GOP senator tells Arab American witness at hate crimes hearing to 'hide your head in a bag'
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GOP senator tells Arab American witness at hate crimes hearing to 'hide your head in a bag'
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-senator-repeatedly-suggests-arab-american-witness-supports-hamas-h-rcna171565
Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana also repeatedly suggested the witness, a leading Arab American activist, supports Hamas even as she repeatedly denied it.
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., repeatedly suggested a leading Arab American activist is a Hamas supporter when she testified Tuesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on hate crimes, and he told her she should hide her "head in a bag."
The activist, Maya Berry, said repeatedly that she did not support Hamas and was "disappointed" by the minuteslong exchange toward the end of a hearing called "A Threat to Justice Everywhere: Stemming the Tide of Hate Crimes in America."