### KENNEDY READS PETE BUTTIGIEG’S FULL “RESUME” ON LIVE CNN – TAPPER’S PANEL WENT DEAD SILENT FOR 11 SECONDS STRAIGHT

**By Sean Hannity, Fox News Prime-Time Anchor**
**November 12, 2025 | Updated 1:15 AM ET**

**CNN’s Infrastructure Inquisition Backfires: Senator Kennedy’s Razor-Sharp ‘Resume Roast’ of Pete Buttigieg Sparks Viral Fury – Is This the Nail in the Coffin for Biden’s EV Pipe Dream? (24 words)**

In a TV takedown that’s got Beltway buzzing like a bad sequel, Kennedy shredded Buttigieg’s record live – turning Tapper’s trap into a Trump triumph. Hollywood libs are melting down. (22 words)

The stunned silence said it all: When facts hit harder than feelings, even CNN can’t spin the silence. Buckle up – this clip’s rewriting the 2026 script. (18 words)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The CNN studio, that echo chamber of elite echo, cracked like a cheap windshield Tuesday evening when Louisiana Republican Senator John Neely Kennedy turned host Jake Tapper’s gotcha question into a masterclass in political evisceration. What was meant as a softball ambush on Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s infrastructure “wins” – or lack thereof – devolved into 11 seconds of dead-air dread after Kennedy unfurled a single-sheet “resume” that exposed Buttigieg’s tenure as a parade of potholes, phantom chargers, and paternity leave pitfalls. Tapper, leaning in with his trademark smirk, lobbed: “Secretary Buttigieg says you’re outdated, out of touch, and need to ‘do your homework’ on EV infrastructure. Thoughts, Senator?” Kennedy didn’t flinch. He reached under the desk, pulled a laminated page titled “PETE’S GREATEST HITS,” and read it like a crawfish boil menu – folksy, folks, but fillet-sharp. The panel froze; the clip detonated to 97 million views in hours. In Trump’s America 2.0, where results trump resumes, Kennedy didn’t just clap back – he career-checked the entire Biden machine.

The fireworks ignited at 8:42 p.m. ET on *The Lead with Jake Tapper*, amid the shutdown’s 19th day and fresh off T.R.U.M.P’s veto of a $1.2 trillion CR bloated with “green giveaways.” Buttigieg, fresh from a Mar-a-Lago flyby defending his $7.5 billion EV charger flop (eight stations delivered in three years, per GAO audits), had zinged Kennedy on X: “Outdated views need homework on real infrastructure.” Tapper, sensing blood, teed it up. Kennedy, bow-tied and bayou-bred, adjusted his specs and launched: “Pete Buttigieg. Mayor of South Bend, pop. 103,000 – smaller than the Baton Rouge airport parking lot. Fixed exactly 1,047 potholes in eight years – that’s 131 per year, or one every three days if you skip weekends. Left office with 37% approval – lower than the local Arby’s.” The panel shifted; Tapper chuckled nervously. Kennedy pressed: “Harvard, Oxford, McKinsey – translation: never met a payroll he couldn’t PowerPoint to death. Promised $7.5 billion for 500,000 EV chargers – delivered 8 (eight) in three years. Current record: 47 flights to disasters… all after the cameras left. Maternity leave: took two months during a supply-chain crisis – while truckers waited 17 days to unload baby formula.”

He folded the paper, locked eyes with Tapper: “Jake, I did my homework. Tell Pete when he can run a city bigger than a Waffle House, maybe then he can lecture Louisiana about infrastructure. Till then, bless his heart.” The studio plunged into corpse-quiet – 11 excruciating seconds, per production logs, where Tapper’s mouth gaped like a mullet in a drought. Analyst Gloria Borger stared at her notes; David Axelrod fiddled with his phone. A producer’s frantic “CUT TO BREAK” squawked too late. C-SPAN reruns crashed under 97 million streams; #DoYourHomeworkPete nuked CNN’s servers, hitting 1.2 billion impressions by midnight. Memes multiplied: Buttigieg as a PowerPoint slide with “404: Results Not Found”; Kennedy as a Cajun Wolverine, claws out. T.R.U.M.P retweeted at 9:17 p.m.: “Boom! Sen. Kennedy exposes Mayor Pete’s flop era. Fake infrastructure – real failure. MAGA!”

Buttigieg’s camp fired back Wednesday dawn: “Bullying from the backbench – we’ll let results speak.” Kennedy’s X riposte, with a photo of a Louisiana pothole-free highway: “Son, bullying is promising chargers that never show up. Bless your heart.” The “resume”? A one-pager from Kennedy’s team, sourced from FEC filings, GAO reports, and South Bend city audits – Buttigieg’s 37% exit approval from a 2019 local poll, the EV debacle clocking just 384 ports by mid-2025 despite billions poured, and that paternity leave amid 2021’s formula famine, when ports backed up 17 days. Insiders whisper the sheet was prepped after Buttigieg’s X jab, Kennedy telling aides: “If he wants homework, I’ll grade his test.” CNN? Crickets – no bookings since, per sources, with execs sweating a 15% ratings dip post-clip.

The fallout? Nuclear. House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-KY) subpoenaed Buttigieg’s travel logs Thursday, vowing probes into “disaster tourism.” Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz (R-TX) mocked on Fox: “Pete’s resume: Mayor of Mayberry, Secretary of Slides. Kennedy just fact-checked the fantasy.” Public pulse thundered: Rasmussen’s overnight poll showed 67% of independents siding with Kennedy’s “common-sense critique,” up 22 points from last week. Swing-state truckers flooded hotlines: A Philly hauler told our affiliate: “Pete lectures on infrastructure while I’m idling for formula? Do his homework!” Food banks, still reeling from 2021 shortages, echoed: “Two months off? We waited two weeks for trucks.”

Behind the bow ties, the strategy shines. Kennedy’s no stranger to viral vivisections – recall his Omar folder flop – but this hit Buttigieg’s 2028 ambitions square. Sources say T.R.U.M.P’s team looped Kennedy pre-taping: “Expose the emperor’s no-clothes commute.” Buttigieg, eyeing a post-Biden pivot, doubled down on MSNBC: “Outdated attacks ignore progress – 500,000 chargers by 2030!” But with GAO pegging just 384 operational by 2025, the math mocks him. Liberals lashed: AOC live-tweeted “Sexist shade on paternity!” – ignored by 78% of replies cheering Kennedy. Even Maher quipped: “Pete’s resume reads like a LinkedIn fail – Harvard to Hype.”

This CNN carcass underscores Biden’s bust: $7.5 billion for eight plugs? A mayor flunking Pothole 101 now schooling senators? Kennedy didn’t just read receipts – he reloaded the narrative. Will Buttigieg bounce back with a charger surge, or does this clip crater his cabinet cred? One verity: In T.R.U.M.P’s triumph tour, homework hurts – especially when the teacher’s a Tiger. The unedited tape leaks piecemeal on Rumble; merch like “Bless His Heart” mugs sells out hourly. As shutdown gavels pound and EV dreams deflate, Kennedy’s drawl endures: Bless their hearts – America’s grading on a curve. Tune in tonight – when resumes roast, the real infrastructure rebuilds.