'One Of My Constituents Got This In The Mail': John Kennedy Presents Surprising Letter At Hearing

At yesterday's Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) questioned Labor Secretary Marty Walsh about a letter a constituent allegedly received about the census which contained a $5 bill.
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[@Fight_For_Freedom]

If someone asking for money cannot explain why they need it, THEN THEY DON'T!

[@guidedmeditation2396]

GOOD/BAD RIGHT /WRONG Indoctrinating or even training people is NOT INFRASTRUCTURE.

[@2DanTube]

Sure they need the money - how are those tax whores gonna get rich off the shitizens if they don't get the money. How to lie your way to wealth and riches is the main topic of the rat-if-lied CONstitution.

[@Loveyou-bb9bg]

they can educate eachother! I would put my money on the highway!

[@Loveyou-bb9bg]

this looks tiny, but it isn't

[@robbieb4219]

TO PAY FOR ALL THERE DEEP STATE CRIMINALS!!!!!

[@gardenstatestacker1879]

I remember getting money with one of these letters last year, cash went into the pocket and the questionnaire went into the trash 🗑

[@eddieandrews4808]

I wonder how many people threw it out thinking it was junk mail

[@releventhurt]

@@eddieandrews4808 they all committed crimes lol

[@metallifan9first]

Haha, @Ryan you should run for office.. you got the job requirements down already

[@CarnelianChris]

I legit thought they tainted my $5 gift with covid

[@cpcrn7036]

Bring back the Southern Gentlemen like Senator Kennedy with tough morals, tender hearts, and thick skin!!

[@gretaferebee3179]

Thank

[@cherylmcwilliams5670]

I love Kennedy making this guy show his true colors! A liar with his hand out for tax money.

[@monkeybandit222]

@Shelia Metcalfe-Farmer grammar dude

[@HelloWorld-ql3ki]

I was a union laborer for 30 yrs. All of my training was on the job from day one up until the last day I worked. We were constantly learning. You don't need government funding for this.

[@sabejreid2072]

AGREE 200%

[@bibbhccbibbhcc2493]

You’re very correct. OJT…. The best way to learn is get off your lazy butt and get your hands dirty.

[@johnmarks227]

And they still have programs sponsored by business and labor to train people. I trained in one.

[@andrewchaney7114]

100% correct

[@empressbalance7914]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2a5pIuditR3qZo

[@jackhammer-]

A wise man one said "if you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit."

[@potatobutton]

exactly how the democrats work

[@LadyRevolver]

Lol

[@rollielemke2212]

and that is exactly what Kennedy did. Spewed BS. He asked a question and refused to allow time for an answer.

[@rebeccadesrochers3254]

Very wise man because he sure was fishing out the bullshit.

[@kregan7001]

That wise man was my mother .... but then again its 2021 so man, woman, it whats the difference. Cheers mate.

[@JoWags64]

Starting to feel that Senator Kennedy is one of the few who has our back!!

[@JoWags64]

@TRUTH _ agree!! They are censoring Rand Paul. He’s got our backs too!

[@dang99991]

If we couldn’t even get Ron Paul anywhere, believe me it’s a losing battle with these guys for sure.

[@rickblue7002]

He has a be back of the crooked republicans and the billionaires hell his name may be on Epstein,s list of people who has been to all Epstein,s places

[@rickblue7002]

If any of the GOP had our backs they would push for punishment of the Gop,s and some of the Dems and put them in jail for the lies and for breaking the laws of power and I mean jail they have gotten away their cheating and lying for too long

[@thetruth5479]

Our Back our bank account an our Social Security!!!

[@karenosterblom4131]

Senator Kennedy is SHARP as a tack and a wit second to none! I L💗VE this guy!

[@easygoing2479]

So this "investment in infrastructure" has nothing to do with infrastructure. Got it.

[@samanthaworkman-fenn8754]

Tricky ……

[@mikehunt6747]

But the left thinks everything is “infrastructure” now, as long as they want it. They think giving more money to the Kennedy Center is “infrastructure”. They think giving more money to planned parenthood is “infrastructure”. Everything THEY want money for is “infrastructure” but anything republicans want money for they call it a waste.

[@letabranch7459]

Infrastructure can mean anything, even toilet paper.

[@jeclipse129]

@@mikehunt6747 because we don’t live in the 1800’s anymore, definitions change with time! I had a boomer try to tell me internet isn’t critical infrastructure, Jesus Christ you people are exhausting.

[@MrROFloyd]

@Joshua Register And you know this how? I guess it was a different John Kennedy that worked with me in high school on jobs in Baker in the late 60's. That was back when every able bodied youth over 15 and under draft age worked. Yeah, I know....strange concept this thing called manual labor.

[@edabreu7871]

I knew it! They are going to use it as another payoff! Listened a few times. Bunch of bullsheet.

[@JoseRodriguez-vx6td]

That I just posted Something similar

[@edwardgensheimer6640]

Money laundering were they get to dip in the kitty.

[@gemanscombe4985]

Jeez, guys - someone is pranking Kennedy and he knows it, too. He's just getting some free on-camera mileage out of it.

[@glendalangley1877]

@@gemanscombe4985 You haven’t paid much attention to him have you. This is a smart man and if he’s being pranked he’s well aware of it.

[@gemanscombe4985]

@@glendalangley1877 You haven't paid much attention to what I wrote, have you? " ... someone is pranking Kennedy and HE KNOWS IT, too". Of course it's a prank. $5, and only reported once? The recipient put it in and sent it to Kennedy as cheap trolling entertainment.

