'Did You Lie Here Or Are You Lying To Us Today?': John Kennedy Ruthlessly Grills Professor

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At today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) questioned Professor Tom Wong, Director of the U.S. Immigration Policy Center, about statements made on the social media of his center.
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@blucheer8743 Ай бұрын

Kennedy is a national treasure when he speaks he speaks for me!!

@JerdMcLean Ай бұрын

No other human being speaks for me because I'm a free thinker and immune to demagoguery

@enoch2012 Ай бұрын

He is always great but hot damn the guy has been on fire this whole week.

@daviru02 Ай бұрын

Bot. You are the same person who always says this on Sen Kennedy's site and all the Forbe's videos about Kennedy. Do you just go around copy/pasting shit into forums about Senator Kennedy saying the same shit all the time, or are you a bot?

@danielernst3685 Ай бұрын

Yes we.need to keep him

@donnabelle701-MiMi Ай бұрын

DITTO DITTO DITTO

@user-rj5fh8hm2z Ай бұрын

I’m really sick of these advocates caring more about illegals than American citizens!

@portaldejugadores445 Ай бұрын

I don't think they "care" more they just need them for something. I'm sure of it. There's a reason behind all this we just don't know

@lusttravel1247 Ай бұрын

That’s the Demorat America we live in

@markshingletown6835 Ай бұрын

It’s called votes, they want their vote to push their agendas. Be careful who you vote for as your freedom is at stake.

@carpenoctem3257 Ай бұрын

@@portaldejugadores445easy question, votes

@ashgoob9352 Ай бұрын

@@portaldejugadores445 Votes and cheap labor.

@calvinclark4311 Ай бұрын

So lying under oath is "Close to a crime" now? I always thought it was PERJURY!😳

@timj3590 Ай бұрын

It's only not a crime for everyone getting a government paycheck

@johnflynn-pk2mk Ай бұрын

You are absolutely correct. I was taught this by my parents, it is PERJURY!!!😊. In Calif I believe it is seven years in prison automatically? How come baby boomers know that lying in a legal proceeding is "perjury".

@steyraug96 Ай бұрын

It is a crime and sin for most people, the "commoners," but if you have the Magic (D) by your name, it doesn't matter. 😕

@walterdebnam8021 Ай бұрын

EXACTLY!!!

@hukit0 Ай бұрын

I don't think it's reasonable to expect someone to agree with everything on their organization's website. I doubt Senator Kennedy would agree with every webpage on the federal government's websites. Kind of a stretch here.

@JLang-bn3hs Ай бұрын

Call a liar a liar. Call a thief a thief. Call a rapist a rapist. Just because they are under oath doesn’t stop anything. He didn’t call the Man a liar, he asked him if he was lying.

@briancooper2112 Ай бұрын

Durbin is worthless!

@forearthbelow Ай бұрын

@briancooper, as a neutral - I am a 70 yo Englishman Londoner - I would suggest you rate Mr. Durbin FAR too highly. What an utter disgrace of a man.

@dr.doolittle4763 Ай бұрын

Always has been. An open borders hateful of the American middle class man.

@williammcdowell2618 Ай бұрын

He really is

@alternativeopinion310 Ай бұрын

Why doesn't he speak up? Are everyone else not worthy? Very very annoying!

@carlschnackel3051 Ай бұрын

Not completely worthless. He's good at protecting other democrat politicians, and he's singlehandedly keeping Epstein's Client list secret. If you're a corrupt democrat, he's your best friend.

@daveprimmer2817 Ай бұрын

Durbin is a Dem Liar

@johnpublic6235 Ай бұрын

That's redundant.

@IAmWithinEverything Ай бұрын

DURBIN is a tool

@antoineleedolliole7549 Ай бұрын

Yeah. He should admit his views and either stand up for them or clarify. Whats the bloody problem? And wtf is ICE? I don't care who lives here. I care about over population, cost of living and people being able grow indefinitely and ability keep what we earn. Some people professionally practice lying. He is lying.

@redacted144 Ай бұрын

@@antoineleedolliole7549 Immigration and Customs Enforcement basicaly, they are the one who make sure the immigrants are civil.

