Sen. John Kennedy imposing a religious test on Hampton Dellinger, Biden nominee for DOJ

[Nevilledog]

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Mark Joseph Stern
@mjs_DC
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Jul 29, 2021
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Here’s Republican Sen. John Kennedy imposing a religious test on Hampton Dellinger, a Biden nominee to the Justice Department. “Do you believe in God?”



Michael Spins
@MichaelSpins
I would just say that I believe in the Constitution, which prohibits religious tests for public office.
7:31 AM · Jul 29, 2021

[madaboutharry]

1. I am so sick if these theocrats.

I agree, he should have quoted The Constitution.

[lagomorph777]

6. Idiocrats and theocrats.

[UTUSN]

2. This wingnut a-hole is a lawyer and a (Rhodes scholar?)

[walkingman]

3. When I hear people like this (Kennedy) I think...

why don't these folks that want to base everything on THEIR religious beliefs just go somewhere that is a theocracy and waller in their hoseshit. I could care less what someone believes but is it always necessary to spew your hoeseshit in public - do it in the confines of your home or church and leave the rest if us alone.

I totally understand that he is pandering to the religious nuts but it has no place in our government.

Fuck you - Kennedy

[Deep State Witch]

4. Which One?

If it was me, I'd ask "Which one? Thor? Odin? Krishna? Zeus? Shango?"

[Paladin]

5. I'm betting God himself denies responsibility for a shithead like Kennedy. (nt)

[Leith]

7. Not YOUR god

Your god is just an excuse to attack and belittle anyone that you would deny full personhood to. You give lip service to a deity that is nothing more than a bludgeon to beat anyone who does not put the letter "R" after their name.

[UTUSN]

8. Sorry about my Dupe - I looked for this & couldn't find it!

Beyond the frequent threads about how stupid CRUZ and RUBIO are, here's this KENNEDY a-hole applying a religious test to a government job. He's so full of proto-phoniness: Yes, it's his own name but is a constant reference to somebody else's name; yes, a real lawyer who fails legal knowledge; yes, an Oxford alum whose Aw-Shucks persona grates; yes, the Massachusetts KENNEDYs reference includes their appearances but he looks and is like a Munster.

I say "proto-" phoniness, because it's his real name, he's technically a real lawyer, and his down home background is real - yet everything about him suggests phoniness.

Kudos to the nominee who threw subtle shade at him with the "difference between ... a private citizen and working as a lawyer ..." !

But beyond all that, he's an erstwhile Democrat, did we know that?

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https://www.mediaite.com/politics/do-you-believe-in-god-senator-john-kennedy-hectors-biden-doj-nominee-over-religious-beliefs/

‘Do You Believe in God?’ Senator John Kennedy Hectors Biden DOJ Nominee Over Religious Beliefs

…. Dellinger replied “I sincerely appreciate that people have a different position on abortion than I do,” adding, “I recognize the difference between someone saying something inartfully as a private citizen and working as a lawyer, and I think I’ve got a 30-year track record of being open-minded.”

Senator Kennedy makes frequent appearances on cable news where he is known for his homespun folksiness, even though he studied at Oxford University and has been mocked for his past support of 2004 Democratic nominee John Kerry. ….

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