[@debbiemartin7918]

Kennedy knows what He's doing with his questions. Before they can really answer the first one, he's got another question. Makes them squirm. Smart man Kennedy is!

[@hozelda]

Kennedy came out looking pretty bad. It's understandable why he didn't want a real response to his questions. And it looks like he may have gotten fooled by a constituent. Why would you bring something up like that without taking a survey to see if you were being duped? Why? Because he knows he has limited time and can cut answers short. Still didn't come out looking too well though. As an aside, his constituency (wealthy business component of it) that keeps paying lower for more benefits from the government naturally doesn't look at what they have already gotten beyond their costs, but wants to know how much more they can get. Figures! Kennedy is one of the representatives/senators who cares a lot about the wealthy and appears would be all too happy to have them pay as close to $0 in taxes while getting trillions in support from society including from military (which makes trillions in profits possible regardless of the lack of fairness in compensation to the majority of workers and citizens).

[@tcharli1948]

I love Sen. Kennedy, he is always spot on!

[@rickblue7002]

@@hozelda exactly bright he is only for his money he can make off of us and the government

[@youngimages2000]

Kennedy gives them a chance to answer, not to bs

[@jimgill37]

He may "know what he's doing with his questions," but that's exactly the point. When asking questions in a genuine way, you actually allow the person to respond. If it's a trash answer, you respond to that, and you can counter with facts at that point. But just wanting the answer you want means you didn't come for new information. It's actually a massive problem in our current day discourse, as everyone just wants their echo chamber. For example, "I know it's not under your jurisdiction..." and then he launches the question anyway. You're a Senator. You could directly contact the department who sent this and figure it out. It's just political theater and we are the audience paying for the "privilege" of watching the show.

[@doneckert3774]

I wish we had a whole congress of men like this man, intelligent, straight up and wanting answers for his constituents.

[@NoOne-jo9qv]

Mafia style, not suprised.

[@tedreid4421]

ya. and just laugh it off!!!!! No!!! Prosicute!!!!!!! Stop now!!!!!! No more!!!!! We are all sick of these commies doing there own thing on the chines payroll ; as pompeao had said when trump was in there before it was stolen threw massive voter fraud! They were not even hiding it!!! They dont care. Well they will soon. because its going to catch up to them from what i hear. Somethings in the works! Stay tooned!!! The military solution. They have everything!!!!

[@HermCore]

@@tedreid4421 I'm diggin ur enthusiasm & truly hope u know something I don't!

[@tedreid4421]

@@HermCore my confidence is in truth. Just a few more people need to wake up for this prosses. The idea is to have as little casualties as possable. We are in a war!! If there were round ups early on ; we would of had lots of blood in the streets. Thats another reason why ; even though it is well known by the military that the election of 2020 was stolen and they know of many other evil crimes over the years of these scum. They conceded at the time. everyone and the media would have said u nazies!!!!!! Why are u doing this???!!! Not good!! So they are doing it this way. There are going to be casualties of war. But lot less this way. So when some of this is revealed everyone will b on board and on the same page . ( most). It took long time to program. Now its a deprogramming by the white hats. You have to do your praying to whatever god u do. and use your spiritual eyes s well as u physical eyes. You make the call. Im just a messanger. Keep well and dont get the vax!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wait and c

[@ttmich]

Sen. Kennedy is a sharp, effective and dedicated senator. Very few old fashioned politicians like him in Washington DC!

[@wholeo1955]

if we had all dedicated persons like John Kennedy, our government would not have as many corrupted one as we DO!!!!!

[@PayNoTaxes0GetNoVote]

That old curmudgeon is awesome. Love him.

[@PayNoTaxes0GetNoVote]

@Janet Anderson - That's too funny. Complaining about Fox while watching a Forbes video....do you charge Fox for the office space it takes up in your head? 🤣🤣🤣

[@sharoncombs58]

I like him, but he is a politician, too.

[@janeerway7647]

He should be president Trump's next AG he won't take any bullcrap.

[@jaknarr]

"the average American's not paying for that..." How does he figure that when every blessed cent they spend comes out of the average American's pockets???

[@Nathan-dt2tu]

@@MRGior-wo6dk Property tax, income tax, sales tax, tariffs, carbon taxes, other undesireables taxes (alcohol, tobacco, etc). And I hate the lie that money can only be taxed once. Scenario: You work $100 worth. You get paid $100 - income tax. Let's say that's 20% for simplicity. Now you have $80. Spend $80 on an hour of landscaping ~15% goes to sales tax. So that's $68 for the landscaping company 10% goes to corporate income tax The landscaper gets paid, let's say 15 dollars. 20% of that goes into income tax for that landscaping employee. So you made $100. In one further transaction and its necessary taxes, that $100 got split into a few groups: $12 to the landscaping employee. $49.20 went to the landscaping company. And the remaining $38.8 went to tax. So in 2 transaction levels, you earning the money and then spending it on one thing, the government ended up with nearly 40% of the money. Add some more levels of spending, and government gets nearly 100% back. So how can anybody make money? Only 2 solutions. Everybody gets a government job (which only solves half the problem and then still needs option 2), or we rely HEAVILY on international trade to bring external monies into the country. In essence, this means that in order to have heavy taxation, the only solution is to export heavily. Rape the land for its minerals, or severely underpay your workforce so that manufacturing can come to your country, like China and Taiwan. Considering people think $15 an hour minimum wage is too low somehow, I highly doubt $1 an hour manufacturing jobs will every happen. So what's left? Automation. The only way we can afford to remain a world power is to invest heavily in automation. And guess what!?!? That also means wiping out most jobs. Next step? everybody on welfare. Oopsies, problem not solved. Maybe at this point we can reconsider how living in Elysium has fucked us up royally.