@KB-ke3fi Ай бұрын

@@redacted144 lol

@housebuilder1924 Ай бұрын

He didn't say he was a liar. He ASKED him if he was lying on his website or lying here.

@sharonryan437 Ай бұрын

Thank you, Senator Kennedy, for doing what has to be said and hopefully done.

@imaslob6168 Ай бұрын

Durbin is the biggest liar in the senate!!!!

@williamsteven429 Ай бұрын

Durbin = Turdin..?

@z-man6176 Ай бұрын

Schumer

@RoseAnderson-if5fz Ай бұрын

I dk @ that? He has alot of competition, don't u think????

@tracyschafer6450 Ай бұрын

He's a life long leech on the Illinois taxpayers too!

@keithgrandstaff6343 Ай бұрын

Even in his few seconds here, he lied my mis-characterizing what Sen. Kennedy. He didn't call him a liar. He asked if he was lying.

@colinericburriss Ай бұрын

When i was a boy, lying under oath was a crime.

@whendis.roberts9903 Ай бұрын

It still is a crime

@beryllines3788 Ай бұрын

@@whendis.roberts9903 It's only a crime if you are not a demonrat.

@TronTuborg Ай бұрын

When you were a boy, it was a crime. When you are a politician, however....

@celticfreckles2570 Ай бұрын

The Biden administration changed the law and now you can't tell the truth.

@handleyourface Ай бұрын

@@whendis.roberts9903indeed it is. Amazing thing is they know it & don't care.

@debbie7104 Ай бұрын

If he is on the board, then he must agree with their statement. Whether he wrote it or not this is what his organization stands by.

@7QHook Ай бұрын

The statement is still on the website, and he's on the board - so he is responsible for it. If he doesn't agree he should resign.

@danshotguns4226 Ай бұрын

He didn't call him a liar.He asked him if he's a liar there's a difference

@Galerak1 Ай бұрын

Exactly. If you aren't allowed to challenge the validity of someone's 'under oath' statements then people can say whatever they want and get away with it.

@dianasims6819 Ай бұрын

And if you're on the board of a place that feels that way that means you are in agreement with it. And if you are on the board and don't know what's on the website there's something wrong with you

@jamiewhyte2543 Ай бұрын

uh. . . no. kennedy asked which of two mutually exclusive statements was a lie. so yes, he did call the witness a liar -- albeit in a manner that flew right over your pointy little head.

@ChristineHannahs Ай бұрын

He lied, but to who, then or now.

@frankiek2269 Ай бұрын

@@Galerak1. Exactly. Even though you know they’re lying, to call them that without divinitie proof leaves you open for being sued. Defamation, if you can prove malicious intent AND monetary losses. Weird part of the law is you can lie and as long as it doesn’t cause the person losses, it’s okay. Lying is a freedom of speech until it meets those standards.

@peggyg7442 Ай бұрын

This guy is so weak and useless, and so is this chairman. Good Job, Mr. Kennedy!

@nickrussell9646 Ай бұрын

Kennedy is worthless as well.

@captainkidd1329 Ай бұрын

he is a sloth

Ай бұрын

I love Mr. Kennedy. The voice of truth.

@benge718 Ай бұрын

@@captainkidd1329may I ask who the sloth is, sir?

@scottfilson5935 Ай бұрын

There's the difference between just calling someone a liar, and exposing a lie.

@maryball8269 Ай бұрын

Of course he's not going to let Senator Kennedy respond to that. 🙄🤬

@manstick1 Ай бұрын

Lying under oath is close to a crime? These people are an EFFING JOKE.........

@virginiajessee3708 Ай бұрын

Lying under oath is a crime called purgie

@Galerak1 Ай бұрын

@@virginiajessee3708 Perjury*, but you are correct.

@nonplayercharacter6478 Ай бұрын

I caught that too, "close" to a crime? Lying under oath used to be exactly a crime. I suppose it depends on who's doing the lying. Congress has become feckless as a governing body.

