John Kennedy, who raised a mind-boggling $3.3 million during the fourth quarter of 2021, is running for re-election. As usual, there’s a lot on his mind and he’s desperate to say something about it. The Foghorn Leghorn of the Senate decided now was the time to test out another “on brand” anecdote that only really shows that his discriminatory thinking is super convoluted and that he’s extremely afraid of the nonexistent “woke agenda.” 

In response to President Joe Biden affirming that he would be nominating a Black woman to replace Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Kennedy had this to say:

This isn’t the first time that Kennedy has thrown out that J. Crew anecdote. Apparently, Kennedy thinks it really means something. It’s akin to Donald Trump’s puzzling obsession with labeling his enemies as dogs, only with a sartorial twist. For a bit of insight, I emailed three of the Black women considered to be on Biden’s shortlist of SCOTUS nominees: DC Circuit Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger, and South Carolina US District Court Judge J. Michelle Childs. Unsurprisingly, none of them got back to me, even though all I wanted to know was what the woke agenda was that they may have in mind and if they knew anything conspiratorial about J. Crew that I didn’t.

Melanie Schmitz-Psomas, whom I used to work with at Bustle, was one of many who pointed out Kennedy’s off-the-mark remarks this morning. As women of color, we’ve both heard worse, but it’s not like discrimination gets any easier to handle the more colorfully someone words their hatred. And colorful remarks are something Kennedy’s known for, to the point that a 2019 Times-Picayune quiz titled, “Who said it: Sen. John Kennedy or Foghorn Leghorn?” has begun recirculating in response to Kennedy’s latest word salad. For transparency’s sake, I only got nine out of 18 on the quiz. You think you know your senator, and then this happens.

Kennedy is running for re-election, with Louisiana’s primary occurring on Nov. 8. He faces a candidate familiar to many Louisianians: Gary Chambers, who sought election in 2019 for the Louisiana State Senate and ran in 2021 for the District 2 House seat ultimately won by Troy Carter. The civil rights activist recently gained national attention for releasing a campaign ad showing him smoking marijuana and criticizing the hypocrisy of drug arrest policies that primarily target Black Americans. Unlike Kennedy, who’s frequently been on the wrong side of history when it comes to criminal justice reform, Chambers actually seeks meaningful reform from the top down and was quick to condemn Kennedy’s latest remarks.

“John Kennedy is giving yet another example of his lack of respect for women. His comments also give light to his view that a Black woman isn’t qualified to sit on the SCOTUS,” Chambers said. “This opportunity to appoint a Black woman to the court during Black History Month should be a point of unity in this country. Instead, Kennedy is adding to his track record of trash-talking instead of leading.”

Kennedy’s been on an especially heinous roll when it comes to attacking the folks he deems “wokers”—a word I can guarantee you literally no one has ever uttered besides this Republican. During a Tuesday night appearance on Jessie Watters Primetime, Kennedy decided to tear apart Democrats because violent crime is on the rise. Kennedy uses ableist language to get his point across and doesn’t exactly tread any new ground, save for that whole “wokers” thing. Though violent crime is indeed an issue, as CNN notes, many Americans believe it’s a tertiary one at best compared with other pressing concerns the nation is facing. Much of the violent crimes committed around the country appear to be crimes of desperation, meaning that illegal activity itself isn’t the root problem that must be addressed. Kennedy just keeps missing the mark.

He’s not the only Republican spewing some strange garbage when it comes to Biden’s decision to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court. As NBC News reports, Republican Sen. John Cornyn lamented the fact that Biden vowed to follow through on his campaign promise.

“I don’t understand why he put himself in a box by saying he’d only nominate an African American woman,” the Texan told NBC News. “Maybe he made his bed and he’s going to have to lie in it.” Cornyn claimed it “sends a bad message to other people that they can’t compete for a nomination—like an Asian or somebody else of a different race.” 

Strangely, he claims that it won’t really matter who succeeds Breyer because “it doesn’t alter the current balance of the court.” Kennedy may have a monopoly on weird sayings, but Cornyn remains king of talking out of both sides of his mouth.