[@Nathan-dt2tu]

@@MRGior-wo6dk What's worse than the stat you quoted is that that is for the AVERAGE person. Rich people can afford to earn interest on their money, while poor people spend it right away. So which group ends up paying more than 76%? And then another level of money-leeching. The poor also tend to have unmanageable debts, for which they either a) pay 20% interest rates or b) get a payday loan and pay 1000%+ interest when you inevitably default. Our problem isn't that people aren't able to make money, or that some people don't make enough. It's that the government needs such a huge cut to continue to function. To top it all off, as you already mentioned, money isn't printed free. It's printed by the central bank and loaned out with interest.

[@dantyler6907]

@@MRGior-wo6dk ..."just that ignorant" .

[@amistenson2535]

Amen!

[@kimsurritt5646]

Look we pay taxes out of every paycheck, every time you go buy groceries you pay taxes, every time you fill up at the gas pumps you pay taxes on that, your electric bill has some form of city tax, delivery tax, excise tax, same with gas companies, phones companies, liquor has sales tax, lottery winnings has federal and state with holdings, property tax on your home, all your vehicles, hunting licenses, fishing licenses, driver's licenses, etc..... I like to figure it all up one day and see how far off we are from England? The rich pay 90% tax, of course with free Healthcare. North Korea they starve, freeze, they told everything they can and can't do. How many children to have. Who to marry. If someone higher up doesn't like you like Kim Jon Un uncle he took a missile and blew him up. That's socialism. Do you really think they are going to tell you the truth. Read, research, see how Hitler came into power, first thing he did was take all arms away. He robbed them, put many Jews in consinstration camps and killed hundrend of thousands. If you don't know history it will repeat it self. Look at the Bible for a prime example. God would help them and they would wander from him. They end up in a culture like we have now pretty darn close to Sodom and Gamora. I don't know about you but I'm not one bit proud of our society today. Darn right ashamed to tell you the truth. Can any of you look your grandparents or great grandparents in the eyes. With what is allow on our TV, the language we use, the laziness that taken over us. Instead of being on these stupid electronic we could serve food at soup kitchens, help out at homeless shelters, get our communities together and fix up bags of goods for the homeless, or better yet we could build them housing. We have more homeless now in America than ever before in our history next to the Great depression. Do you hear any law makers cutting off funding from Iran, Iraq, Syria, China, Korea, No but the first order of business is to give all illegal immigrants free housing, food, vehicles, Healthcare. Where is the logic here!!! Hey Nancy you let them in your gated yard that Fort Knox. But you be the first to condemn the border wall. You hypocrite! Driving by these American families on your way to the Capitol like crap under your shoe. You can't understand why they don't like your entitle, disgraceful, disrespectable attitude. I want you to remember one think the good Lord said though without sin cast the first stone. So before your double edge sword tounge sways again think long and hard you will be before the good Lord one fine day on your knees and you can't lie your way out of this evil web you are spinning. You remember and I hope you dream about these poor people living in the streets you so badly treat. They don't want money! They want a job. They want a free America with free interprise if you work hard you can do anything God has blessed you to do exceedingly well. May God grant us forgiveness for our greedy nation, our lying politicians, for our coveting, our decefulness, our hatred, for those who use hatred as a weapon of division. May God have mercy on our souls and on our Mother Land Israel and America.

[@Honestcritic79]

Department of Labor, a destructive force against labor.

[@markc1263]

"Investment" is code for tax and spend. It's so easy to spend other people's money.

[@virgilkane7369]

Like my Dad said , " a democrat is someone who thinks they know best how to spend Your Money , a Republican is someone who thinks You know best how to spend Your Money . "

[@markc1263]

@@virgilkane7369 👍🇺🇸

[@danmoore3300]

Until they run out of other people's money 💰!

[@petethetaper]

and upgrades for outdated stuff i bought last week.

[@network3492]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2a5pIuditR3qZo

[@luizprado1077]

Labor Secretary does not know the difference between investment and expenditure.

[@guidedmeditation2396]

Infrastructure is infrastructure education is education Indoctrination is indoctrination This guy is full of steaming piles of himself.

[@monkeygraborange]

Marty Walsh is a pathetic alcoholic.

[@darren2329]

I hadn't really thought about it in the political realm. I immediately appreciated the lesson. The chubby fella, for some reason...not as grateful.

[@Ccc35712]

Oh, he knows the difference! He is trying to be sly in getting more money to invest for himself!! Funneling!!

[@lorenariossierra7265]

Oh yes he does cause he sees himself as the investment

[@szqsk8]

Love this man!!! He cuts right to the chase and skips the BS the people he's questioning are trying to peddle.

[@HiberniaeCor]

I think the word we're looking for here is "bribery" and it should be met with a severe punishment.

[@paulallen8597]

"I looked it up. It's on the Internet. It must be true." Priceless.

[@blakryptonite1]

This guy is officially a meme now

[@beatch42]

Internet probably has more truth than tv

[@ruthie1803]

Don't vote to give him what he's asking for. RIDICULOUS

[@jimbomorrison7133]

We won’t,but he’ll get it anyway,and you know where it’s going right? Probably about 2% in his pocket.

