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Kennedy tells Yellen that attempting to 'defend Bidenomics' is like seeking to offer defense of 'fungal infection'
GOP Sen. John Kennedy of Louisisana told Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen that she is a "good sport" to attempt to "defend Bidenomics," an endeavor that he compared to seeking to put up a defense of "fungal infection."
During the hearing, Kennedy described Bidenomics as "paying more to live worse."
Yellen, unsurprisingly, disagreed with the senator's description of Bidenomics, claiming instead that Bidenomics sought to tackle the "pain" resulting from the pandemic and that it seeks to help middle-class families.
But as Yellen was delivering her spiel about Bidenomics, Kennedy interrupted her. "Good try," he said. He asked Yellen whether high prices resulting from Bidenomics will stick around.
Yellen rejected the notion that Bidenomics caused high prices, but when pressed again by Kennedy on whether the high prices will remain in place, she said, "I don't expect the level of prices to go down." She said that "some prices will be higher than they were before the pandemic, and will stay higher, but wages have risen considerably."
Kennedy pointed out that those who don't receive increased pay are "screwed."
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When Federal Reserve board of governors chair Jerome Powell was asked during a "60 Minutes" interview whether prices will fall, he said that "prices of some things will decline, others will go up. But we don't expect to see a decline in the overall price level."
Powell noted that the prices of staples such as bread, milk, and eggs "are substantially higher than they were before the pandemic" and noted that this is thought to be a significant reason that people feel "relatively dissatisfied with what is otherwise a pretty good economy."
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Sen. Kennedy says President Biden 'oughta hide his head in a bag' over botched Afghanistan withdrawal
Sen. John Kennedy issued a video statement on Tuesday in which he blasted "stunning incompetence" as the U.S. seeks to pull out from Afghanistan.
"President Biden chose to withdraw from Afghanistan, but there's no reason it had to be so chaotic," he said.
The Republican lawmaker from Louisiana described it as the "biggest terrorist victory since 9/11" and said that "jihadists who wanna hurt this country and its people all over the world are reinvigorated today."
"This was humiliating. It was an embarrassment. The president oughta hide his head in a bag," Kennedy declared.
Pres. Biden chose to withdraw from Afghanistan, but there's no reason it had to be so chaotic. It was the biggest… https://t.co/a0GFpd6J5g
— John Kennedy (@SenJohnKennedy) 1629245012.0
As the U.S. seeks to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban has been rapidly taking over the country.
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Tuesday that a "fair amount" of the defense materials America gave Afghanistan have fallen into the Taliban's hands.
Kennedy is only one of the chorus of Republican voices decrying the president over the debacle unfolding in Afghanistan.
Nikki Haley, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., said during an interview on Fox News that Biden "failed miserably" and "humiliated America."
"In just a few hours, literally, Biden destroyed the progress, the relationships, and everything we had done the last 20 years in Afghanistan," Haley said.
"Thousands of Americans are stranded in Afghanistan with terrorists hunting them down," Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York tweeted Tuesday. "President Biden & his top team are totally not up for this task & it's infuriating. I don't see how the President can remain in his position. This is historic, unforgivable incompetence."
Thousands of Americans are stranded in Afghanistan with terrorists hunting them down. President Biden & his top tea… https://t.co/F9Fk0k5B59
— Lee Zeldin (@RepLeeZeldin) 1629246379.0
Sen. John Kennedy rips Dems' push for gun control after deadly supermarket attack: 'You don't stop drunk drivers by getting rid of all sober drivers'
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) put Democrats' call for gun control on blast following the supermarket mass killing in Boulder, Colorado.
Authorities arrested accused mass killer Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 21, and charged him with 10 counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deadly attack in King Sooper's grocery store on Monday.
What are the details?
On Tuesday, Kennedy said that Democrats' push for gun control after the devastating mass killing is entirely asinine.
"These killings were terrible," Kennedy said on Tuesday's broadcast of "Fox & Friends."
"They were horrible," he added. "I'm reminded though, that, you know, America is a big country, we're free. And one of the prices we pay for that freedom is that you're always going to have some people who abuse it. Freedom is risk. What we've got to concentrate on is how to control that risk; you're not going to stop the killings until you stop the killers."
Kennedy pointed out that there are ways to stop mass killings — but enacting stricter gun control is not the way.
"You don't stop drunk drivers by getting rid of all sober drivers," he added, "which is what many of my Democratic friends want to do with respect to the Second Amendment. In my judgment, we do not need more gun control. We need more idiot control. How do we do that? We've already tried, the Republicans have, Sen. Grassley, Sen. Cruz had a bill to strengthen our national database. We regulate gun ownership in America. If you're convicted of certain crimes, if you have a tendency to violence, if you're mentally ill, and you want to buy a gun, your name has to be run through a database."
