Trust in God. Starve the Kids, Senator Kennedy
Last night on the Senate floor, Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana unfurled one of his favorite folksy lines:
“Trust in God, but tie up your camel.”
He said it to caution against giving the president—yes, President Trump—a $1 billion pot of discretionary money that Congress wouldn’t fully control. He called it immoral.
It’s worth pausing on that word. Immoral.
Because the same John Kennedy who warned about morality in budget bills has spent years voting to:
Slash food assistance for children,
Kick working families off Medicaid,
Roll back protections for the poorest seniors,
Deliver giant tax cuts to billionaires,
Pretend the safety net is a luxury we can’t afford.
When he says it’s “immoral” to let the president direct spending, what he means is:
It’s immoral if someone else gets to do the picking.
But somehow it’s perfectly fine—moral, even—to cut off healthcare, shrink school lunch programs, and grind the most vulnerable Americans into deeper poverty.
Trust in God, he says. But in Kennedy’s world, trusting in God means trusting that the market will take care of hungry children once you’ve stripped away every protection they have.
So sure, tie up your camel. Check the fine print.
But let’s not pretend morality is what’s driving this.
It’s power. It’s control. It’s the same old cynical politics in a folksy costume.
✅ Take Action:
If you believe every child deserves food and healthcare, make your voice heard:
📞 Call Senator Kennedy’s office: (202) 224-4623
Tell him you don’t buy the morality theater—and you expect Congress to protect working families, not just billionaires.
📝 Write your own senators at www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm.
🗳️ Organize. Vote. Speak up.
Because no folksy phrase can hide the cruelty of policies that starve the most vulnerable among us.