[@Ccc35712]

@@jimbomorrison7133 or more than 2%

[@jimbomorrison7133]

@@Ccc35712 Yeah,I really must have gotten my math mixed up.

[@Ccc35712]

@@jimbomorrison7133 lol. No, you're fine, I'm just pointing out their greediness.

[@jimbomorrison7133]

@@Ccc35712 Hopefully,if “they”don’t ruin America,2022 and 2024 may have a better turnout,even with the cheating,because it’s not gonna stop. Greed.

[@burkeallen4402]

What the secretary is saying is that directing the money away from his organization doesn’t allow him to hand it out to his buddies in the unions. It’s all about paying off political cronies

[@sequoyah59]

I like Kennedy's style. Just a country boy crazy like a fox. Let's go Brandon!

[@periloustactic]

I hate when a politician says "thank you for the question" and proceed to say nothing.

[@BrianSmith-yq7ys]

It’s a stall tactic

[@quittintime33]

The Average American who earns less than 400,000k a year... The A V E R A G E?!?!??! Thats a grossly OVER VALUED annual income.

[@whothen9146]

Where do they get those figures from, I would like to see how they arrive at that figure??

[@mudbucket1650]

Average vs median

[@shannonrutledge8872]

@Quittin Time the number should have been $40k for Average American annual income!!!

[@misterlich2826]

I'm confused what the objection here is - the average American does in fact earn less than $400k. So, you're agreeing with him, but in caps?

[@bseidl1976]

Not for them, that's low

[@erictasman2108]

His questions are good but in the end nothing happens and no one is held accountable. All smoke and mirrors for our country as it all goes up in smoke.

[@LoriPeace]

When a person defines a word using the word, I get the feeling they don't know what the word means. 1:48 "An investment is an investment in the future of workers. An expenditure is an expenditure in building a bridge." Say what now?

[@DC-pv3yh]

Exactly right. IMO. Complete stupidity that this man is asking for billions. Can't actually describe what an investment is compared to an expenditure.

[@bexitford5482]

Absolutely not! So thankful for John Kennedy! Get'em Kennedy!

[@richardsqueeze]

Thats a good question. Let me talk for 5 minutes and not answer it at all.

[@souljatype69]

I think he said they were going to teach construction workers how to read. That is alot of Hooked on Phonics!

[@emo7636]

At least the guy with the New England accent that Sen. Kennedy was speaking to was talking back to him in a respectful and direct manner. It's one of the few times I've heard one of these guys say 'I don't know but I'll try to help you find out'.

[@carolriley-mcvay6336]

Love how the dems disrespectfully leave the room when Republicans speak

[@UnknownUnitW10]

Why would you love that?

[@carolriley-mcvay6336]

@@UnknownUnitW10 I was speaking tongue in cheek. Sarcasm

[@mistermysteryman107]

@@UnknownUnitW10 do you really not get sarcasm?

[@KishoshimaDragonash]

How can you not help but love John Kennedy lol. He's one of the most direct, but light hearted people I've ever seen in congress. I've seen the man chew ass and everyone STILL comes out smiling.

[@carpballet]

“He got his ass chewed out” is one of the weirdest statements.

[@rebeccasingletary4615]

He just like his Father's was, a good man

[@omegapointil5741]

Just because yer ignorant.

[@glassontherocks]

They can chew ass all day long in front of these cameras. What happens when they leave the floor is what matters.

[@Gww-1]

@@carpballet That's not weird.

[@strawhatwolffy4701]

This money is the people’s blood, sweat and tears to survive in this world and they just waste it.

[@sarashepard7504]

Yes, and they don’t care as long as it’s so easy to get the money to spend on their pet projects and for them to get rich on.

[@opinion4246]

He want the money to go to him first.

[@mudderjen]

They give our tax money to other countries for gender studies! What a F’ing waste of money!

[@LizRealGirlBeauty]

Especially after what happened in 2020 it's even more disturbing that they just take revenue and flush it down the drain. They ruined people's lives, took away their businesses, jobs, homes, family, everything, but they act like the cash cow is going to be milked forever.

[@deborahsanderson697]

We are so overtaxed🤬 when we have millions to send to other countries for their border security and military training you KNOW we are

[@michaelmontesano2959]

That Kennedy man is a riot. Humor with facts, tough questions, and of course lil patronizing. Hey gotta make ppl like this man that kennedy is drilling feel lil uhhhh, not so smart lol

[@cakalackybilly1286]

I think John Kennedy is a national treasure, I wish every state had one of him in government.

[@billko9201]

Indiana sure could use one - or two.

[@Tardis92]

"I did some math..." words some people never want to hear

[@jericlocke1]

The math was done and that was why they made Hart Celler law.

[@peacefulwarrior4078]

It means I've been paying very close attention and I know what you've been upto !

[@JohnnyWad309]

@@peacefulwarrior4078 These days you never know, it could mean, "I'm about to try and bullshit you and make it sound scientific." You have to check their math or your're a gullible fool. (This is not in relation comments and not the video.)

[@mjverostek1278]

I did some math and despite being just 13

[@narcissismexposed1014]

Especially if your a scammer!

[@loisb.5814]

I love this man!!! Sen. Kennedy never fails to cut the bullshit and make me laugh !! We need more real men like him.

[@artweaver6963]

Sadly the only reason Kennedy is stripping down this guy is because he wants his finger in that pie and this guy made the mistake of trying to cut the Don out of the deal....

