American people [are] thinking that the brain is an amazing organ. It starts working in a mother’s womb, and it doesn’t stop working until you get elected to Congress... This country was founded by geniuses, but it’s being run by a bunch of idiots.

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., ridiculing the absurd in-person debates on the Senate floor over the tone and tenor of $2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus proposals (Politico - March 23, 2020)