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GOP senator uses hearing on 'hate crime crisis'

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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Sen. John Kennedy used a Senate hearing on hate crimes to spew hate

Berry went before the Senate to discuss the important issue of hate crimes, only to receive a torrent of abuse. She should be commended for her sensitivity to how those crimes take a toll on people from all kinds of marginalized communities. And it is Kennedy, not Berry, who should hide his head for such a vile expression of hate.

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GOP Senator repeatedly suggests Arab American witness supports Hamas during hate crimes hearing

La., repeatedly suggested a leading Arab American activist is a Hamas supporter when she testified Tuesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee on hate crimes, and told her she should hide her "head in a bag.

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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 crimes

Sen. 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 ...

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Racist questions are asked as Arab American rights leader testifies at hearing

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Maya Berry, executive director of the Arab American Institute, about a contentious exchange at a Senate hearing on hate crimes.

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White House says Kennedy grilling of Arab American Institute director was ‘shameful’

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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