{"id":2465780,"date":"2025-07-23T15:32:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-kennedy-interview-interrupted-after-he-freezes-mid-sentence\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T15:33:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:33:44","slug":"john-kennedy-interview-interrupted-after-he-freezes-mid-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-kennedy-interview-interrupted-after-he-freezes-mid-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"John Kennedy interview interrupted after he freezes mid-sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjohn-kennedy-interview-interrupted-after-he-freezes-mid-sentence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2465780&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) experienced a brief freeze during a television interview while discussing President Donald trump&#8217;s plan to intensify Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions in sanctuary cities. During the live segment,Kennedy paused mid-sentence and stopped speaking for about 20 seconds. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">host<\/a>, Larry Kudlow, attributed the interruption to technical difficulties, mentioning that Kennedy was using the same malfunctioning microphone previously used by Senator Rand Paul. After resuming, Kennedy emphasized that mayors of sanctuary cities cannot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-pushes-for-dhs-secretary-alejandro-mayorkas-to-be-impeached-quickly\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz Pushes For DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas To Be Impeached Quickly\">defy federal law<\/a> and stated, &#8220;we&#8217;re gonna have to do something about it.&#8221; The incident drew attention in the broader context of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >similar public moments involving senior senators<\/a>, such as Mitch McConnell, who has faced health-related issues in recent months.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">John Kennedy interview interrupted after he freezes mid-sentence<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2180226\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) gave an extended pause in an interview Tuesday when he broke off mid-sentence and stopped talking.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy, 73, conducted a television interview to discuss President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3479453\/byron-york-suggests-trump-focus-on-fight-against-woke-academia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> intent to &ldquo;double down&rdquo; with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3476706\/ice-officers-security-reasons-wearing-masks-criminals-have-rap-sheet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> moving into sanctuary cities. The senator said the United States &ldquo;clearly&rdquo; has some sanctuary cities and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rand-paul-suggests-denver-mayor-opposing-deportations-is-a-form-of-insurrection-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Rand Paul suggests Denver mayor opposing deportations is \u2018a form of insurrection\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">mayors refusing<\/a> to follow federal law.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3479761\/kathy-hochul-celebrates-mike-lawler-ruling-out-gubernatorial-bid\/\">Kathy Hochul celebrates Mike Lawler ruling out gubernatorial bid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3479901\/eric-adams-nypd-drone-committee-policing-shift-technology\/\">Adams unveils NYPD drone committee in latest big-city policing shift embracing the technology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3479457\/bipartisan-legislation-zip-code-usps-says-degrade-mail-service\/\">USPS opposes bipartisan ZIP code legislation: &lsquo;Would significantly degrade mail service&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not saying [mayors of sanctuary cities are] bad people. I&rsquo;m sure Jesus loves them, but everybody else think&hellip; everybody else&hellip;&rdquo; Kennedy said on Fox Business&rsquo;s <em>Kudlow<\/em> before trailing off.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3045660&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=f51b52062c71de5890c69ebcafe65b33\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Host Larry Kudlow chalked the freeze-up to &ldquo;technical problems,&rdquo; saying Kennedy was using the same microphone <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">with which Sen.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3475425\/rand-paul-introduces-bill-audit-federal-reserve\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rand Paul<\/a>&nbsp;(R-KY) had problems<\/span>. Kudlow interviewed Paul just before Kennedy&rsquo;s interview, during which Paul said he lost connection during their discussion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy returned on air roughly 20 seconds after his freeze, saying mayors cannot break federal law and &ldquo;we&rsquo;re gonna have to do something about it.&rdquo; He concluded his interview by stating, &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t hear a word you&rsquo;re saying, mate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> has contacted Kennedy&rsquo;s office for comment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3478870\/trump-officials-blast-nyc-sanctuary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRUMP OFFICIALS BLAST NYC &lsquo;SANCTUARY&rsquo; POLICIES AFTER SHOOTING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), 83, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2441473\/mitch-mcconnell-freezes-and-struggles-to-speak-in-second-incident-this-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">froze for about 30 seconds<\/a> while speaking at a press conference in August 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3311591\/mcconnell-suffers-fall-senate-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">The senator also fell<\/a> after a Senate vote in February.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after McConnell&rsquo;s fall, he announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3324898\/mcconnell-senate-retirement-seven-terms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">he would not seek reelection<\/a> in 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2180226\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2180226\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Kennedy&#8217;s interview cut short after he freezes mid-sentence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2465781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kennedy-Kudlow.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50614,59745,6234,33599,33589],"class_list":["post-2465780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-freeze-2","tag-interruption-2","tag-interview","tag-john-kennedy","tag-live-broadcast"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kennedy-Kudlow.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2465780"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2465784,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465780\/revisions\/2465784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2465781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2465780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2465780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2465780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}