A Republican senator known for his support of Donald Trump insulted a member of the media this week – as he spoke about the recent terror attack in New Orleans.

The quip from Louisiana’s John Kennedy, 72, came hours after 14 were killed on the city’s iconic Bourbon Street, by a 42-year-old Army veteran shot dead at the scene.

As Kennedy was tasked with giving members of the media an update, a reporter was heard reminding the conservative that NBC News was ‘here on the right.’

Kennedy’s response – uttered alongside law enforcement officials and the state’s governor Jeff Landry – has since lived in infamy, seemingly unable to resist lampooning the network’s progressive reputation.

‘That’s an unusual position,’ he said aloud Wednesday, to a combination of laughter and confusion.

As he spoke, Kennedy was seen moving his hands to the right – further hitting home the idea that NBC is a left-leaning outlet.

The jab was seemingly met in jest, but quickly spurred a torrent of outrage on social media.

On the floor in New Orleans, it appeared to confuse the reporter who had shouted the directional in the first place. She’s heard calling out, ‘I don’t get it’ – to which a Kennedy responded, ‘You wouldn’t,’ before taking over the podium.

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The quip from Louisiana ‘s John Kennedy, 72, came hours after 15 were killed on the city’s iconic Bourbon Street, by a 42-year-old Army veteran shot dead at the scene

The rest of the conference contained far fewer jokes –  not surprising considering the occasion.

Kennedy, however, did have some strong words about the federal support the city was receiving during the investigation at the time, before the FBI eventually intervened.

As a result, the outspoken senator’s comments were riddled with contempt, as he appeared visibly frustrated by the situation.

‘I did talk to the Secretary of Homeland Security a little while ago, and I told him that, with all the respect I could muster, that we expect [him] to put the full force and resources of the federal government behind this investigation,’ he said.

Taking occasional sips out of two red solo cups, the politician also promised to ‘raise fresh hell’ and ‘chase the federal government’ for more information.

At the time, specifics of the believed terror attack were still trickling out, leading to an erroneous report from Fox News that the Texas-born suspect’s truck crossed the US border in Eagle Pass ‘two days ago.’

Attributed to anonymous sources, the bit of misinformation brought politics into the budding investigation, and was quickly aired as fact by a fervent President-elect Trump.

‘When I said that the criminals coming in are far worse than the criminals we have in our country, that statement was constantly refuted by Democrats and the Fake News Media, but it turned out to be true,’ he wrote on Truth Social eight minutes later.

As Kennedy was tasked with giving members of the media an update, a reporter was heard reminding the conservative that NBC News was ‘here on the right.’

Kennedy’s response – uttered alongside law enforcement officials and the state’s governor Jeff Landry – has since lived in infamy, as he seemingly could not resist honing in on the network’s progressive reputation

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At the time, specifics of the believed terror attack were still trickling out, leading to an erroneous report from Fox News that the Texas-born suspect’s truck crossed the US border in Eagle Pass ‘two days ago’

Before Fox could amend the report, he added: ‘The crime rate in our country is at a level that nobody has ever seen before.

‘Our hearts are with all of the innocent victims and their loved ones, including the brave officers of the New Orleans Police Department.’

Hours later, it was revealed the suspect was a US citizen, Beaumont-born Shamsud-Din Jabbar. He served in the US Army Reserve, and the car he drove into a crowd gathered in the city’s famed French Quarter was not even his.

He had rented it via an app known as Turo, and the person who Fox reported had driven the Ford-150 across the border was found to be someone else.

The timeline was also wrong, with the conservative news station later changing the ‘two days’ assertion to ‘two months.’

But the damage was already done, and spawned unfounded accusations online that feds on the scene were in the midst of covering the incident up.

As this was occurring, Kennedy continued to offer his update – appearing somewhat disheveled as he insulated his plastic cups with paper towels.

He promised to chase’ feds as if ‘they stole Christmas’ to find out the ‘truth,’ as his earlier joke sparked some pushback online.

