Louisiana’s junior U.S. Sen. John N. Kennedy, a Republican, has often baffled national political observers with his Foghorn Leghorn-like persona and penchant for meaningless hucksterisms, but earlier today, for the first time, the country caught a glimpse of a side of Kennedy that he has taken tremendous pains to conceal from his conservative base back home: The elitist lawyer with degrees from Vanderbilt, UVA, and Oxford.
The video, first posted by his colleague Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, quickly went viral.
Kennedy’s performance today was notable and nonetheless exposed how unqualified so many of Trump’s nominees have proven to be.
There’s also an utterly confusing moment at the end, in which Kennedy asks the panel of nominees whether any of them have ever blogged in support of the Ku Klux Klan.
Watch the video:
MUST WATCH: Republican @SenJohnKennedy asks one of @realDonaldTrump’s US District Judge nominees basic questions of law & he can’t answer a single one. Hoo-boy. pic.twitter.com/fphQx2o1rc
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) December 15, 2017
