{"id":548411,"date":"2021-06-01T14:50:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T18:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=548411"},"modified":"2021-06-01T14:50:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T18:50:47","slug":"id-rather-drink-weed-killer-sen-john-kennedy-announces-reelection-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/id-rather-drink-weed-killer-sen-john-kennedy-announces-reelection-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019d Rather Drink Weed Killer\u2019 \u2014 Sen. John Kennedy Announces Reelection Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fid-rather-drink-weed-killer-sen-john-kennedy-announces-reelection-bid%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=548411&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot_Youtube_@JohnKennedyLA_Twitter-e1622570875171.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"38.90625\">\n<p>Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy formally announced Tuesday that he will be running for reelection in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnKennedyLA\/status\/1399762466150797315\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> released on Twitter, the Louisiana Senator said, \u201cI promise I will always be your voice during the good times and the bad. Come hell or high water, your values will be my values. I will never be silent when the radical nut jobs tell me to sit down and shut up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not let you down. I\u2019d rather drink weed killer,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/02\/john-kennedy-georgia-republicans-special-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kennedy<\/a> said in the video.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"13.412256267409\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I promise I will always be your voice during the good times and the bad.<\/p>\n<p>Come hell or high water, your values will be my values. I will never be silent when the radical nut jobs tell me to sit down and shut up.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I announced I\u2019m running for re-election to the U.S. Senate. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mo9WV7XYAZ\">pic.twitter.com\/Mo9WV7XYAZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Neely Kennedy (@JohnKennedyLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnKennedyLA\/status\/1399762466150797315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/04\/donald-trump-endorses-john-kennedy-2022-senate-bid-louisiana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">endorsed<\/a> Kennedy for his 2022 Senate bid in March. Trump released a statement from the Save America PAC in which the former president said he fully endorses Kennedy\u2019s campaign and highlighted issues he believes Kennedy has been strong on throughout his time in the Senate. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/04\/donald-trump-endorses-john-kennedy-2022-senate-bid-louisiana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Trump Endorses John Kennedy For His 2022 Senate Bid)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn Kennedy of the Great State of Louisiana is a spectacular Senator and person. He is a tireless advocate for the people of his State, and stands strongly with the forgotten men and women of our Country. Strong on Energy Independence, the Military, our great Vets and the Border,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/28\/trump-false-claims-2020-election-rigged-cpac-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump<\/a> said in the statement. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/02\/john-kennedy-georgia-republicans-special-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018If Dead People Can Do It, So Can You\u2019: John Kennedy Encourages Georgia Republicans To Turn Out In Special Election)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn has my Complete and Total Endorsement!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/04\/youtube-restore-donald-trump-account-videos-when\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump<\/a> added.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller asked Kennedy about the endorsement. He said, \u201cI\u2019m thankful for President Trump\u2019s endorsement of my re-election next year to the U.S. Senate. God bless our country!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy formally announced Tuesday that he will be running for reelection in 2022. In a video released on Twitter, the Louisiana Senator said, \u201cI &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278800,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot_Youtube_@JohnKennedyLA_Twitter-e1622570875171.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018I\u2019d Rather Drink Weed Killer\u2019 \u2014 Sen. 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