@virginiajessee3708 Ай бұрын

Thanks for fixing my spelling

@MichaelTimmons-ef3lu Ай бұрын

@@virginiajessee3708 Good post but, it is perjury!

@twalker5801 Ай бұрын

Americans are ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL. People aren’t paying attention to what’s happening in our country.

@jumpupdown2556 Ай бұрын

We are paralyzed. We have no recourse, because we never planned for the entirety of the federal government to completely turn against us and facilitate our deaths.

@MichaelTimmons-ef3lu Ай бұрын

Maybe you're not paying attention but everyone I know is a long with the rest of patriotic Americans. Kind of leaves you on an island by yourself!

@dianasims6819 Ай бұрын

@@MichaelTimmons-ef3luyou're right people that have a brain are aware and are trying to do something to stop it. Problem is we're trying to do it legally when they're doing things illegally and things don't change that way at least not very fast.

@catwoman2582 Ай бұрын

Same here in the UK...

@DonnaL-xv6tu Ай бұрын

Asia boy seems stoned

@philharpersf Ай бұрын

Durbin sure hates the truth being exposed.

@OldsmobileCutlassSupremeConver Ай бұрын

Thank you from a a California Tax Payer

@courtneesdad Ай бұрын

My senator Kennedy needs a national award. He is a national treasure

@polina_piter Ай бұрын

He deserves the Congressional Medal of Honor

@kafkollectif525 Ай бұрын

He had better work 100 more years cuz we don’t have many like him, and very very few on the other side of the aisle which makes no sense to me and is really sad 😔

@sandiego1973nz Ай бұрын

I'm no American, but I LOVE watching Senator Kennedy. He doesn't beat around the bush and doesn't mince his words. Why isn't he President yet🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️. Straight up WISDOM - I salute you Sen. Kennedy🫡🫡🫡

@BruceNewhouse Ай бұрын

He is incredible at what he does as a U.S. senator but it would be even more incredible if he was Secretary of State and talking to the U.N. and foreign leaders in his No BS style.

@muddymo7641 Ай бұрын

And the democrat is against calling a liar a liar. Imagine that

@dianasims6819 Ай бұрын

Unless the Republican then he's all over calling him a liar I'm sure

@maryjones2222 Ай бұрын

@@dianasims6819 ? Huh?

@oro5z Ай бұрын

it's protecting Joe, the biggest liar in the Dem party.

@cindykaegi-tm2po Ай бұрын

Kenny didn't call him a lier , he said it is right here , this is your web site .

@user-bk1lh2xw1h Ай бұрын

THANK YOU SENATOR KENNEDY !

@electricjoke Ай бұрын

Do nothing Dickie Durbin is still not doing anything to help real people.

@LLCrm-kw6yh Ай бұрын

Lying under oath IS a crime.....not "close" to a crime.

@ghostcircuitry Ай бұрын

Only if you aren’t part of the establishment. If you play for the uniparty you are exempt from all laws.

@masterpills Ай бұрын

It's not a crime. Look at the last 2 or 3 years and how many people have been proven to be lying and nothing has happened. It's a joke just like these sessions they hold.

@soyboy2238 Ай бұрын

Apparently Durbin, who has a law degree, was absent the day they taught that at law school.

@G33RTJEH Ай бұрын

Listen better: Durbin says accusing someone of lying is close to a crime. Lying under oath is certainly a crime, but false accusations might be problematic.

@truthoverfear Ай бұрын

ICE should have chilling affects across illegal immigrant communities!

@willshepherd4544 Ай бұрын

Kennedy is a national treasure. God, please bless this man.

@MichaelTimmons-ef3lu Ай бұрын

Yes he is. God bless you also!

@galecannington76 Ай бұрын

Amen, may he be blessed.

@daveparrott9530 Ай бұрын

Just because sometimes is under oath doesn't mean they are telling the truth.

@eindhovendegekste168 Ай бұрын

It's inappropriate to call someone a liar, unless they are lying.

@garynewkirk4462 Ай бұрын

Kennedy speaks for our great country in plain English which we all can understand

@rooney2561 Ай бұрын

Kennedy is smarter than them all and they don't like someone like Kennedy calling them out on their lies.

