URGENT: “If you don’t like America, then… LEAVE!” Kennedy aimed directly at Ilhan Omar – but the file he held up next sent Washington reeling. Washington had just fallen into chaos when Senator John Kennedy suddenly turned to Ilhan Omar, pointed his finger and declared: “If you don’t like America, then… leave!” The entire chamber fell silent for a few seconds. But the biggest shock wasn’t that statement. Immediately after finishing his words, Kennedy slowly lifted up a sealed black file, which was said to contain notes that he described as “no one here wants to see.” The faces of the congressmen changed visibly, some even bent down to talk urgently. In the heavy atmosphere, Kennedy declared that the file “was directly related to anti-American statements” by some members of Congress – implying something that had long been hidden. Washington immediately erupted in controversy, but the contents of the file have not yet been revealed.
When Senator John Neely Kennedy confronted Representative Ilhan Omar during a tense congressional session, most observers believed the exchange would remain confined to rhetorical boundary-pushing, the kind that punctuates Washington’s …
URGENT: “If you don’t like America, then… LEAVE!” Kennedy aimed directly at Ilhan Omar – but the file he held up next sent Washington reeling. Washington had just fallen into chaos when Senator John Kennedy suddenly turned to Ilhan Omar, pointed his finger and declared: “If you don’t like America, then… leave!” The entire chamber fell silent for a few seconds. But the biggest shock wasn’t that statement. Immediately after finishing his words, Kennedy slowly lifted up a sealed black file, which was said to contain notes that he described as “no one here wants to see.” The faces of the congressmen changed visibly, some even bent down to talk urgently. In the heavy atmosphere, Kennedy declared that the file “was directly related to anti-American statements” by some members of Congress – implying something that had long been hidden. Washington immediately erupted in controversy, but the contents of the file have not yet been revealed. Read More
