Thread by @ChadPergram

1) GOP LA Sen Kennedy works in references to movies Star Wars, Rosemary’s Baby, The Blues Brothers and O Brother, Where Art Thou? in opening statement at Barrett hearing, all homages to American cinema

2) Kennedy starts with a reference to the song “The Big Rock Candy Mountains” which was featured in “O Brother, Where Art Thou.” Kennedy says the confirmation process isn’t supposed to be “The Big Rock Candy Mountains.”

3) That’s a song about a Xanadu on Earth “where handouts grow on bushes” and “streams of alcohol come trickling down the rocks.”

4) Kennedy then moved into a description of the famous cantina scene in “Star Wars,” where a motley collection of characters from all corners of the galaxy hang out for a drink in the spaceport Mos Eisley. It’s described in the film as a “a wretched hive of scum and villainy.”

5) Kennedy continued, suggesting Democrats may try to portray Barrett as “Rosemary’s Baby,” the late 1960s horror film by Roman Polanski. The film depicts an expectant mother who fears a cult will steal her baby.

6) Finally, Kennedy completes the circuit with a reference to Dan Aykroyd/John Belushi classic “The Blues Brothers.”

Kennedy quotes perhaps the most famous line in the movie: “We’re on a mission from God.”