During a report aired on Wednesday\u2019s broadcast of ABC\u2019s \u201cAmerica This Morning,\u201d the network stated that the Senate Judiciary Committee\u2019s hearing on which books children should have access to on Tuesday \u201cturned racy at one point\u201d when Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) read \u201cexplicit\u201d portions of two of the \u201cbanned books\u201d during the hearing.
The report said, \u201cSome Republican-led states have restricted certain books where kids have access to them. Most of the books include stories about racism, sexuality, or gender identity. Florida removed nearly 400 titles last year. The hearing turned racy at one point as Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy read explicit scenes from two of the banned books.\u201d
ABC didn\u2019t air any portions of Kennedy reading the excerpts from the books, but did play a clip of Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias (D), who was there defending Illinois\u2019 law preventing restricting which books children have access to, saying that what Kennedy read was \u201cdisturbing, especially coming out of your mouth, it\u2019s very disturbing\u201d along with clips of other parts of the hearing, including a portion of Kennedy\u2019s other statements during the hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n