Cotton Tales
Tom Cotton, the Republican senator from Arkansas, is becoming President Trumps right arm in the Senate. Or maybe its the other way around, and Cotton, a right-wing ideologue, is helping to steer the president. Either way, Trumps behavior in the immigration debateturning against a legislative compromise after Cotton was summoned to a White House meeting to oppose itillustrates the young senators influence. In fact, Trump is said to be considering him as the next CIA director.
Cottons emergence is alarming. In part, thats because what endears Cotton to Trumpand makes them particularly dangerous togetheris Cottons unflinching willingness, in pursuit of an agenda, to say things that arent true.
Cotton is a veteran. He served with honor in Iraq and Afghanistan. But when he came home, he brought back the psychology of war. He treats liberals and moderates as the enemy. In 2015, he blocked one of President Obamas ambassadorial nominees over an unrelated issueshe eventually died waiting for approvalbecause Cotton knew she was Obamas friend. He depicts Obama as a traitor. Last month, Cotton said of the Iran nuclear agreement: Barack Obama was willing to give away anything to get that deal.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/01/tom-cotton-is-dangerously-deceptive.html