Louisiana Republican Senator John Kennedy appeared on Fox News with host Sean Hannity on Wednesday and drew comparisons between anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles, California and disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein.
On “Hannity,” Kennedy discussed the protests in Los Angeles against the Trump administration’s immigration policies and Governor Gavin Newsom’s response to the riots.
“I’ve listened to so many of my colleagues and members of the media say that these things are mostly peaceful protests,” Kennedy stated. “That’s like saying that that’s saying that Harvey Weinstein is mostly a feminist because he didn’t rape every woman came into his office. He only raped some of them.”
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) at the Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing on gun violence in Washington.
Los Angeles witnessed protests on June 6, reacting to immigration raids that occurred at workplaces, traffic stops, and routine legal check-ins. President Donald Trump sent 2,000 National Guard members to the Los Angeles protests, followed up by a deployment of 700 U.S. Marines.
California Governor Newsom censured Trump’s decision to deploy troops to the state, criticizing it as an overreach of governmental power, unconstitutional, and a deliberate provocation. The state filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block Trump’s deployment.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer is expected to hear Newsome’s motion for a temporary restraining order that would limit the activities of the 4,000 National Guard members and 700 Marines to protecting federal buildings in a small area of downtown Los Angeles where most of the protests have taken place.
During Kennedy’s segment on “Hannity,” he stated that Newsom has flip-flopped on issues but has been consistent on his antipathy towards the lives and feelings of ordinary Americans, including public safety.
“Governor Newsome is, his record shows this, he’s the dictionary definition of weenie,” Kennedy stated. “He thinks cops are a bigger problem than criminals. He thinks if a cop has to shoot a criminal, it’s automatically and always a cop’s fault. But if a criminal shoots a cop, it’s automatically and always the gun’s fault.”
“Here’s a tip, cops don’t leave you alone unless you do illegal stuff. That’s what we’re seeing in California.”
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