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

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U.S. Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) imposed a possibly unconstitutional religious test for a Biden Dept. of Justice nominee. Kennedy asked attorney Hampton Dellinger, “Do you believe in God?” Dellinger respectfully responded: “I have faith”

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Hearing takes a bizarre turn as Republican demands to know if Biden nominee believes in God

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) hammered one of President Joe Biden's nominees, demanding to know about his religion. In the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday, Justice Department nominee Hampton Dellinger was berated by Kennedy, who asked, "Do you believe in God?" The question was about Kennedy's anti

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'Do you believe in god?' GOP senator applies religious test to Biden nominee

U.S. Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) on Wednesday decided to impose a possibly unconstitutional religious test for a Biden Dept. of Justice nominee, asking attorney Hampton Dellinger, "Do you believe in God?"It was a stunning moment, one that the 69-year old Senator from Louisiana, who earned his law degree at the University of Virginia and studied law at Oxford did not even appear to understand, despite the U.S. Constitution explicitly stating: "no…

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Daily Kos

Kennedy to Justice nominee: 'Do you believe in God?'

Tasked with weighing the nomination of Hampton Dellinger to head the Justice Department's Office of Legal Policy, Louisiana's Republican Sen. John Kennedy had an important question for the nominee during Wednesday's confirmation hearing."Do you believe in God?" asked Kennedy.You will not be surprised to learn that the impetus for Kennedy's question was abortion, and specifically that Dellinger had made statements blaming Republicans for anti-abo…

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Mediaite

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

Senator John Kennedy hectored DOJ nominee Hampton Dellinger over his religious beliefs during a Wednesday morning confirmation hearing.

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Slate

Why Did a Republican Senator Ask a Biden Nominee if He Believes in God?

GOP senators previously insisted that any question about a nominee’s faith constitutes religious bigotry.

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Wonkette

GOP Senator Just Asking Biden Noms If They've Met His Friend God Who Loves Them Very Much

Yesterday, John Kennedy, that GOP yokel hickfart senator from Louisiana who actually studied at Oxford, so at least part of his shtick is literally just a shtick, was questioning a Biden nominee named Hampton Dellinger, who's up to head the Justice Department's Office of Legal Policy. And Kennedy was just real rootin' tootin' fresh 'n' fruitin' mad about this tweet Dellinger had tweeted a while back, what appeared to be discriminatory against (w…

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

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Hearing takes a bizarre turn as Republican demands to know if Biden nominee believes in God

Hearing takes a bizarre turn as Republican demands to know if Biden nominee believes in God

'Do you believe in god?' GOP senator applies religious test to Biden nominee

'Do you believe in god?' GOP senator applies religious test to Biden nominee

Kennedy to Justice nominee: 'Do you believe in God?'

Kennedy to Justice nominee: 'Do you believe in God?'

'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

Why Did a Republican Senator Ask a Biden Nominee if He Believes in God?

Why Did a Republican Senator Ask a Biden Nominee if He Believes in God?

GOP Senator Just Asking Biden Noms If They've Met His Friend God Who Loves Them Very Much

GOP Senator Just Asking Biden Noms If They've Met His Friend God Who Loves Them Very Much

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