Anxiety Strikes Deep

KENNEDY: If Vietnam came to you and said, 'You win. We're gonna remove all tariffs and all trade barriers. Would the US please do the same?" Would you accept that deal?

LUTNICK: Absolutely not. That would be the silliest thing we could do

KENNEDY: What's the purpose of… pic.twitter.com/oR7B84MhZq

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 4, 2025

KENNEDY: What's the purpose of reciprocity then?

Economic anxiety has entered the chat in the Senate.

Hayes: Do you think holocaust education in our schools is a DEI program? There is no card for that. It’s just yes or no.

McMahon: I can look at whatever card I choose. pic.twitter.com/hmtQV9a687

— Acyn (@Acyn) June 4, 2025

And afflicted the Secretary of Education.

She says that because the woman sitting next to McMahon has been writing answers on index cards and handing them to her for the entire hearing because the Sec of Ed doesn’t know anything about Ed. https://t.co/8rwjEcafdF

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) June 4, 2025

It was a big day for anxiety in Congress.

Greene: Here's a lesson for us all, no matter what political party holds office and is in charge, we should all watch carefully the bills that we pass pic.twitter.com/uUoPmXRtIE

— Acyn (@Acyn) June 4, 2025

Put a pin in that one.

McMahon: I think magnet schools are great.

Courtney: This budget does not say magnet schools are great.

McMahon: You referenced the skinny budget. We now have the full budget so you might take another look at that.

Courtney: Yeah, it says 0. pic.twitter.com/5UHsKoQoQj

— Acyn (@Acyn) June 4, 2025

Secretary McMahon did not have a good day.

Takano: Do you believe that the federal government is legally permitted to punish a private entity for having a different viewpoint than the administration?

McMahon: What do you mean by that?

Takano: Is it legal for you to punish a private entity for having a different… pic.twitter.com/1CrG7mZHGq

— Acyn (@Acyn) June 4, 2025

Takano: Is it legal for you to punish a private entity for having a different viewpoint than the administration?

McMahon: I don’t know what you mean by punish

Put a pin in that one, too.

McMahon: I do not think that African studies or Middle East studies or Chinese studies are part of DEI if they are part of the total history package so that if you are giving the facts on both sides…

Lee: I don’t know what both sides of African American history would be pic.twitter.com/SaHvYGmgWI

— Acyn (@Acyn) June 4, 2025

It was a treat to best your feet in the Mississippi mud?

Lee: Would say it would be “illegal DEI” for a lesson plan on the Tulsa race massacre?

McMahon: I’d have to get back to you

Lee: Do you know what the Tulsa race massacre is?

McMahon: I’d like to look into it more and get back to you on it.

Lee: How about the book from Ruby… pic.twitter.com/JdkyzUU9qA

— Acyn (@Acyn) June 4, 2025

Lee: How about the book from Ruby Bridges?

McMahon: I haven’t read that

Lee: Have you learned about Ruby Bridges?

McMahon: If you have specific examples—

Lee: That was a specific example

Lee: How about social studies standards that teach that President Biden won the 2020 election?

McMahon: I think are studies should all the taught accurately

Lee: Yes or no.

McMahon: I think I have said we should teach accurately

Lee: You have not answered the question pic.twitter.com/5lCmVc3xRG

— Acyn (@Acyn) June 4, 2025

Can she explain what she means by “accurately”?

Casar: Do you think it’s right for kids to not have food to eat at home in order to make sure that a billionaire that doesn’t even know how many more millions they’re going to get could just get a few million more?

McMahon: I want to make sure that the president’s plan to make… pic.twitter.com/oBYwjBVokO

— Acyn (@Acyn) June 4, 2025

Ansari: When it comes to vouchers, would you say that you support taxpayers subsidizing wealthy students’ tuition at expensive private schools?

McMahon: These are issues within the states to look at—

Ansari: It’s a yes or no

McMahon: There are issues within states they should… pic.twitter.com/kGCXtd07an

— Acyn (@Acyn) June 4, 2025

McMahon: There are issues within states they should look at

Ansari: That sounds like a yes

I guess she didn’t have a card for that one.

Garcia: I understand that Chairwoman Greene now regrets voting for this bill…

Greene: I’m proud to have voted for that bill…

Garcia: Actually, you said yesterday you regret voting for the bill. pic.twitter.com/K9VDz1yLa1

— Acyn (@Acyn) June 4, 2025

Neither did MTG.

Kennedy: Musk is frustrated. I think he believes in my judgment correctly, that we're quickly becoming debt slaves—that congress needs to rearm the magical healing power of no, and I agree with it. Having said that, I'm not ready to throw in the towel on this bill. pic.twitter.com/OpY5Zrrlvu

— Acyn (@Acyn) June 4, 2025

Sen. Kennedy is anxious to eat his cake and have it, too.

Moskowitz: Now that the national divorce is happening with Elon Musk, who’s going to get big balls? I’m worried about him. The children always get caught in the middle. If he’s out there, I want him to know that we’re rooting for him. pic.twitter.com/ZqwEF4UvJb

— Acyn (@Acyn) June 4, 2025

Moskowitz: The FEMA administrator apparently doesn’t know there’s a hurricane season. Wait till he finds out there’s five categories pic.twitter.com/j1wwubONTV

— Acyn (@Acyn) June 4, 2025

I always like to end on a lighter note.