@user-qv8ns3ny1w Ай бұрын

Dick Durban is one of Illinois politicians that I moved out of Illinois. The state I lived in for 64 years.He is a terrible person!

@waynekolvoord968 Ай бұрын

I also moved out of Illinois 22 years ago, wish that I had never been transferred there, 15 years in Illinois felt like a prison sentence.

@johnristheanswer Ай бұрын

*Durbin . Also , the sentence makes no sense at all.

@rustymccombs Ай бұрын

@@johnristheanswerthat's what you took from that. I'm assuming that if you don't have enough reasoning skills to figure it out that you're a member of congress

@johnristheanswer Ай бұрын

@rustymccombs Using mental gymnastics I just about worked it out. I did go to school after all.

@rustymccombs Ай бұрын

@@johnristheanswer in today's social climate, the generalization of going to school does it mean much, does it?

@ZeredHeizien Ай бұрын

"I'm not aware of that statement", "I don't recall making that statement", all variations of this, should be met with a minimum of a $1000 fine each time such question avoidance is made, especially when it's blatantly obvious that the person is lying. What's the point of these hearings if people can just obviously lie and avoid questions by claiming they don't know? It's a waste of everyone's time. Plausible deniability is evil.

@karenbrooks3667 Ай бұрын

Exactly! How much are the people on the committee making right now to listen to I don’t know? All you ever hear is I’ll have to find that out or I don’t know or I’ll have to check on that. Ugh

@falcon127 Ай бұрын

Read your own organizations mission statement. When you are on the Board of directors it is your statement!

@goldfieldgary Ай бұрын

Now that's a "gotcha" moment... way to go, Sen. Kennedy!

@SpaceKat. Ай бұрын

Just love the way he slowly talks, taking his time to weave the web, making it strong to catch the prey.

@james-we6fr Ай бұрын

I would not like to debate the Senator. He’s a Wiley fox. Hahahaha

@PinkyFloyd5529 Ай бұрын

THANK GOD FOR JOHN KENNEDY!!

@fbjones7364 Ай бұрын

He didn’t call him a liar, he asked him if he was lying.

@jadenhuibregtse501 Ай бұрын

Thank you.

@Jameslewis-lw4zv Ай бұрын

If they came here legally then they have nothing to worry about from ICE

@wolfgangk1 Ай бұрын

We're not supposed to connect those glaring dots.

@phillipt1697 Ай бұрын

He didn't say he was lying he asked if he was lying. The length that these people go through to cover for these dirtbags is inexcusable!

@bite-sizedshorts9635 Ай бұрын

That guy is in charge of the organization and doesn't seem to know that the "buck stops" with him. If he doesn't believe what the website says, he should have it changed. I have four websites of my own, and I'm responsible for every single word.

@terrizwierzynski3463 Ай бұрын

Do you think people on a board of directors actually read and approve every word on the organization's website? Of course he is directly responsible for every word on his personal site. The website statement may alert him to review the issue with the board, if, for example, it is not aligned broadly with what the board wants. That doesn't make him a liar; there is no perjury.

@ShadowMask1995 Ай бұрын

@@terrizwierzynski3463Rubbish if that website said Black Supremacy, Jewish Supremacy, Muslim Supremacy or Christian Supremacy he would have known about it & would have had it removed.

@JustaMomnFamily Ай бұрын

Straight facts Mr. Kennedy

@johnscreekmark Ай бұрын

Durbin is a slimeball.

@Dhmfree Ай бұрын

Durban is a pay to play pos

@guyholme1287 Ай бұрын

A bloody Dem...smh.

@user-mj4zk3bo8v Ай бұрын

Durbin lies are lies how dare u stick up for this lying man

@MichaelTimmons-ef3lu Ай бұрын

Nobody stuck up for him! Give us all a break!

@tashaburgess3753 Ай бұрын

Are you on the right?? If you are then you have absolutely no right to speak or judge “liars” because you support liars also.

@dr.doolittle4763 Ай бұрын

@@tashaburgess3753 There is no comparison to the astounding pack of lies told by the left as compared to core Americans.

