Sen. Kennedy To Biden’s Comptroller Nominee: ‘I Don’t Know Whether To Call You Professor Or Comrade

On Thursday, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) questioned Saule Omarova, President Biden’s nominee to be comptroller of currency, at a Senate hearing over her affiliation with a group called The Young Communists, and told her, “I don’t mean any disrespect; I don’t know whether to call you professor or comrade.” Kennedy asked Omarova, “You used to be a member of a group called The Young Communists, didn’t you?” “Senator, are you referring to my membership in the youth communist organization while I was growing up in the Soviet Union?” Omarova responded. “I just wanted to ask you that question,” Kennedy stated.


