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Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton is facing backlash for a post on X that appears to encourage people to carry out violence against pro-Palestinian demonstrators. Since Israel initiated its bombardment of Gaza, following a Hamas-led terrorist attack on Oct. 7, Cotton has had no qualms airing his illiberal bigotry on the subject. The senator has advocated for Israel to “bounce the rubble” in Gaza, endorsing an indiscriminate bombing campaign by suggesting "anything that happens in Gaza is the...
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Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., must have trouble tracking his views on public protest. In a 2020 New York Times op-ed, the Arkansas Republican senator called for the military to be mobilized to crush the “orgy of violence” he said was engulfing the country during the protests following George Floyd’s murder (in fact, the overwhelming majority of those protests were peaceful). Four years on, Cotton has decided that law enforcement and the military are insufficient tools to deal with protesters. It’s...
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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) has been a fan of violence against protesters for some time. Interestingly, it's only the demonstrators who have certain causes — like Black Lives Matter or Gaza, as opposed to
Outcry as Cotton says those inconvenienced by protesters blocking roads and airports should ‘take matters into own hands’The Republican senator Tom Cotton has urged Americans to “take matters into their own hands” when encountering pro-Palestine supporters, an apparent call to vigilantism as Israel’s military strikes in Gaza continued despite global calls for a ceasefire.Demonstrations on Monday by supporters of Palestine blocked roads in major US cities, including New York and Philadelphia;...
Blocking roads is not a legitimate way to protest and is not protected by the First Amendment; not only is impeding traffic inconvenient for citizens, but it may well be dangerous in that it could prevent an emergency vehicle (or a private vehicle carrying a person suffering from a medical emergency) from proceeding or that it may result in an accident due to a driver who may not have expected the road being blocked by idiots.
"I do not think the impulse to kill protesters—much less the act of following through on such a thought—is typical," Elrod writes. "The murder of innocent people over inconvenience is neither trivial nor, one would hope, particularly relatable."
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., says it is 'time to put an end to this nonsense'
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