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  • 6 months ago
At today's Senate Banking Committee hearing on Wednesday, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) had a shocking clash with Richard Painter, former Associate Counsel to the President and chief White House ethics lawyer.
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00:00I did, but...
00:01Mr. Painter, do you think Senator Gillibrand is a crook?
00:08No, and I do not think all politicians are crooks.
00:11And why did you call her a crook?
00:13I did not call her a crook.
00:15Now, Senator, you need to focus on this bill.
00:19You're doing this again.
00:20You did it at the last hearing.
00:22You need to read the bill.
00:23...roll in stable corn regulation, $217,000 in crypto donations.
00:32You tweeted that.
00:33Yes, I do.
00:33And then you said the crypto industry is buying Congress and the White House.
00:39This won't end well.
00:41Why do you think the crypto industry is buying Senator Gillibrand?
00:45I said, look at the campaign contributions from this industry.
00:49You think they've bought her?
00:51I said, look at the campaign contributions.
00:53You said they bought her.
00:53Do you think they bought her?
00:54Senator, you need to focus on this bill instead of trying to distort my Twitter.
00:58You called one of my colleagues a crook, and what evidence do you have to keep a crook?
01:05I said there is massive amount of campaign contributions coming into this Congress from the crypto industry.
01:12Do you want to apologize to Senator Gillibrand?
01:15I do not want you to have to apologize for passing legislation that destroys our economy.
01:20You are distorting what I said, just like you did in the last hearing.
01:25You're wasting everybody's time, Senator.
01:27You're a whack job.
01:29Senator, you are a vaguely free one's next level whack job.
01:35Is this middle school, Senator?
01:36Senator and witness, thank you both for your part.
01:39I think you should apologize, Senator.
01:41I think, Senator, you're wasting our time.
01:43This is not middle school.
01:44Thank you for your participation.
01:49I will say that Senator Smith is next.
01:55The floor is yours.
01:57Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
01:59So, not so long ago.
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