John Kennedy, U.S. Senator representing Louisiana, posted a series of statements on his Twitter account criticizing current Democratic policies and the Biden administration’s approach to border security and education.
On July 17, 2025, Kennedy wrote: “Under the open-borders Biden administration, investigating ‘root causes’ mostly meant doing nothing. Under President Trump, the federal government is actually fighting the gangs that are besieging our border. All we needed was a new president.”
The following day, July 18, 2025, he commented further on immigration policy by stating: “Somebody needs to tell my Democratic colleagues that the voices in their heads are not real. The American people DO NOT support open borders.”
Later on July 18, Kennedy shifted focus to education and parental rights in another post: “Parents aren’t terrorists—and they have every right to be upset about school boards pushing harmful lockdown policies and radical left-wing ideology. The Biden DOJ’s attempts to target them go against everything America stands for.”
These comments come amid ongoing national debates over U.S. immigration enforcement and public school policy responses during recent years. The issue of “open borders” has been a point of contention between Republican lawmakers like Kennedy and Democrats under the Biden administration, with critics arguing that current policies are too lenient while supporters contend they address humanitarian concerns and legal obligations.
Disputes regarding parents’ roles at school board meetings have also gained attention since 2021 when some parents protested COVID-19 safety measures and curriculum decisions. In response to rising tensions at such meetings, the Department of Justice issued a memo addressing threats against educators but clarified it was not targeting dissent or protest as terrorism.
