Senator John Kennedy accuses Arab-American leaders of supporting terrorism

The Republican took aim at Maya Berry, executive director of the nonpartisan Arab American Institute. When asked if Berry supported Hamas and Hezbollah, Kennedy told her, “You should put your head in a bag.”

Berry was in Congress on Tuesday to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on curbing hate crimes against marginalized groups, and she did not leave Kennedy's allegations unanswered.

“Senator, oddly enough, I want to thank you for that question because it clarifies the purpose of our hearing today,” Berry said. “Hamas is a foreign terrorist organization that I do not support. But when you ask that question to the executive director of the Arab American Institute, it very much focuses on the issue of hate in our country.”