Senator **John Kennedy (R-LA)** delivered a no-holds-barred takedown of the Democratic leadership this week on the Senate floor, using the ongoing government shutdown as a backdrop to lampoon **Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)** and **Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)**. With his signature wit, Kennedy didn’t just critique policy—he exposed the absurdity of the socialist wing of the Democratic Party that seems to be running the show in Washington.
Opening his remarks with a quip about the drama unfolding in D.C., Kennedy set the tone for his scathing address:
> “Well, the shutdown melodrama continues. I love the smell of melodrama in the morning. Smells like the United States Senate. This shutdown—what you’re witnessing now—is just further proof of why it took human beings thousands of years to learn how to stand upright.”
Kennedy wasted no time highlighting the **“loon wing” of the Democratic Party**, which he said has seized control and is dictating the terms of government operations.
> “I believe in a two-party system… because competition makes all of us better. The Democratic Party is competing within itself right now, and there is a distinct wing of the Democratic Party that is winning that competition. If I wanted to use a pejorative expression, I would call it the loon wing of the party.”
The Louisiana senator then went after Schumer and AOC specifically, pointing out that the freshman congresswoman has emerged as the real power player in the socialist faction:
> “Sen. Schumer is the leader of the Democrats in the United States Senate, but he’s not in charge of the socialist wing of his party. Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez is. She’s running the show. It was no accident the other day when she let it slip, saying, ‘If you really want to negotiate an end to this shutdown, come see me.’”
Kennedy didn’t hold back on the **policy absurdities** coming from the left, particularly AOC’s demands regarding the GOP’s **One Big Beautiful Bill**.
> “[T]he first thing that the socialists and Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez are asking us to do is repeal the health care reforms in the One Big Beautiful Bill… Now, we didn’t cut Medicaid in the One Big Beautiful Bill. In fact, under our bill, Medicaid is going to increase 2% a year for the next ten years. What we did was cut out the waste and fraud. And she wants us to reverse it.”
Kennedy also mocked the outrage from AOC and her allies over President Trump’s rescission package, which simply targeted **wasteful government spending**.
> “Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez got very upset, as did the socialist wing of her party, when the president sent over what’s called a rescission package… We want you to take some stuff out of the budget that we think is wasteful. And that upset the congresswoman.”
Then came the line that stole the show: Kennedy quipped that AOC has a unique skill set—she is **bilingual**.
> “Based on her policy positions that she is demanding… the American people are looking at the congresswoman and saying, with respect, ‘She must be bilingual; she must speak English and stupid.’”
In short, **Sen. Kennedy delivered a masterclass in conservative floor commentary**, combining humor with hard-hitting critique of the far-left faction that dominates the Democratic Party. His remarks made clear that Republicans are not just standing firm—they are exposing the folly of the socialist agenda while standing for common-sense governance.
This exchange, which had the Senate chamber buzzing, is a reminder that **conservative wit and policy savvy** can go hand-in-hand, leaving the left scrambling to defend the indefensible.
