John Kennedy
Kennedy began his political career as a Democrat, running for the Senate in 2004 and 2008 but failing to win, it would only be when he switched allegiances to the Republican party that he would finally win a seat in the Senate representing Louisiana in 2017, but not before suffering another defeat by incumbent Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu in 2008.
Kennedy’s successful senatorial campaign would be endorsed by Donald Trump and he would return that support in 2016 and then again in 2020.
When Trump refused to concede, Kennedy announced that he would, along with 11 other Republican senators, object to certain states’ electoral votes unless an audit of the vote took place.
When the storming of the Capitol occurred on Jan 6, Kennedy was quick to denounce the attackers saying they should “to go to jail and pay for the destruction they caused.” However, despite this outrage, it didn’t stop him from walking back into the Capitol building once it was secure to object to the certification of Arizona’s electoral votes.
