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.

In the audience was the mother of Wadee Alfayoumi, the 6-year-old Palestinian American boy who was tragically stabbed to death in Plainfield, Illinois, last fall.

The Senate Judiciary Committee heard from witnesses who warned about spikes in hate against both Jewish and Arab communities amid the war in Gaza — to the ire of Republicans.