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GOP senator uses hearing on 'hate crime crisis'

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Senator John Kennedy 'Hide Your Head in a Bag' Remark Sparks Backlash

The Louisiana Republican sparked an outcry after making the remark to an Arab American activist during a Senate hearing on hate crimes.

A Republican Senator Decided a Hearing on Hate Crimes Was a Great Time to Be Quite Hateful

On Tuesday, Republican Sen. John Kennedy provided a master class on delivering a racist line of questioning—and during a congressional hearing about combatting a rise in domestic hate crimes, no less.

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Senator John Kennedy Criticized For Telling Arab American Leader At Hate Crimes Hearing To ‘Hide Your Head In A Bag’

La., faces backlash from civil rights groups after telling an Arab American witness to “hide your head in a bag” following her testimony during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on hate crimes Tuesday and accusing her of supporting Hamas and Hezbollah.

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Insider: GOP senator berates Arab American activist from Dearborn during hearing

Arab American witness before you and saying, 'You support Hamas.' I do not support Hamas," Maya Berry told the GOP senator.

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Watch: GOP Senator Goes Full Racist in Attack on Arab American Witness

Republican Senator John Neely Kennedy accused an Arab American activist of being a member of Hamas, in an incredibly racist ...

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GOP Sen. John Kennedy To Arab American Witness: 'You Support Hamas, Don't You?’

"You should hide your head in a bag," the Louisiana Republican sniped at Maya Berry of the Arab American Institute, after ...

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GOP senator’s “discriminatory and vitriolic attack” shows Republicans weaponized anti-Muslim bigotry

Even before Tuesday’s exchange in the Senate hearing titled, "A Threat to Justice Everywhere: Stemming the Tide of Hate ...

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