Cato Institute's David Bier stood his ground at a hearing today and talked back to bloviating Sen. John Kennedy, (R-LA)
Everything else today was rotten, but then this happened.
Take that, Oxford and UVa Law.
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Proud of my Cato Institute colleague David Bier who stood his ground at a hearing today and talked back to bloviating Sen. John Kennedy (R-Louisiana). David responds to the clip and furnishes receipts. @cato.org
Aaron Rupar
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· 10h
KENNEDY: You said, 'Republicans think can troll their way to ethnic cleansing.' Did I read that correctly?
BIER: DHS tweeted for 100m deportations. That would be ethnic cleansing!
K: You don't think it's hyperbolic?
B: I think advocating 100m deportations is ethnic cleansing. Yes. Your time is up
6:33 PM · Mar 10, 2026
Proud of my Cato Institute colleague David Bier who stood his ground at a hearing today and talked back to bloviating Sen. John Kennedy (R-Louisiana). David responds to the clip and furnishes receipts. @cato.org
— Walter Olson (@walterolson.bsky.social) 2026-03-10T22:33:24.054Z
@atrupar.com
KENNEDY: You said, 'Republicans think can troll their way to ethnic cleansing.' Did I read that correctly?
BIER: DHS tweeted for 100m deportations. That would be ethnic cleansing!
K: You don't think it's hyperbolic?
B: I think advocating 100m deportations is ethnic cleansing. Yes. Your time is up
1:00 PM · Mar 10, 2026
KENNEDY: You said, 'Republicans think can troll their way to ethnic cleansing.' Did I read that correctly?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-10T17:00:12.240Z
BIER: DHS tweeted for 100m deportations. That would be ethnic cleansing!
K: You don't think it's hyperbolic?
B: I think advocating 100m deportations is ethnic cleansing. Yes. Your time is up
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LOVE that he doesn't let Foghorn Leghorn speak over him. 
"Here's my Blooski statement that Sen. Kennedy calls hyperbolic. "
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