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Republican senator calls for vigilantism to break up Gaza protests

Outcry as Cotton says those inconvenienced by protesters blocking roads and airports should 'take matters into own hands'…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/16/tom-cotton-gaza-protesters

Republican senator Tom Cotton brags about ignoring Trump impeachment evidence in new book

He writes: "My aides delivered a steady flow of papers and photocopied books, hidden underneath a fancy cover sheet labeled 'Supplementary Impeachment Materials', so nosy reporters sitting above us in the Senate gallery couldn't see what I was reading."…

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/28/tom-cotton-book-ignoring-trump-impeachment-evidence

Opinion | Jamie Harrison criticizes GOP as a party of 'fraud, fear and fascism.' He's not wrong. - The Washington Post

After Cotton implied that Supreme Court Justice-designate Ketanji Brown Jackson is a Nazi sympathizer, Harrison referred to Cotton as a "little maggot-infested man" … Harrison went on to censure the Republican Party as a whole: "It is a party built on fraud, fear and fascism." Interestingly, a statement from the Republican National Committee taking offense at the "maggot-infested" charge did not dispute the "fraud, fear and fascism" formulation. As your self-appointed fact-checker, I have therefore examined the merits of the accusation…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/08/jamie-harrison-gop-republicans-fraud-fear-fascism/

Opinion | Republicans say they’re anti-elite. It’s all phony. - The Washington Post

…These phonies must be onto something, because a new generation of pretend populists aims to join them in the Senate…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/25/republicans-anti-elite-hypocrisy-tom-cotton/

Opinion | Republicans’ buffoonish attacks on Innocence Project attorney Nina Morrison - The Washington Post

…For senators such as Cruz, Cotton, Lee and Hawley, however, this is all mere sport. It really doesn't matter that they're wrong on the facts, or that they've mischaracterized Morrison's career. For them, this is about sowing fear and anger to position themselves for the midterms and later runs for office…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/18/hawley-cruz-attacks-nina-morrison-innocence-project/

Covid bioweapon claims ‘scientifically invalid’, US intelligence reports

…The theory that the virus, known as Sars-CoV-2, was a bioweapon, which was propagated by Senator Tom Cotton and other hardline Republicans, is rejected at the start of the ODNI report. 

"We remain skeptical of allegations that SARS-CoV-2 was a biological weapon because they are supported by scientifically invalid claims, their proponents do not have direct access to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), or their proponents are suspected of spreading disinformation," the study said…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/29/us-intelligence-report-covid-origins

PolitiFact | Yes, Democrats voted to send stimulus checks to prisoners, as Republicans did last year

... They did, arguing that to do otherwise would harm the families of prisoners. It's worth noting that Cotton and other Senate Republicans voted for previous relief packages that also resulted in prisoners getting checks...

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/09/tom-cotton/yes-democrats-voted-send-stimulus-checks-prisoners/

Tom Cotton falsely claims Joe Biden halted the deportation of criminals - PolitiFact

...Biden's administration ordered a 100-day deportation pause, but it did not apply to criminals such as murderers, rapists, terrorists or gang members...

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/26/tom-cotton/tom-cotton-falsely-claims-joe-biden-halted-deporta/

What Tom Cotton’s big plan to “beat China” actually says - Vox

...Cotton adds that the US should complement such restrictions with federal investment in research and development in those fields. He also suggests the government give US companies more capital to invest in manufacturing capabilities to make products in those sectors...

https://www.vox.com/22289711/tom-cotton-beat-china-strategy-explained

PolitiFact | Tom Cotton wrong that there’s “no way” to screen immigrants

U.S. Customs and Border Protection database allows personnel to run background checks on people apprehended at the border and access records collected by U.S. and foreign authorities.

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/03/tom-cotton/tom-cotton-wrong-theres-no-way-screen-immigrants/

Kamala Harris tweeted support for a bail fund, but the money didn’t just assist protesters - The Washington Post

Until the killing of George Floyd in police custody, the Minnesota Freedom Fund (MFF) was a relatively small vehicle for assisting people who needed cash for bail. MFF’s 2018 tax filing shows it raised only about $100,000 that year. Just weeks after Floyd’s death, it raised an astonishing $35 million, in part because of tweets such as the one by Harris, who is now the Democratic vice-presidential nominee. That influx has put a strain on an organization that at the time had only one full-time staff member. For the purposes of this fact-check, we are going to mostly focus on Cotton’s claim that “violent rioters” were bailed out in order “to do more damage.” But we will also address Trump’s comment.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/03/kamala-harris-tweeted-support-bail-fund-money-didnt-just-assist-protestors/

Tom Cotton calls slavery 'necessary evil' in attack on New York Times' 1619 Project

The Arkansas Republican senator Tom Cotton has called the enslavement of millions of African people “the necessary evil upon which the union was built”.  Cotton, widely seen as a possible presidential candidate in 2024, made the comment in an interview with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette published on Sunday. ....
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/26/tom-cotton-slavery-necessary-evil-1619-project-new-york-times

Republican who floated virus conspiracy says 'common sense has been my guide'

A Republican senator who floated a conspiracy theory which said the Chinese government created Covid-19 in a weapons lab claimed on Saturday that since he first learned of the outbreak, in mid-January, “common sense has been my guide”.....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/11/republican-tom-cotton-coronavirus-china

Bloomberg’s Foreign Policy And The Global Economy Gets The Coronavirus (Pod Save the World podcast)

Mike Bloomberg’s foreign policy record and platform. How some 2020 candidates failed a foreign policy quiz. The humanitarian crisis in northwest Syria. The latest on the coronavirus and how Senator Tom Cotton is spreading disinformation. The Koch brothers funding foreign policy think tanks…for good? Mike Pompeo speaks at the Munich Security Summit and headlines about Afghanistan, Iran and John Bolton. Then Ben talks with Paris Climate Accords architect Christiana Figueres.
Interview:
https://crooked.com/podcast/bloombergs-foreign-policy-and-the-global-economy-gets-the-coronavirus/

The danger of Tom Cotton - The Washington Post: Opinion

Cotton and other young Republican senators are all too happy with bellicosity toward Iran....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/06/16/danger-tom-cotton/

‘I get the same intel’: Iran threat exaggerated by GOP hawks, Rep. Gallego says - The Washington Post

"What I saw was a lot of misinterpretation and wanting conflict coming from the administration and intelligence community," the Arizona Democrat said after receiving a classified briefing...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/18/i-get-same-intel-iran-threat-exaggerated-by-gop-hawks-rep-gallego-says/

Cotton: Feinstein to be investigated over leaked letter from Ford - POLITICO

"She has been victimized by Democrats," the Arkansas Republican said of Christine Blasey Ford.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/30/cotton-feinstein-ford-leaked-letter-854019

NRA paid shady shell company $19 million to help elect Republicans who would thwart gun control - Raw Story

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is one of the fiercest opponents of gun control. "As a hunter, gun owner, and NRA member, I understand how central the outdoorsman way of life is to Arkansas's culture and tradition," Cotton has written. As it turns out, the NRA is equally appreciative of his fealty: ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/nra-paid-shady-shell-company-19-million-help-elect-republicans-thwart-gun-control/

Tom Cotton Is Dangerously Deceptive -- Slate

Tom Cotton's lies make him a dangerous prospect to head the CIA ....
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/01/tom-cotton-is-dangerously-deceptive.html