@arlenespencer5850 Ай бұрын

Durbin is a tool.

@judeecole9885 Ай бұрын

So to say that they’re lying, even though they’re lying is a crime but lying is not a crime that doesn’t make sense

@3sierra15 Ай бұрын

I am not a Democrat, but I do marvel at their ability to falsify, obfuscate, delude, and fabricate while accusing others of lying.

@Justsayinguc Ай бұрын

When you lie it's a felony but when they lie to you it's politics

@MichaelTimmons-ef3lu Ай бұрын

Good point!

@JamesBrown-db9pk Ай бұрын

woodchipper time

@YoungProphet07 Ай бұрын

SIR KENNEDY IS A TRUE PATRIOT AND REPRESENTS US AMERICANS VERY WELL ….

@oldyellerschannel4676 Ай бұрын

Senator Kennedy is an American Treasure!

@user-eq4sp6hn2x Ай бұрын

if that man is on the board of directors and doesn't know what the organization stands for, why is he on the board? to get invited to the right parties? what a joke!

@FortCaldwell Ай бұрын

Durbin weak as hell man.

@ricksmith4736 Ай бұрын

Did you just figure that out?

@davidsoltwedel7085 Ай бұрын

How does Durban continue to get elected?

@ROGER2095 Ай бұрын

@@davidsoltwedel7085 He's from Illinois! And Illinois isn't broken - it's fixed. I'll give you an example. I'm a registered Republican, and a few years ago I became nearly disabled. (I can walk, but it's a struggle.) So I applied for mail-in ballots. And Cook County ALWAYS mails me my ballots. They're very good about it. But they arrive 4-5 days after the election. ALWAYS. (So I end up having to go to the polls anyway.)

@davidberlant5096 Ай бұрын

@@davidsoltwedel7085 Chicago voters.

@beverlyskurow7998 Ай бұрын

Thank you Senator Kennedy ❤❤❤❤

@user-ev3er6gt3q Ай бұрын

Thanks, John and all you’re doing John is your job I wish the rest of them would God bless you, sir. God bless you. I wish you were in my state,

@prarielady2 Ай бұрын

CALL A LIAR A LIAR!!!!!

@CJ-mm4gc Ай бұрын

Of course you should be calling people liars, if the shoe fits. And “Underoath” doesn’t mean shit anymore

@MichaelTimmons-ef3lu Ай бұрын

I agree!

@pastorrcnance4776 Ай бұрын

Tell trump that

@nancyl-cwood1167 Ай бұрын

I have personally witnessed 2 attorneys lying under oath”oath”!

@annedasohalski3865 Ай бұрын

What a liar like all of them. Just makes me 🤮🤮🤮

@galecannington76 Ай бұрын

God Bless ❤️Sen. Kennedy🇺🇸 for standing on “Basic American Principles,” with courage & dignity, as he opposes WRONG.

@d4gp6ou6if6 Ай бұрын

The immigrant in charge of immigration says *"MORE IMMIGRANTS!"*

@user-tm6vv4cq3i Ай бұрын

💯

@terrizwierzynski3463 Ай бұрын

How do you know he's an immigrant? If you say it's because of how he looks, then you've just proven why immigration enforcement scares immigrant communities. Because there is no difference, visually, between an immigrant that looks like him, vs the 2nd generation of immigrants. Making even legal immigrants who are citizens, hold Green card or a permanent resident card, less likely to report a crime to law enforcement, or cooperate as a witness, because they fear being profiled and deported. And yes, that happens.

@sislertx Ай бұрын

THAT WITNESS IS A LIAR..SHAME ON U...

@fugazifrog876 Ай бұрын

Did durbin say lying under oath isn't a crime?

@mbourne3538 Ай бұрын

Pretty much. He hopes it will give him a out when his time is up and he is asked to account for his crimes

@bigd-ui6zs Ай бұрын

Thank you John Kennedy standing for good, truth and facts!

@Foolofatook889 Ай бұрын

How it is possible these people have no idea what the organizations they work for are all about. It’s unreal.