“The problem," he continued, "is that the database has huge holes in it. And many federal agencies and state agencies are very cavalier about sending in the names. Grassley and Cruz's bill, which I support, would have tightened up the database and it would have cracked down on people who have guns who shouldn't have guns. You know why the bill didn't pass? Many of my Democratic colleagues filibustered it."
Sen. Kennedy: We don't need more gun control, we need more idiot controlwww.youtube.com
Anything else?
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden called for a national assault weapons ban.
"I don't need to wait another minute, let alone an hour, to take commonsense steps that will save lives in the future," Biden said. "We can ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in this country once again. I got that done when I was a senator. It passed, it was the law for the longest time and it brought down these mass killings. We should do it again."
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), however, offered Democrats the opportunity to support legislation he said would hamper the ability of violent criminals to procure guns, all while protecting responsible, gun-owning Americans' Second Amendment rights.
"Every time there's a shooting, we play this ridiculous theater where this committee gets together and proposes a bunch of laws that would do nothing to stop these murders," Cruz said Tuesday, pointing to legislation he and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced: the Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act.
"Grassley-Cruz, targeted at violent criminals, targeted at felons, targeted at fugitives, targeted at those with serious mental disease to stop them from getting firearms, to put them in prison when they try to illegally buy guns," Cruz said.
"What happens in this committee after every mass shooting is Democrats propose taking away guns from law-abiding citizens because that's their political objective. But what they propose, not only does it not reduce crime, it makes it worse. The jurisdictions in this country with the strictest gun control have among the highest rates of crime and murder. When you disarm law-abiding citizens, you make them more likely to be victims. If you want to stop these murders, go after the murderers."
As previously reported by Blaze Media:
Cruz [was] referring to the Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act, a bill that he previously co-sponsored and introduced to the Senate with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). The legislation would strengthen requirements for federal agencies to report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), so felons and other violent criminals attempting to purchase firearms illegally would be flagged by the background check system.
It would also fund additional prosecution of gun-law violations by the Department of Justice and create a gun violence task force to stop felons and fugitives from purchasing firearms.
The Grassley-Cruz bill was first introduced as an amendment in 2013, when it received a positive vote of 52-48, with nine Democratic senators joining Republicans in support of the bill. However, some Democrats filibustered the legislation, lifting the benchmark to pass to 60 votes, which killed the bill.
Watch: Amy Coney Barrett reacts to attack on her for adopting black children
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett gave her reaction Tuesday to one of the most widely publicized attacks — out of many — against her and her husband during the run up to her confirmation hearings.
What are the details?
Ahead of Barrett's official nomination by President Donald Trump, several media outlets reported that she would be the president's pick. The judge was immediately attacked online, with some critics hurling personal condemnations toward her and her husband for adopting two of their seven children from Haiti.
One Democratic operative suggested adoptions from the country are "sketchy," and another said "transracial adoption is fraught with trauma and potential for harm."
The attack that received the most attention was from Ibram Kendi, the director of the Center from Antiracist Research at Boston University, who wrote in reference to Barrett:
Some White colonizers "adopted" Black children. They "civilized" these "savage" children in the "superior" ways of White people, while using them as props in their lifelong pictures of denial, while cutting the biological parents of these children out of the picture of humanity.
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) brought up Kendi's remarks to Barrett during the second day of her nomination hearings.
"I want to give you the chance to respond to something," Sen. Kennedy told Barrett. "Some butthead professor at Boston University says because you and your husband have two children of color, that you're a white colonist. The implication is that you're a racist, and that you use your two children as props."
"Do you use your children as props?" the Republican asked.
"Senator Kennedy, it was the risk of people saying things like that — which would be so hurtful to my family — that when I told Senator [Lindsey] Graham (R-S.C.) this morning that my husband and I had to really weigh the costs of this, it was saying deeply offensive and hurtful things," Barrett responded, adding, "Things that are not only hurtful to me, but are hurtful to my children — who are my children, who we love, and who we brought home and made a part of our family, and accusations like that are cruel."
The senator responded, "Yeah, they are. How low can you go." He added, "I didn't want to ask that question when your kids were here. I'm sorry you have to go through that."
Sen. John Kennedy asks ACB about Boston University's @DrIbram saying that she is a "white colonist" for adopting tw… https://t.co/1TNzxPp3yJ— Daily Caller (@Daily Caller)1602632650.0
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