“A total clown show”: Jennifer Welch reacts to John N. Kennedy saying Republicans should “stop ur*nating” on their hands after midterm defeat 

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Podcaster, author, and interior designer Jennifer Welch reacted to Senator John N. Kennedy’s recent interview, in which he compared the Republicans’ midterm losses to ur*nating multiple times a day.

“A total clown show,” Welch reacted to the video on Threads.

Earlier this week on the Senate floor, the Louisiana Senator went on record to say:

“A smart man washes his hands after he ur*nates. A wise man doesn’t ur*nate on his hands. We need to stop ur*nating on our hands. The only way we can actually do that in the remaining time we have left is through reconciliation with just Republican votes.”

Jennifer Welch also discussed Senator Kennedy’s comments on her podcast I’ve Had It with her co-host Angie Sullivan. Welch called them “insane” and “defying logic.”


John N. Kennedy doubled down on his comments on Fox News

On Wednesday, John N. Kennedy appeared on Fox News’ The Sean Hannity Show and noted:

“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. And let me put it another way — a smart man washes his hands after he ur*nates. A wise man doesn’t ur*nate on his hands. We Republicans in the Senate need to stop thinking we’re so smart.”

Senator Kennedy continued:

“This was not a normal midterm election loss. If you think that, congratulations, you’re stupid. As my friend [Sen.] Jim Justice (R-W.Va.) says, Toby and Edith, they didn’t stay home. They voted for Democrats, and we’ve gotta get Toby and Edith back... We’ve got 50-plus days while Republicans are still in charge.”

John N. Kennedy, 74, further told Sean Hannity that before the Democrats take over the U.S. Congress in January, Republicans should introduce a few bills, including tax breaks for home sellers, prohibiting stock trading by members of Congress, and funding the Department of Defense.

“Now, those things are not gonna solve all of Toby and Edith’s problems, but at least they’ll show Toby and Edith that we’re trying to do something,” the Senator added.

Before the midterm election, he urged fellow GOP lawmakers to bring a budget reconciliation package to the Senate floor. Back then, his party rejected the idea and now the Senator is pushing for the same before Christmas.

“I think we ought to get as close as we can to a consensus and we ought to try,” Kennedy told reporters at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

In a 2022 campaign ad for his Senate re-election, John N. Kennedy made similar remarks about bedwetting.

“For all those Washington insiders, elite bedwetters whose feelings I hurt, here’s some free advice: Go buy yourself an emotional support pony. This was a real talk… Always be yourself, unless you suck,” he said at the time.

John N. Kennedy has been a junior U.S. Senator from Louisiana since 2017. Before that, for 17 years, he served as the Louisiana State Treasurer. Between 1996 and 1999, John was the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Revenue. Prior to that, he served as the special counsel and cabinet member to then-Governor of Louisiana Buddy Roemer from 1988 to 1992.


Democrats won both the Senate and the House of Representatives in the midterm election held on November 3. However, in Kennedy’s state, Republican Julia Letlow won the Senate seat against Democratic opponent Jamie Davis.

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Edited by Pallavi K