedy&#8217;s allegations of court intimidation come just two days after pro-abortion protestors <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-abortion-protestors-march-at-justice-amy-coney-barretts-home-with-blood-and-doll-props">marched</a> in front of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s home wearing “bloodstained&#8221; clothing and carrying toy dolls to protest the Court’s potential overturn of Roe v. Wade.
The Saturday action adds to a series of protests at the residences of conservative Supreme Court justices.
“We aren’t incubators! Youth procession delivered baby dolls to Amy Coney Barrett. We aren’t protesting to change the minds of women-hating fascists. We’re calling on the pro-choice majority, on YOU, to get in the streets to STOP #SCOTUS from overturning Roe,” the Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights Twitter account posted along with a video of the protest.
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We aren&#8217;t incubators! Youth procession delivered baby dolls to Amy Coney Barrett. We aren’t protesting to change the minds of women-hating fascists.We&#8217;re calling on the pro-choice majority, on YOU, to get in the streets to STOP <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SCOTUS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SCOTUS</a> from overturning Roe<a href="https://t.co/Y0oCPlHcsr">https://t.co/Y0oCPlHcsr</a> <a href="https://t.co/nkHT7iamHO">pic.twitter.com/nkHT7iamHO</a>
— Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights (@riseup4abortion) <a href="https://twitter.com/riseup4abortion/status/1538263973732163586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
The event took place two days after President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-06-16/biden-signs-bill-to-protect-supreme-court-justices-into-law">signed</a> a bill to expand security protection for Supreme Court justices and their family members on Thursday.
The bill passed 396-27 on Tuesday, with all 27 votes opposing the legislation coming from Democrats. The bill passed unanimously in the Senate.
Concerns have run high after an arrest was made earlier this month of a man on an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alleged-would-be-kavanaugh-assassin-indicted-for-attempted-murder-of-a-justice">attempted murder charge</a> near the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The arrest also followed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leftist-activists-demonstrate-outside-justice-alitos-virginia-home">multiple protests</a> at the homes of conservative justices since a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion from Justice Samuel Alito.
The leak <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/5-key-takeaways-from-the-leaked-majority-opinion-draft-overruling-roe-v-wade">revealed</a> that the court might overturn Roe v. Wade in a pending Mississippi pro-life case that could return laws regarding abortion to individual states.
In addition to protests at the homes of justices, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-lawmakers-urge-doj-to-investigate-attacks-on-pro-life-centers-as-domestic-terrorism">series of attacks</a> have occurred at houses of worship and pro-life centers nationwide, with growing concerns that abortion activists could threaten further violence when the case&#8217;s ruling is released later this month.

‘What You Allow Is What Will Continue’: Sen. Kennedy Blasts Left Over Intimidation Of Justices

