Senate hate crimes hearing devolves when Republican tells Arab American witness to ‘hide your head in a bag’
Berry, who also serves as co-chair of the Hate Crimes Task Force, sought to highlight the rise in hate crimes impacting marginalized communities, including Arab Americans, Jewish Americans, and LGBTQ+ people.
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GOP senator uses hearing on 'hate crime crisis' as platform 'to launch a series of racist attacks'US Senator John Kennedy (R-Louisiana) told Arab American Institute Executive Director Maya Berry during a Senate Judiciary ...
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GOP senator insults Arab American advocate at hearing on hate crimesSen. John Neely Kennedy (R-La.) on Sept. 17 antagonized Maya Berry, the executive director of the Arab American Institute, during a hearing on hate crimes. (Video: The Washington Post) Kennedy ...
In Washington, D.C., the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the rise of anti-Muslim and antisemitic hate crimes across the U.S. Republican ... out at the hearing’s Arab American witness, ...
The White House blasted Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) for asking the director of the Arab American Institute whether she supports ...
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