Senator Kennedy on Who Really Controls the Democrat Party
Moderate Democrats are no longer in charge.
This article originally appeared on The Gateway Pundit and was republished with permission.
Guest post by Margaret Flavin
On Sunday, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) joined Jacqui Heinrich on Fox News to discuss who is really controlling the Democrat party and shaping policy decisions.
Kennedy argues that moderate Democrats are no longer in charge but are being controlled by the radical “Karen” wing of the party.
The Gateway Pundit reported that in January, the House of Representatives voted 220-207 to pass a Department of Homeland funding bill, which funds the TSA and ICE.
Fox News reported that the seven Democrats who voted with Republicans did so “despite opposition from their own leadership over unmet demands for additional guardrails on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations.”
The DHS bill will be bundled alongside three other spending bills, totaling a combined $1.2 trillion in federal spending. The entire package’s passing is a significant step toward averting a government shutdown come Jan. 30.
Lawmakers in the House of Representatives voted on two separate packages on Thursday afternoon. One groups together three spending bills to fund the departments of War, Education, Labor, Transportation and Health and Human Services. The second is a standalone bill funding DHS, which includes ICE.
Jacqui Heinrich asked Kennedy about Democrats who opposed leadership, including Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-NY), after sharing a clip of Suozzi being heckled at a town hall by an anti-ICE activist.
“So, Tom Suozzi was one of seven Democrats who voted with Republicans, and that’s the reception he’s getting at home. What does that tell you?” Heinrich asked.
Senator Kennedy replied, “It tells me that the Karen wing, the Loon wing, Bolshevik wing, whatever you want to call it, Jackie, is firmly in control of the Democratic Party.”
“And whether we ever pass a bill, a budget for the Department of Homeland Security will require our Democratic leadership to embrace adulthood, because that’s what this discussion is all about.”
“It’s not, as it should be, a discussion of the efficient use of taxpayer money and funding ICE and DHS. It’s just the Karen wing of the Democratic Party wants to defund ICE.”
“They believe in open borders.”
“They also wanted to defund the cops, defund police.”
“We know how that vampire movie turned out. Now they’ve moved on to defunding ICE, and the Democrats, the leadership anyway, not people like John Fetterman, but the Democrats are scared of them.”
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Senator Kennedy also took a moment to praise Senator John Fetterman (D-PA).
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Kennedy and Massie are two officials concerned with the state of the US.
Not so sure any of the rest of 'em give a shit.