Sen. Kennedy Blasts Left Over Intimidation Of Justices Following SCOTUS Leak

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Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) has a reputation for telling it like it is, and the Oxford scholar delivered a classic line on Tuesday about the nation&#8217;s record-high gas prices.
Kennedy joined Fox News&#8217; Jesse Watters to discuss soaring inflation and the Biden administration&#8217;s dismal response to the economic woes that plague the country.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know about where you live, Jesse, but in my state, the price of gas is so high that it would be cheaper to buy cocaine and just run everywhere,&#8221; Kennedy remarked at one point, as flagged by Townhall.com&#8217;s Spencer Brown:
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As only he can, <a href="https://twitter.com/SenJohnKennedy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenJohnKennedy</a> breaks down the Biden administration&#39;s already bad week, explains that &quot;the price of gas is so high that it would be cheaper to buy cocaine and just run everywhere,&quot; plus other reasons &quot;President Biden is about as popular right now as a sinkhole.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/wQVdsIaqqc">pic.twitter.com/wQVdsIaqqc</a>
&mdash; Spencer Brown (@itsSpencerBrown) <a href="https://twitter.com/itsSpencerBrown/status/1534334857639301120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2022</a></blockquote>
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On Saturday, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-cost-of-gas-has-more-than-doubled-since-the-day-biden-took-office">reported</a> that the average cost of a gallon of gasoline has more than doubled since President Joe Biden took office on January 21, 2021. On Wednesday, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/as-gas-prices-break-records-energy-secretary-reads-poetry-and-blasts-conservative-state-legislatures-in-pride-flag-ceremony">noted</a> that a gallon of gas now costs drivers more than $5.00 in 16 states and Washington, D.C. Likewise, The Daily Wire also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/americans-changing-the-way-they-buy-groceries-as-inflation-soars-study-finds">reported</a> that inflation is crushing shoppers when it comes to things like groceries and other household products.
The state of the economy has left many Americans <a href="https://apnorc.org/projects/increasingly-negative-views-on-national-outlook-and-economy/">feeling gloomy</a>, and — as described by Kennedy — a look into the inner workings of Biden&#8217;s team in D.C. should not inspire much confidence that the negativity is going to end anytime soon.
&#8220;In Washington, D.C., when I feel inadequate, I just look around. On really bad days I see liars and frauds and meatheads in every direction,&#8221; he <a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2022/06/08/kennedy-on-gas-prices-itd-be-cheaper-to-buy-cocaine-and-just-run-everywhere-n2608378">told</a> the host of &#8220;Jesse Watters Primetime.&#8221;
&#8220;This is what President Biden&#8217;s and Vice President Harris&#8217; Washington, D.C. has given the American people,&#8221; he added.
&#8220;Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who was also captain of &#8216;Team Transitory Inflation,&#8217; announced that she&#8217;s really sorry but inflation&#8217;s not going to be transitory, it&#8217;s going to be with us for a long while,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;In other words, she does not have a solution to inflation but she really admires the problem — in other words, get used to it.&#8221;
&#8220;Meanwhile her boss, President Biden, continues to campaign for more economic chaos by trying to convince us in Congress to raise taxes by $3.5 trillion, by expanding an already generous welfare state, and by turning cops into social workers,&#8221; Kennedy lamented.
Fans of the Louisiana senator will know that his latest comments are par for the course.
In January, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-senator-if-aliens-landed-tomorrow-and-said-take-me-to-your-leader-it-would-be-embarrassing">reported</a> that Kennedy, known for his sense of humor, mocked President Joe Biden.
“The Biden administration has mismanaged COVID, it has mismanaged inflation, it has mismanaged the border, and it has mismanaged foreign policy, all in one year,” Kennedy said. “If the aliens landed tomorrow, and said, ‘take me to your leader,’ it would be embarrassing. Now President Biden is trying to change the subject by talking about race. And he is mismanaging that.&#8221;
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KENNEDY: &quot;If aliens landed tomorrow and said &#39;take me to your leader,&#39; it would be embarrassing.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/7NvORBXtc4">pic.twitter.com/7NvORBXtc4</a>
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In 2020, Kennedy also wondered whether or not Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was &#8220;one of those people that tried Tide Pods.&#8221;
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&quot;Sean, with respect, there are times, particularly recently, when I think Speaker Pelosi is one of those people that tried Tide Pods.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/mdwdMbBTvx">pic.twitter.com/mdwdMbBTvx</a>
&mdash; Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1306076971592491010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2020</a></blockquote>
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‘It’d Be Cheaper To Buy Cocaine And Just Run Everywhere’: Louisiana’s John Kennedy Delivers A Classic Line About Biden’s High Gas Prices

GOP Lousiana Senator John Kennedy Says ''It'd Be Cheaper To Buy Cocaine And Just Run Everywhere' Due To President Joe Biden's High-Gas Prices

