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MAGA senator braces for Trump to mock him after proposing new 'rule' for president

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Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said Sunday that he expects President Donald Trump to make fun of him for what he was about to propose. He proposed it anyway. On CBS' "Face the Nation," Kennedy said public officials shouldn't use taxpayer money on ads that promote themselves. He included the president in that. "I don't think any public official, including President Trump or Kristi Noem or John Kennedy, should spend public money on private ads for themselves," Kennedy said. Then he went further. "I may end up with a sombrero on my head, but I also think we ought to have a rule that no politician can have a building named after him when he's alive," he said. The sombrero line referred to the AI-generated videos Trump has posted mocking his critics. The best-known one showed House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) in a sombrero and a fake mustache. Before Kennedy spoke, the show aired a clip of a government-funded ad that shows Trump alongside the word "RESILIENT." An on-screen label sai