[@richardmattix5322]

Amen Sen. Kennedy is saying the obvious and the idiots before him can`t see the simple truth and many more out there in the real world don`t realize most of the money that idiot is asking for will go to administration period. That means another idiot telling some one else this is the way it should be.

[@solidcrewyt2734]

He has high IQ, really intelligent guy, it's always a pleasure listening to him.

[@halanvt051246]

What happened to statesmanship?

[@pamclark971]

@@solidcrewyt2734 sen Kennedy the best!

[@kameltoes2625]

The people that know how to do their jobs need to be "retrained" by the Federal government. Hmmm

[@stevemcdonnough9010]

I'm from the federal government and I'm here to help. HAHAHA! dontcha knows that?

[@leegibson5469]

"I want my 5 bucks." Preach brother.

[@debbiezebick1903]

I seriously love that man! He calls them out on their bullshit in such an amazing way.

[@sarashepard7504]

It’s still all theater.

[@veronicamurray5417]

Wish we had him in Australia 😎 love from Australia 😎

[@Kevin-pv3kg]

Lol that is all an act. He's as corrupt as any of them

[@empressbalance7914]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2a5pIuditR3qZo

[@veronicamurray5417]

@@ericmead916 come on old son is he that bad 😎 can't be any more disgusting than the other side love from Australia 😎

[@rhrful]

I love watching John Kennedy. Entertaining, no history of corruption and to the point.

[@ITSONLYMEWATCHING]

We love him in Louisiana, he's a true southern gentleman.

[@roninwolf3347]

I know he hasnt killed any of his girlfriends or anything unlike other kennedys that coincidentaly were from Massachusetts.

[@darkthingswithmarkdavis4497]

I liked that he was confrontational without being rude.

[@bernventer5949]

This senator is super smart and very entertaining and I think people who appear before him are scared shitless.

[@Jimmy-Feena]

@@ITSONLYMEWATCHING He is a Great Gentleman, I wish we had him here in England. There's no Gentleman like a real southern Gent!

[@wallywally7266]

Obviously he got a lot of money, he doesn't feel the pain, spending money in gas, groceries, rent, etc,etc,etc. No taxes, come on man!!

[@Dargonhuman]

No wonder Walsh wants all that extra money - he needs it to keep stuffing envelopes with $5 bills 🤣

[@tbascoebuzz4782]

Love Sen. Kennedy. God, Bless this man and keep Your Hand of protection upon him and his family.

[@shadyganley8877]

I completely agree beautiful 😍

[@freepressinsurgency428]

He probably doesn't know you even exist.

[@voxveritas333]

poor deluded fool.

[@ronronniemeyers]

@@voxveritas333 You just troll all over conservative threads don't you? Slow day in your mom's basement? Why are you here? It's the negative attention you receive trolling conservatives better than the no attention you receive in your real life? How sad, try getting a job, or a hobby, or a dog, or a life, troll boy.

[@indemniman1623]

He's a true Patriot !!!!!!

[@icicicles]

Bureaucracy is like worms, the more you feed them the more they multiply and the more they want.

[@kath3611]

and the more crap they produce

[@sriddle3569]

And they treat us Americans as mushrooms, feed us shit and keep us in the dark

[@DigitalBridge.]

Those worms in DC are feeding off the taxpayer's dead carcass!

[@jimkreider9997]

Love John Kennedy. He always questions things. He never lets it go. And he makes people account for what they want.

[@joshyazel1200]

Absolutely

[@tonyspicer6745]

Senator Kennedy is one of a kind. God bless him... He truly represents the American people👍

[@tonypointer7026]

Ols school kick ass

[@annoliver2631]

Trip to woodshed

[@brianpencall4882]

Thank you, senator Kennedy. People of Louisiana, please keep electing this man, until he will no longer run.

[@ITSONLYMEWATCHING]

We will, we love him so much. And we will be getting rid of Cassidy, he's an evil evil man and tricked us all.

[@67hundredthz]

This is what I would hope a senator would be. I’m from CA

[@Badge1122]

On the census form I put down the number that lives in my household and thats all. Yes they kept coming back and I told them to go away and pound sand.

[@captainhowdy3906]

😅🤣😂 Way to be proud of not participating in research that brings funding to your area in the places/functions its most needed!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! They remove people from society and its benefits for other refusals against common interest, why not this one? Those who don't fill out census that brings funding into their area, should be banned from using anything provided by that funding. Period. Everything from the completed construction projects to community resources. See how proud of themselves they are then. 😅🤣😂 before you start the ignorant bs: NO ONE forces me to fill it out. I CHOOSE TO because that is one way our government determines which resources are lacking in areas and what community needs are. Its a way to Better and Improve our cities and neighborhoods. If you want to selfishly ignore that, to be stubborn, you can _____ right off. It's your right, of course, to be a jack ass, but still. ______ right off.

[@momzilla9491]

Love John Kennedy!

[@Ryan-hi9dm]

The term 'infrastructure' has no meaning at this point.

[@imsosmart942]

Yeah, it's now a catch-all term that Biden Misappropriated which covers every money grab known to man

[@f-35alightningii79]

@@imsosmart942 Yeah, I don’t think you know what Biden’s plan was about. I can buy you think its price tag is too high but it definitely covers what you and I would call “infrastructure”.

[@TV-zg7gg]

"retrained" - code word for "CRT"

[@chrisluckey3272]

Cracks me up when they say Thank You for the Question.... Like they are Glad to be put on the spot ???