Attributed to anonymous sources, the bit of misinformation brought politics into the budding investigation, and was quickly aired as fact by a fervent President-elect Trump

Hours later, it was revealed the suspect was a US citizen, Beaumont-born Shamsud-Din Jabbar. He served in the US Army Reserve, and the car he drove into a crowd gathered in the city’s famed French Quarter was not even his 

As this was occurring, Kennedy continued to offer his update – appearing somewhat disheveled as he insulated his plastic cups with paper towels. He promised to chase’ feds as if ‘they stole Christmas’ to find out the ‘truth,’ while his joke sparked some pushback online

The checkmarked account ‘Republicans against Trump’ wrote that Kennedy was a ‘disgrace’, tweeting to more than 780,000 followers.

Conservative political commentator Kimberly Klacik conference added how the conference was ‘definitely one of the worst’ she’d ever seen, tweeting, ‘I can barely take notes.’ 

‘There’s a lot of information going around. Some of it is actually true. Some of it isn’t,’ Kennedy said earlier in the day – as information continues to come out.

Hour later, President Joe Biden promised to give onlookers updates – as the case continues to fold. The FBI is handling the investigation.

Tough one yesterday. Tough way to start a new year. No denying that. No hiding from it. No running from it. 

What happened in New Orleans was disgusting. The videos are something out of a third-world country, not America. It’s infuriating. Everyone should be angry today. This crap shouldn’t happen in the US of A. But it did, and it was awful. 

Now that that’s all outta the way, let’s check in with Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, who pumped out quite possibly the most tone-deaf tweet in the history of time last night as his state was still reeling from a literal terrorist attack mere hours earlier. 

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The people of New Orleans saw right through this one

Whoaaaaaaa Nellie! What a post. Incredible. 

Now, couple things here … 

1. I get it. I understand what the Gov. was trying to do here. It’s sort of like what my great Gov. would do down here in Florida after a hurricane. You still have an economy to support and people need to eat. You also have to send a message of strength. I get it all. 

2. That being said, this was not some natural disaster. This was a terrorist attack in your state, right down the road from where you’re eating dinner and taking pictures. There were bodies lying in the street hours ago. Every single law enforcement agency in the country is in town right now. 

Again, I get what the Gov. here was trying to convey, but … whoof. I just figured once he – or one of his social media interns – read the comments (which we will get to here in just a second) they would’ve immediately scrapped this post. 

But nope. Here we are, hours later, and it’s still up and … thriving. 

Well, thriving may not be the right word here. Let’s head to the comments section to see if we can pick out a better one:

Tone-deaf. That’s the one! Let’s go with “tone-deaf.” 

Again, I get it. Life has to go back to normal … somewhat … in these situations. The American people need to see it resume, because this country is built on resiliency and never, ever bending the knee to terrorists. 

But, maybe pump out a post like this … tonight? Give it 24 hours and then maybe go out to dinner downtown? 

Oh well. What’s done is done. 

Prime rib for all! 

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Shortly after 3 a.m. on Jan. 1, a time of celebration quickly turned into a night of tragedy and mourning after police say a truck plowed through a crowd on Bourbon and Canal Streets in New Orleans.

The FBI confirming 15 people were killed and over 30 others were injured.

The attacker,42-year-old Army Veteran from Texas Shamsud-Din Jabbar, had been deployed to Afghanistan.

Investigators said just days before the attack, Jabbar made videos that expressed a desire to kill.

One Louisiana resident Matt Baldwin was in New Orleans on Iberville Street in a private residence when everything unfolded.

Although he wasn’t aware of the heartbreaking incident until he woke up, he said he has military experience and heard a sound that he said was all too familiar. That’s when he knew something was wrong.

“I heard an explosion at about 9:15, 9:20 and we were told that it was them putting a charge on one of the devices that they think could’ve been an improvised explosive device,” Baldwin said. “I don’t know, just to be in the vicinity, 50 to 60 yards from a terrorist attack is, it’s crazy.”

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