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Republican Sen. John Kennedy unleashed on former Vice President Kamala Harris Monday, chiding the potential 2028 candidate for desperately cozying up to \u201cLulu Lenins\u201d \u2014 unveiling a new nickname for democratic socialists that quickly went viral online. <\/p>\n

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Kennedy (R-La.) bitingly called Harris \u201cno longer relevant\u201d in an interview with Fox News\u2019 Sean Hannity Monday night and mocked her for trying to woo progressives after her disastrous loss to President Trump in 2024. <\/p>\n

\u201cNo disrespect, but Vice President Harris is no longer relevant. She had her shot and she missed,\u201d the senator told Hannity. <\/p>\n

\u201cShe can cozy up to the \u2018Lulu Lenins\u2019 all she wants to,\u201d Kennedy quipped.<\/p>\n

Harris \u2014 who said she is \u201cthinking about\u201d a 2028 presidential bid \u2014 has been quietly strengthening ties with one of the Democratic Party\u2019s fastest-rising socialist stars, recently holding an extended private phone call with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.<\/p>\n

The snappy nickname for the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) comrades is a combination of the popular and pricey athletic apparel brand Lululemon and Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, who founded the communist Soviet Union.<\/p>\n

The Louisiana senator\u2019s sharp-witted moniker for the far-left faction of the Dem party quickly went viral online \u2014 with many praising the 74-year-old\u2019s humor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAs much as I like my Lululemons, whoever wrote Lulu Lenin into Senator Kennedy\u2019s talking points deserves a Pulitzer,\u201d one person joked on X.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNew sen. kennedy banger just dropped: \u2018Lulu Lenins,\u201d another gushed.<\/p>\n

A self-claimed DSA member even conceded that the moniker is catchy, declaring themselves a \u201cProud Lulu Lenin.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kennedy\u2019s colorful new nickname isn\u2019t the first time he\u2019s comically ripped into socialists.<\/p>\n

During a Fox News interview in July, the senator compared a list of countries that tried and failed with socialism as being as long as \u201cKing Kong\u2019s genitalia.\u201d<\/p>\n

In February, Kennedy also blasted some anti-ICE protesters as giving off what he described as an \u201cI\u2019ve got a freezer full of body parts in my basement\u201d vibe during an interview on the network.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re allowed to be deeply weird \u2014 but they\u2019re NOT allowed to be violent,\u201d Kennedy wrote on X in response to his remark about the protesters.<\/p>\n

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