[@robertslattery6464]

You know they are about to lie when they say thank you for the question

[@cinder7183]

Running the clock out

[@RadRob84]

Every time, followed by circular non answers.

[@tomsitek1767]

And when there done lying they always take a big drink of water..

[@noeladcock]

You’re right. ALL the radical candidates say the same thing! They are all programmed to quote the same narrative and “rationales” and I use that term loosely.

[@johanna6050]

That's the first thing they learn in marxism training school.

[@Nam-wm4bk]

This is no joking matter arrest them for soliciting for false claims.

[@guidedmeditation2396]

Truly. They are submitting a FRAUDULENT APPLICATION for government funds. Education may be good/bad/indifferent but it is not infrastructure. You could call Massage Parlors and happy finishes infrastructure but it doesn't make it so.

[@strangefruit8776]

@@guidedmeditation2396 exactly. It’s freaking insane how they’ve just redefined what we’ve all known as infrastructure so they can spend money how they please. They will do anything to avoid spending money on real infrastructure and giving us what we all want our money to be spent on.

[@Ccc35712]

We the people hire you government employees what we need you to do, not for you to do whatever you want with our tax money, and certainly not to tax us to death!!

[@bubbakushingtonIII]

@@strangefruit8776 yeah and they're redefining all types of things we all know about.

[@mountainman4969]

They’ve been stealing your money since the beginning of your time

[@JennyfaninSweden]

Look at him squirming, look at his eyes, as soon as his going to answer a question he looks everywhere except in the eyes of Mr Kennedy, searching for the best lie to tell

[@v8canyon]

He's awesome, straight to the point, no nonsense, no bullshit...straight to the point. "I looked it up on the Internet - it must be true!" LOL

[@tammykrause4083]

The average American pays for everything, we are sick and tired of this damn government.

[@alphagt62]

And those they vilify are the only ones paying taxes. This is the problem, when those that live off of tax dollars outnumber those who pay the taxes.

[@Rappoltt]

Actually, it's worse. The amount of taxes that is taken from the average person's income is only enough to cover the portion of the IRS that collects those taxes. Everything beyond that is from higher taxed wealthy incomes or other forms of taxes.

[@thub2743]

And you will still do it. You will complain on the internet , say some BS about a "line being crossed"......and you will do it. No wonder your country has gone from a superpower to a joke. At least other countries hide their heresy and project strength. You project weakness.

[@thrillmonkey]

@eric townsend oh man, someone believes everything they’re told…

[@Kraang]

@@thub2743 You do realize that it is a crime to not pay taxes right?

[@yzb1234]

As soon as they say "thank you for the question" it's all a blur after that

[@gregsg2351]

It's time to put on the boots cause shit's getting deep!

[@kevinanderson4963]

Being told how to do something will never be equal to being showed how to.

[@outdoorsman7324]

That depends greatly on the individuals involved... not all people are equal.

[@bustertn2014]

I have worked in the Construction Industry and still do. I started in 1986. It is NO DIFFERENT if you are working in the field then or now. That being said, there is more of a use of electronics which I still hate, Ipads vs. a full sized set of prints, but in the end, you read your prints and build your job. I only went to high school, no college, yet I have been a Supt for 21 years, I have built hotels, apartments and shopping centers, roads, flood channels etc, and not once did I need additional training to read the prints and build the job. IF your an engineer or a architect you will be getting your education at the proper school, NOT retrained by the Fed's. Just another way to fleece our money.

[@sleeplessonterra9845]

"I read it on the internet it must be true." Haha! Gold

[@Oymmit]

the internet was so much better before deepstate media corps. and billionaire social media took over for the biden/clinton/obama regime.

[@WillyTheComposerOfficial]

Do you think somebody would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?

[@sleeplessonterra9845]

Are you a composer? That's gotta be fun. And yes i do believe a lot of people lie on the internet, especially since 2016.

[@jeffreyhutchins6527]

@@WillyTheComposerOfficial Do you really think that people don't just go on the internet and tell lies ? I mean on the internet we are told that the truth is actually a lie.

[@stellasiler2808]

Since 2016? Oh, you must be a young one. Lieing on the internet was going on during Bush Jr. and eight years of Obama.

[@evanwindom3265]

"What metrics are you going to use this time next year to prove that your investment paid off...?" Ding! The Secretary dodged the question completely.

[@michaellovetere8033]

" Metrics?...We don' need no stinkin' metrics"

[@timinwsac]

All Senator Kennedy needs is a rumpled beige raincoat.

[@robero11]

And an old Peugeot 403. He is so thorough with his questions!

[@billfulgenzi2287]

Amazing post! Good job 👏

[@wcooman1694]

The saddest part of this is that walsh actually believes what he's saying.

[@MamaMOB]

No he doesn’t.

[@peggyleekight1563]

I just love senator Kennedy's approach & The way he handles things to make his point. It's simply amazing! GOD bless you Mr. John Kennedy for standing for the right!

[@tnteachertim]

God Bless You, Mr Kennedy, for standing for what *IS* right.

[@bubbyscoresagain1720]

I remember getting a census letter, with a $5 bill enclosed.

[@narsheguard6417]

"Thank you for the question." So tired of hearing that.

[@salvatoregrillo7908]

LOL, what a circus

[@brianpeterson8667]

Without any ringleader

[@t-money8572]

They sent it to anyone who has a DNC registered email.

[@quittintime33]

Wake, wakey sleepy sheepie.