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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas conceded during a Wednesday hearing that he was &#8220;not aware&#8221; of some of the videos posted on social media by Nina Jankowicz, who was tapped by his department last week to head the Disinformation Governance Board.
Mayorkas fielded questions from a Senate Appropriations subcommittee about the recently-announced board and the decision to appoint Jankowicz to lead it.
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KENNEDY: &quot;When the department picked [Nina Jankowicz], was the department aware of her Tik Tok videos? They&#39;re really quite precocious.&quot;
MAYORKAS: &quot;I was not aware of those videos.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/eBgbwDMpok">pic.twitter.com/eBgbwDMpok</a>
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&#8220;When the department picked [Nina Jankowicz], was the department aware of her Tik Tok videos? They&#8217;re really quite precocious,&#8221; Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) asked, referencing now viral videos of Jankowicz singing about disinformation to the tune of the &#8220;Mary Poppins&#8221; song, &#8220;Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.&#8221;
&#8220;I was not aware of those videos,&#8221; Mayorkas replied.
The video Kennedy referenced was posted by Jankowicz on February 17, 2021, with the caption, &#8220;You can just call me the Mary Poppins of disinformation.&#8221;
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You can just call me the Mary Poppins of disinformation 💁🏻‍♀️ <a href="https://t.co/eGV9lpctYn">https://t.co/eGV9lpctYn</a> <a href="https://t.co/WVQFA2bPmq">pic.twitter.com/WVQFA2bPmq</a>
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Other comments she has made on social media — including referring to the New York Post&#8217;s story about Hunter Biden&#8217;s laptop as Russian disinformation — led Republicans and even CNN anchor Dana Bash to question Mayorkas as to whether or not he believes Jankowicz is capable of leading the Disinformation Governance Board without allowing her own <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/my-ears-want-to-commit-suicide-greg-gutfeld-bashes-thought-police-over-new-chiefs-mary-poppins-mash-up/">personal political views</a> to affect her job.
Bash <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/guarantee-that-dana-bash-corners-mayorkas-with-concerns-disinfo-board-will-monitor-americans/">pressed Mayorkas</a> on the matter on Sunday morning&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; asking him to &#8220;guarantee&#8221; that the board would not monitor Americans in its efforts to root out disinformation.
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Mayorkas: Nina Jankowicz “eminently qualified” to lead disinformation board; “absolutely” neutral politically
Mayorkas also obfuscates on whether he’d support the same effort under Trump <a href="https://t.co/9N1d0Pgny0">pic.twitter.com/9N1d0Pgny0</a>
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Mayorkas insisted that Jankowicz would &#8220;absolutely&#8221; be neutral in that position, but did not have a direct answer when Bash countered with a question about whether he would support a similar board being stood up under an administration headed by former President Donald Trump.
&#8220;Would you be okay if Donald Trump were president, if he created this disinformation governance board? Or — if it is in place and he wins again in 2024 — that he’s in charge of such a thing?” Bash asked.
Mayorkas evaded the direct question, saying instead, &#8220;I believe that this working group, that gathers together best practices, makes sure that our work is coordinated, consistent with those best practices, that we’re safeguarding the right of free speech, that we’re safeguarding civil liberties, I think, is an extraordinarily important endeavor.&#8221;

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Mayorkas Admits DHS Chose Nina Jankowicz For Disinformation Governance Board Without Knowing About Her Social Media Videos

