US hate crimes

US senator condemned over comments to Arab American during Senate hearing on hate crimes

US senator condemned over comments to Arab American during Senate hearing on hate crimes

  • John Kennedy, a Republican from Louisiana, accuses leading civil rights activist of supporting terrorist organizations and tells her to ‘hide your head in a bag’
  • Maya M. Berry tells Kennedy: ‘You, asking the executive director of the Arab American Institute that question, very much puts the focus on the issue of hate in our country’
By RAY HANANIA ·