John Kennedy Warns of ‘Radioactive Shrimp’ Accompanied By Photo of Alien Chestburster on Senate Floor

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) busted out an image of the Xenomorph creature from 1979’s Alien to deliver a wild warning about “radioactive shrimp” on the Senate floor.

Kennedy spoke in the Senate on Tuesday during a hearing on water contamination, and he was accompanied by a blown-up image of one of the creatures from the Ridley Scott-directed Alien being born by busting out of a human being’s chest.

“This is a photograph of the alien from the movie Alien. This is what you could end up looking like if you eat some of the raw frozen shrimp being sent to the U.S. by other countries,” Kennedy said, pointing to the bloody image.

The senator declared that even if you don’t turn into an alien, you could still grow a body part.

“The shrimp is radioactive! I kid you not. It has a radioactive isotope in it called cesium-137. It’ll kill you! Even if it doesn’t turn you into the alien, if you eat this stuff, I guarantee it’ll grow you an extra ear,” he said.

Kennedy was referring to shrimp sent from Indonesia to states like Louisiana. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a recall of frozen shrimp from an Indonesian firm in August over cesium-137, a radioactive isotope.

“FDA is working with distributors and retailers that received product from PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati after the date of first detection of Cs-137 by Customs & Border Protection (CBP), but from shipments that did not alert for Cs-137, to recommend that firms conduct a recall,” the FDA’s recall reads.

“How could this happen in America? This is unconscionable,” Kennedy said after noting that the contaminated items were shipped to Walmart, Kroger, and other popular retailers.

Watch above via CSPAN.