Senator John Kennedy is once again cutting through Washington’s theatrics with brutal honesty.

The Louisiana Republican accused Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of staging political drama instead of doing his job to reopen the government.

He said Schumer is more concerned with keeping up appearances for his party’s radical wing than with serving the American people.

Kennedy made clear that Schumer’s priority isn’t compromise — it’s saving face.

“He’s gonna tell ‘em, ‘Now, look, I gotta vote no. And I gotta dogcuss you a little bit. We gotta have some play acting and make this look good. And then we come out of the shutdown,’” Kennedy said, describing how Schumer will secretly orchestrate the outcome he publicly opposes.

According to Kennedy, the government shutdown is less about real disagreements and more about political optics. Schumer, he said, is acting out a script to appease the far-left members of his caucus — what Kennedy calls the “moon wing” of the Democratic Party.

“And Senator Schumer, this is what’s going on. He is trying to get the moon wing, the socialist wing of the Democratic Party, which is in control, to love him. And they will never love him.”

The Louisiana senator said Schumer’s strategy is simple: keep the government closed until Republicans and President Trump agree to hand over billions in new spending — spending that Democrats will control. “What he’s saying,” Kennedy explained, “is we’re going to keep government shut down until you Republicans and President Trump give the Democrats $1.5 trillion, and they’re going to tell us how to spend it.”

“He’s boning if it looks contrived,” Kennedy warned. “He can’t look like he’s having a mutiny.” That’s why, Kennedy says, Schumer must choreograph his next steps carefully, pretending to fight while quietly coordinating votes behind the scenes.

Schumer, Kennedy said, is obsessed with being seen as strong by the socialist faction of his party — even though that same faction will never accept him. “He’d be better off doing what he did back in March and just calling it like he saw it and keeping government open,” Kennedy added.

“Schumer knows exactly what he’s doing,” Kennedy said. “He’s trying to look tough for his base while still leaving himself a backdoor exit.”

Kennedy argued that Schumer is being held hostage by his own party’s extremists — the same people who demand funding for what Kennedy called “wasteful foreign projects” and ideological programs.

“He’s not fighting for the American taxpayer,” Kennedy said. “He’s fighting for his image and for foreign projects nobody asked for.”