Ben Sasse Roasts John Kennedy at Senate Hearing: ‘Pretends to Be an Aw Shucks Kind of Guy as He Picks Your Pocket’

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) called out fellow Republican Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) over his simple country lawyer shtick during the confirmation hearing of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Tuesday. In various appearances on cable news and in committee hearings, Kennedy has projected a folksy and sometimes punchy Matlock-esque figure who is always armed with one-liners […]