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WASHINGTON — Democratic Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse suggested Tuesday that the person who leaked the Supreme Court draft opinion on Roe v. Wade should not be subject to a federal investigation.
The Rhode Island senator weighed in on the leaker during a hearing on &#8220;Transparency and Accountability for 21st Century Courts,&#8221; following a Monday evening <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473">report</a> exposing a draft opinion from Justice Thomas Alito in which the justice delivered an “unflinching repudiation” of Roe v. Wade.
Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy warned during the hearing that the leaker should be fired, disbarred, and prosecuted.
&#8220;That person also has a pretty difficult decision make in the next few days,&#8221; Kennedy said. &#8220;I believe I’m accurate in suggesting that every person who had access to this document, that they leaked, that was leaked, is going to get a visit by the FBI. And the person who leaked this document is gonna have to either tell the truth or lie to an FBI agent, which subjects them to criminal prosecution.&#8221;
&#8220;So, let’s hope that our Department of Justice does its job and at least in a small way, tries to restore a little bit of integrity that this, this misguided zealot, who leaked this document, took away from the American people,&#8221; he added.
Whitehouse responded by suggesting that the FBI should not be investigating the matter.
&#8220;It&#8217;s an interesting separation of powers question,&#8221; Whitehouse responded, &#8220;why FBI agents from the executive branch would be running around within the Supreme Court, interviewing clerks and staff and justices themselves, if it’s not appropriate for Congress to exercise its legislative powers with regard to those standards.&#8221;
Kennedy told Whitehouse that the United States Supreme Court has its own police force, saying, &#8220;I don’t think it’s at all uncommon to have police forces cooperate.&#8221;
&#8220;What I hope happens&#8230;is that that the authorities at the Department of Justice, who I believe will be called in, should be called in, put the full force and power of their agency to find out who leaked this document, and to prosecute that person civilly and criminally to the full extent of the law,&#8221; Kennedy said.
&#8220;I don’t care who it is, I don’t care what the politics is,&#8221; Kennedy added. &#8220;This isn&#8217;t right.&#8221;
&#8220;I guess we’ll begin by trying to identify what law that person might have violated,&#8221; Whitehouse responded.
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Shortly after the conversation between the senators, Chief Justice John Roberts <a href="https://www.axios.com/justice-roberts-abortion-leak-da48f1b2-087f-4a43-b037-068be226ce2c.html?stream=top&amp;utm_source=alert&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=alerts_all">released</a> a statement confirming that the draft document is real but emphasizing that it did not represent the Supreme Court&#8217;s final decision.
&#8220;We at the Court are blessed to have a workforce — permanent employees and law clerks alike — intensely loyal to the institution and dedicated to the rule of law,&#8221; the chief justice said.
&#8220;This was a singular and egregious breach of that trust that is an affront to the Court and the community of public servants who work here,&#8221; he added, noting that he has &#8220;directed the Marshal of the Court to launch an investigation into the source of the leak.&#8221;

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Sheldon Whitehouse Suggests FBI Shouldn’t Investigate Supreme Court Leaker

Sheldon Whitehouse Suggests FBI Shouldn't Investigate SCOTUS Leaker

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On Wednesday, at the confirmation hearings for Nusrat Jahan Choudhury, President Biden’s judicial nominee for the District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) laced into her for her prior statement that police kill unarmed black men every day in America. When Choudhury tried to excuse her statement by claiming she made it as an advocate, Kennedy retorted, “So when you say something that’s incorrect it’s okay to excuse it by saying, ‘Oh, I was being an advocate?’”
Kennedy started cornering Choudhury by asking, “This is a really simple question, Counselor. Do you believe that cops kill unarmed black men in America every day? You said it at Princeton.”
“Senator, I said it in my role as an advocate,” Choudhury answered, sitting back smugly.
“Oh, okay, you didn’t mean it?” Kennedy asked.
“Senator, I said it in my role as an advocate to make a rhetorical point,” Choudhury patronized.
“So when you say something that’s incorrect it’s okay to excuse it by saying, ‘Oh, I was being an advocate?’”Kennedy snapped.  “What do you believe? Do you personally believe that cops kill unarmed black men every single day in America?”
“Senator, I believe law enforcement have an important and challenging job in this country,” Choudhury dodged.
“That’s not what you said though, Counselor,” Kennedy pointed out.
Choudhury postured, “Senator, I say before you here today that I do believe law enforcement have a difficult and challenging job, and I also understand the difference between —&#8221;
“I just think that’s an extraordinary statement to make with no data to back it up.” Kennedy interjected. ”None whatsoever. There’s no basis for you saying that, and you knew it then and you know it now.  How could one possibly believe that you’re going to be unbiased on the federal bench?”
“Senator, I believe my record shows that I have worked collaboratively with law enforcement in Boston, Chicago, Mississippi, and Milwaukee to solve complex problems to promote constitutional, effective, and safe policing,” Choudhury answered.
“Your record shows that you believe cops are guilty until proven innocent,” Kennedy charged. “Your record shows that if a cop — if a cop shoots a criminal it’s the cop’s fault, and if a criminal shoots a cop it’s the gun’s fault. I’ve read your record. I’ve read your record &#8230; and I don’t appreciate you not answering the question straight up. I would respect you a lot more if you’d just tell us what you believe and not try to hide it.”
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Pres. Biden’s judicial nominee claimed that police kill unarmed Black men in America every single day. I asked if she really believes that?
“I said it in my role as an advocate.”
“Oh, ok, you didn’t mean it?”
“I said it in my role as an advocate to make a rhetorical point.” <a href="https://t.co/AgVp5j38Zy">pic.twitter.com/AgVp5j38Zy</a>
&mdash; John Kennedy (@SenJohnKennedy) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenJohnKennedy/status/1519376248262336513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Choudhury attended Columbia University, where she received her bachelor&#8217;s degree in 1998, then attended the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs before receiving her juris doctor from Yale Law School in 2006.