@princez413 Ай бұрын

They always backtrack when caught.

@mannydossantos9603 Ай бұрын

Lying by the professor is obvious. When under pressure denies the statements. What a disgrace for the academic profession. His university should fire him immediately.

@schirmc1 Ай бұрын

There is no accountability.

@halspencer6613 Ай бұрын

but it is Kalifornia after all, and it's as close to being Communist as any state in the union except Hawaii, Washington & Orgon which are all hotbeds of Marxist learning.

@kjnest Ай бұрын

It’s right here ! Big as Dallas!

@Mark-oi6dq Ай бұрын

Keep up the fantastic work Mr.kennedy

@pearlbhon631 Ай бұрын

They’re liars

@anissah161 Ай бұрын

Witness is VERY irresponsible with his words.

@johnacker2080 Ай бұрын

Amen to that no one could have said it better

@traveler320ak7 Ай бұрын

How can someone be on the board of something and not at least know what is written on their website.

@pantarkan7 Ай бұрын

Dick durbin; and a more deserving recipient of that first name, I cannot imagine. The irony of one of the senate's most prolific (and bad at it) liars, scolding someone else about it, is not lost on some of us.

@americangirl1991 Ай бұрын

Go Kennedy! 👏🏻👏🏻

@aaronwilson1666 Ай бұрын

So then maybe the witness shouldn’t LIE

@user-td5ln7xk7r Ай бұрын

Liars should always be called out!!!

@nomad3A Ай бұрын

Senator Kennedy is a G

@FortCaldwell Ай бұрын

💯

@user-tr8fs7lm8r Ай бұрын

The terror in the witnesses eyes as he knows he's about to get raked over the coals is pretty hilarious.

@nomad3A Ай бұрын

@user-tr8fs7lm8r Unfortunately, I don't think these activist witnesses really feel terror. They live with a very different fiber. Professional Liars

@user-tf6rn4we1j Ай бұрын

A "G"? What is that?

@anyms2 Ай бұрын

Nomad3a..except Kennedy voted to send MORE American money to F ing Ukraine...what about our borders Senator.

@OsakaJoe01 Ай бұрын

What is it called to deny something that is on a website on whose board you sit? I thought 420 was over a month ago. What are these people on?

@manwithoutprejudice Ай бұрын

Read 8USC12, Sect. 1321-1330 on penalties for violations of Immigration code. Now consider every sanctuary city and Brandon's Administrative duty to uphold legislated laws.

@abevillanueva1974 Ай бұрын

Turbin Durbin...what a stupid statement at the end! LMAO!!

@user-ui8js7yi1g Ай бұрын

How can the 'professor' not know what is on the website that represents him? A ' chilling effect' could be expected when you invade a country. Also, the good senator did not call the oblivious prof. a liar. He simply asked if he lied. The prof. was just unable to defend himself.

@nustada Ай бұрын

The correct answer for that would be then be "I disagree with that statement, I will find out how it got onto my website and remove the cause" not "nuh ugh"

@handleyourface Ай бұрын

mr durbin, there are many things in the public eye that are crimes, the worst crime is not to apply *constitutional* justice & allow it to be 🧹 under the rug.

@karbonphiber Ай бұрын

The website does indeed say that!

@PamLumpkinLoving Ай бұрын

Thank you Senator Kennedy You always bring so much to light!

@Truthforfreedom-wk7oh Ай бұрын

Senator Kennedy is a very smart man, and brave, and he calls out the truth. Not what Dems want people to hear.

@dominicjohn8954 Ай бұрын

Asking someone if they are lying is not the same as calling someone a liar

@stevenolan7972 Ай бұрын

The statement was on the guys web sight! He claimed it’s not his words yet he is on the board !!!

@exlibrisross Ай бұрын

God bless Senator Kennedy

@davidfxdwg4737 Ай бұрын

Lying Under Oath is a Criminal Offense, Durbin Knows That!!😊

@katzgg Ай бұрын

He should have asked the guy what the mission of the org was and what they believed before reading off the quote. Give the guy a chance to lie before he denied.