Sen. John Kennedy ripped the Democratic Partys leadership Tuesday, claiming a “loon wing” of radical progressives has taken control with “” policies.
The Louisiana Republican joined “” to argue that many of his Democratic colleagues are afraid to challenge party leaders on the “foolishness” of their shift to the left.
“The Democratic Party is controlled by the loon wing. And that doesn’t mean they’re all, Democrats, a member of the loon wing, but the loon wing’s in control,” Kennedy said.
“Their motherboard is fried.”
He described the far-left faction as being dominated by figures like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Sen. , I-Vt., and socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
“The American people deserve to be governed by normal people, and these are not normal people. They’re deeply weird, they’re nauseously woke,” Kennedy said.
He argued that many Democrats recognize the partys shift is problematic and alienating to moderate voters. However, Kennedy believes radicals now command the partys machinery and its most vocal voter base.
“There are that know that the loon wing and all of their nonsense, they know it’s foolishness. They know its craziness. But they’re scared because loon wing is in control,” Kennedy said.
“They’re crazy as a bed bug. Until they change, I don’t think they’re [going to] ,” he added.
Earlier this month, to remove President Donald Trump from office. In response to the president’s threats of military action in Iran, Ocasio-Cortez accused Trump of “genocide” and said his “mental faculties are collapsing and cannot be trusted” in a post on X.
Sanders has also aggressively opposed the conflict in Iran, that he will be “forcing a vote on legislation to block the sale of nearly half a billion dollars worth of bombs and bulldozers to the Israeli military.” Similar to Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders has accused Israel of perpetrating a “genocide” in Gaza.
Kennedy took issue with the groups other policies as well, specifically targeting gender politics and .
“They hyperventilate on their yoga mats if you use the wrong pronoun. They think our kids ought to be able to change genders at recess,” Kennedy said.
“They have a unique solution to the crime problem. They have a way to get crime down. It’s just don’t prosecute anybody.”