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Louisiana Republican Sen. John Kennedy destroyed President Joe Biden&#8217;s response to Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine during an interview on Wednesday, referring to the president&#8217;s actions as &#8220;a wimp fest.&#8221;
Kennedy shared the remarks during an interview on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;Hannity&#8221; program with Sean Hannity on Wednesday regarding Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky&#8217;s address to Congress.
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Sen. John Kennedy says that Biden &quot;has gotten it right once in a row&quot; with sanctions against Russia, but that the rest of Biden&#39;s response to the invasion of Ukraine &quot;has been a wimp fest.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/X9FmDInNb1">pic.twitter.com/X9FmDInNb1</a>
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“President Biden’s economic response to the invasion, and military response to the invasion, in my judgment, has been a wimp fest,” Kennedy said.
“Let’s take it first militarily. President Zelensky and the Ukrainian people are holding their own on the ground. They need air cover. Today President Zelensky said, ‘Can you please help me get planes, can you please help me get surface-to-air missiles? I&#8217;m not asking for American planes or pilots or troops. Help me with your allies,&#8221; he added.
Kennedy then blasted Biden&#8217;s response, noting a pattern from the Democrat leader.
&#8220;President Biden&#8217;s response is the same as it always is. I’ll get back to you in three to five business days, and he never gets back.” the senator noted.
Kennedy also noted the importance of American oil and gas in the response to Russia&#8217;s invasion.
&#8220;Unless you&#8217;re still living with your parents, you understand that you can&#8217;t put Putin on his knees without cutting off his cash flow. And you can&#8217;t cut off his cash flow without cutting off his oil and gas,&#8221; the senator told Hannity.
&#8220;A lot of his allies say we have to buy his oil and gas. Where are we going to get it? Well, the obvious answer is the United States, except for one problem. The woker darlings and the Democratic Party will not allow President Biden to adopt an all of the above energy policy which includes oil and gas, and the president just doesn&#8217;t seem to have the courage to stand up to him,&#8221; Kennedy added.
Kennedy is not the only one calling out Biden&#8217;s lack of leadership. During his address to Congress, Zelensky ended his remarks by switching to English and directing his conclusion to the president, “Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace.”
The White House <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/russia-ukraine-biden-response-zelenskyy-address-congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> plans to release an additional $800 million in military funding following Zelensky’s speech. The new commitment is in addition to $200 million announced on Saturday for Ukraine.
Indiana Republican Sen. Mike Braun shared a statement with The Daily Wire following his attendance at Zelensky’s speech.
“Today we heard from President Zelensky about his people’s fight for their freedom, and the U.S. must continue to help them repel the Russian invaders with lethal defensive aid and economic sanctions that cripple Russia’s ability to fund this war and isolate them from the world economy,” Braun wrote.
“United States and NATO military leaders must be reminded to take every precaution to avoid escalations that will result in war with Russia and American soldiers being put in harm’s way,” he added.

‘A Wimp Fest’: Kennedy Destroys Biden’s Response To Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine

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