[@jimjob28]

I got something similar from the RNC. It was a donation ploy. I doubt that anyone even looks at the survey. I have a rule. I will donate to individual candidates, not parties.

[@jamesraymondsmith]

@@jimjob28 I call bullshit on that I get lots of requests for donations from the Republicans but never any money I don’t believe it

[@jimjob28]

@Danny DNA First off, it was a single dollar bill. Secondly, the wording of the letter was along the lines of "We are so confident in your support that we are sending you this dollar knowing that you believe in our cause so much that you will send it back, and then some". And, of course, it is accompanied by the usual form where you check a box as to how much you are willing to donate. It's like they are guilt tripping you in to sending them something.

[@jimjob28]

@@jamesraymondsmith See my response to the other person. I get all the other junk from them as well, but I got the money letter fairly recently (within the year). I don't remember if it was leading up to the general or the state primaries. Come to think of it, it my have been the PAGOP, not the RNC. It was still through official party channels either way. I'm not saying there is anything technically wrong with these sorts of tactics, per se; it's just a kind of sleazy way of guilt tripping people in to make a donation.

[@skylark4901]

I've lived in Massachusetts my whole life and I just can't seem to get away from all these people I never voted for.

[@4thArmoredVet]

Walsh was the mayor of the city that built a tunnel which ended up costing the taxpayers 22 billion dollars, nearly 10 times over budget! He’s now SOL! Give me a break

[@karenwydra5059]

I'm so proud of Kennedy, he's so smart and on the ball! Clever as hell

[@ant-ekay7215]

And a gentleman

[@Rippingtongs]

If he is so smart how come he is not the president of US? 😂🤣🤣🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣🤣😝😝😝😝

[@vimes3702]

Is that why his state one of the worst educational systems, one of the worst health systems, one of the highest mortality rates amongst children and receives more federal aid(socialism) than it contributes?

[@vimes3702]

@@Rippingtongs just because he is smarter than you, doesn't necessarily make him smart.

[@karenwydra5059]

@@vimes3702 🙄 well your right gotta let him be in there as long as Biden has been, Biden a real go getter, when after our money!

[@RageAgainstRustyCage]

Did he just say he's teaching workers to read? Sounds like unions will hire anybody just to get those dues every month.

[@guidedmeditation2396]

If someone cannot read in this country it means some teachers need to be fired.

[@stevescuba1978]

Some teachers unions need busting, so school choice can drive the market, and bad schools can be closed

[@americafirst6408]

He is lying,i am in local 100 and any person has to have a high school diploma to get in a union,that is a bold face lie.Every union application has the high school question and if you dropped out you will not get in .

[@Moon..Shadow]

@@americafirst6408 Aren't unions generally Biden supporters?

[@hangout5959]

Yup 👍 ABC no speak English

[@scottyeakey244]

Senator Kennedy is a rare breed. I just love some of his analogies they're factually funny, he's great.

[@littlebird3393]

All those workers need the “woke” re-education 🥴

[@endtimes2100]

"The average American is not paying for that".....LOL....inflation much?

[@johnswanson5757]

Replace the federal pension plan and health plan with Social Security and Medicare.

[@barricksspecial]

Exactly End Times

[@misterlich2826]

If it's funded by a tax increase on wealthy Americans then I'm not sure how that'd cause inflation, since it's not printing new money from thin air in terms of accounting. Are you honestly worried about inflation from a $1.7 billion expenditure when that's not even half of 1% of what the federal government spends in a given year these days? This is money going directly into paying for real work - jobs - that will create infrastructure everyone can use, not just payments directly into people's bank accounts for nothing (unlike the stimulus checks).

[@elavke5441]

@@misterlich2826 if it's a tax increase all Americans getting a paycheck will be paying for it. Except the wealthy with all their tax cuts. They said he wanted to educate people. Referred to literacy. KEY word: IF it's funded by the wealthy we all know it won't be.

[@robinorhysrhys1562]

You are surely referring to Bidens comment "pay them more" to get them out of stimulus

[@bthemedia]

“Infrastructure” is generally something that “lasts” for a long time for people to benefit from.

[@paulashaia9914]

It would last if it wasn't made in china!

[@abdiqanibarefarah1802]

Would be good if they are done cost effectively and not wasteful spending.

[@AngelaMazonthehappyzachy]

Be careful with your definitions…infrastructure could end up meaning Dominion Voter machines🤨

[@barbarafischbach8480]

They can’t even say what they mean. Either they really don’t know or they know and they are lying.

[@barbarafischbach8480]

Oh....that construction industry...rural community inhabitants...can’t get to Kinkos to copy the floor plans.

[@glendaw.6539]

Did we ever hear if he got back to him about sending payment with surveys?

[@digdougedy]

:"Thank you for your question, with all due respect, we always take these matters seriously and we are negotiating right now with our partners right now so that we can answer the concerns that you may have as to wether due diligence in our sphere of influence that has led to the misunderstanding around the issues that have been raised by the house and if you give me some time, my office can provide you with that information. BLAH BLAH BLAH. ...... "....How do they get away with this shit?

[@williamlidster5850]

I love John Kennedy! So much common sense which is a rare luxury today!

[@deliciaford4343]

Yes him and Rand Paul! Why come we can't have more like him. Because at the rate that we're going NOW it's downhill from HERE!

[@karinjohnson2827]

He is my Senator. Just love him. ❤

[@smudgeevans2693]

"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money" Margaret Thatcher.

[@galeaiken3841]

China seems to have very deep pockets.

