The words detonated inside the Senate chamber …

Every camera in the chamber seemed to pivot toward him at once. What had been a room humming with rehearsed outrage fell abruptly silent. Representative Ilhan Omar paused mid-thought. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shifted slightly. Then John Kennedy drew a breath, and the temperature in the room seemed to change. He didn’t raise his voice. In a setting designed for sharp sound bites…