Louisiana Senator John Kennedy has strong words about the SEC's LSU expulsion vote

Southeastern Conference presidents and chancellors are scheduled to meet Thursday to vote on removing LSU from the league, and Louisiana's elected officials spent Tuesday sharing their thoughts on the topic. The conference amended its federal lawsuit against the school that day in the Northern District of Alabama, asking the court to affirm its authority to expel a member and to stop LSU from interfering with the meeting.

Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana responded later Tuesday in a video posted on X by Jon Blau.

"Bone deep down to the marrow stupid," Kennedy said. "I've got rocks in my driveway that are smarter than that. They're not going to throw LSU out of the SEC. Let me tell you something, I and a lot of other people in the United States Congress will be on them like a hobo on a ham sandwich. LSU hasn't done anything wrong. It's called a court of law. God made courts to decide disputes."

Sen. Bill Cassidy accused the conference of hypocrisy in a statement to Yahoo Sports insider Ross Dellenger, noting that the SEC lets foreign-born athletes who competed professionally overseas play immediately. Gov. Jeff Landry called the expulsion threat ridiculous and asked, "Can we just play football?"