[@ezbody]

The problem with anything are the corrupt, dishonest people. Socialism works perfectly well, just like Capitalism works perfectly well, as long as people play by the rules. However, Capitalism is dishonest by design, in order to stay competitive, it inevitably has to resort to trickery, manipulation, cutting corners, outright lying and cheating. So let's not pretend to have a higher moral ground, pointing your fingers at the sometimes imperfect Socialism, when Capitalism exploits every/any social weakness it can lay its hands on.

[@brianmarshall636]

What an entirely true statement

[@walthammond6816]

@@ezbody That may all be true, but people are still free to make choices and to strive for a piece of THE PIE!!

[@kooringagnd]

@Sappho Nymph socialism is the plant and communism is the flower.

[@GruntProof]

It's about time we defund congress

[@tjlance7031]

In other words just let them take a bunch of money to do absolutely nothing.

[@miz.beehaven5570]

Love this guy....

[@robbieb4219]

WHICH ONE??

[@miz.beehaven5570]

@@robbieb4219 Kennedy.... love his way of getting his point across.

[@kimberleestovall9519]

Lol!!! That look he had at the end when he took that swig of water!! Had me laughing so hard!! Such BS!!

[@Kompressor2007]

hahah yes!!! I paid attention to that too... it was like "son of a........" hahah bingooo!!

[@guod911]

I remember as a kid looking at a brand new stereo that I wanted to buy with my paper route money and the salesman tried using the "investment" language on me like this guy in the clip. Even then I knew it was BS. This video brought back that memory.

[@harrypumpkins2052]

what people are forgetting is that the money we pay for our motor vehicle registration , It’s supposed to be paying for our roads and bridges that’s why we have registration , I think there needs to be a total audit of the government and see where all this money is really going .

[@danielw.2473]

These crooks should be arrested period

[@mountainman4969]

People need to stop supporting them

[@nikolashanks7058]

@ckorpi88ify you mean put against wall and shot.

[@3John-Bishop]

corrupt DOJ covers for them.

[@beaumorris5289]

Amen..

[@network3492]

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[@samueladams4218]

Wasn't the Keystone XL pipeline infrastructure?!

[@RadRob84]

Yes, it would have benefited the American People. That's why it had to go.

[@tinalinge9182]

Why be independent on our own when we can buy our fuels from over seas?!?!? 🙄 🤷

[@RadRob84]

@@tinalinge9182 Someone needs to tell Joe he read it wrong, it's the Declaration of Independence not "in dependence".

[@scotw67]

@@RadRob84 well said!!👍🏻

[@jerryfrederick6610]

Gas prices here in Michigan were $2.09 per gallon for 7 months prior to the Biden Circus setting up their tent now they are $3.49 per gallon. This hurts the "Average American" But, Hey! Warren Buffett needed that pipeline shut down so he can ship oil by train and not lose profits of over $1.5 Billion a year. This dirty deal goes all the way back into the O'Bama administration. I spelled it like he was Irish and not Kenyan.

[@jasonmagby5457]

They also followed up with harassment to do the survey when I just spent the five bucks! And we never heard anymore about this wasteful spending either.

[@tracymesser296]

Yup this guy is TOP NOTCH!! RESPECT!!

[@robertjohnson7960]

1.7 billion dollars would build a lot of homes for homeless veterans.

[@RadRob84]

Veteran housing is also corrupt, they charge them so much to live there they can't ever leave. The system is rigged by a money hungry Mafia and needs to be dismantled. The only President who's been for the military in 30 years was Trump. He donated his salary to the VA, he left office with less money than he entered. No other president can say the same.

[@bobadams4962]

If they gave all that money too the vets in cash it still wouldn't be close to what we owe them, but this clown definitely doesn't need it

[@marlene2996]

@it's ok to be normal I am a daughter of a Vietnam vet. I was first born after and have health issues . Because my father was exposed to agent orange and what led to his death in 2001. It was found in his liver during autopsy. He wasn't given the option not to go. As children we grew up watching the affects of his ptsd and then dying of liver and pancreas cancer. The VA kept telling him it was diabetes and wrote him off. Only for him to go to an emergency room at regular hospital to fund out he had weeks to live and never seen outside of the hospital after. He died 13 days later. He went to hospital 9/11/2001 and passed 9/23/01. We watched the towers falling as dr told him he was dying ...

[@marlene2996]

@it's ok to be normal the government and their poor decisions made me sterile and have female problems and autoimmune diseases .

[@marlene2996]

It took my father 22 years to get anything from the VA. Then his wife after his death took her 20 years and a senator to get VA benefits

[@PM-yx1yr]

Mr Kennedy on point

[@truthfulpatriot9129]

Sen Kennedy just Slapped that Dummy without literally slapping that Dummy.

[@christophersherman1198]

Mr. KENEDY KNOWS HIS STUFF.

[@RILEYLEIFSON_UTAH]

Anytime you hear the words "re-train" or "re-educate"...be wary. Be very, very wary.

[@Bibleguy89-uu3nr]

Alright kurt kabain

[@vclocals5536]

Wary

[@chuckschickbaldtacos]

Wary… leery is probably a better word

[@Ciotti675]

What happened to learning on the job. Building the highway he mentioned from Washington to Denver would tran a lot of new construction workers. All the jobs I ever had I leaned by shadowing someone else. I never went to college and I work on particle accelerators now. So what gives.?

[@coiledsteel8344]

'Re-Education Camps' - Commie Agenda Language.