Kennedy on U.S. Senate floor: Anti-cop stupidity at the Krewe of Carrollton was disgraceful

Watch Kennedy's comments here.

WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) condemned some members of the Krewe of Carrollton for harassing police officers during a recent Mardi Gras parade in a speech on the U.S. Senate floor.

Key excerpts of the speech are below:

"I want to choose my words carefully here because I love Louisiana. . . . But sometimes some of my people do dumb things. We're all human. And something just happened at Mardi Gras that turned my stomach."

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"We had the Krewe of Carrollton sponsor a float. Wonderful people in the Krewe of Carrollton. One of the oldest krewes we have. But there were some knuckleheads on those floats. . . . And 41 people on one of the Krewe of Carrollton floats were throwing beads and toys and other stuff, trying to hit the cops in the face. And it wasn't just one or two. It was disgraceful. . . . It's embarrassing for me to have to say this, that this happened in my state and my city, but it did."

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"And these 41 people, after receiving due process, if they did this, they shouldn't just be disciplined. 'Oh, you can't ride next year.' They need to prosecute, and people in New Orleans need to demand it. Acts have consequences, and you don't have the right to hurt cops just because you don't like them."

Watch Kennedy's speech here.