Politico: NEW. INSIDE Senate GOP lunch today, @TomCottonAR stood up & said:

[Leghorn21]

NEW. INSIDE Senate GOP lunch today, @TomCottonAR stood up & said:

Young black men have a very different experience with law enforcement in this nation than white people and that’s their impression and experience and we need to be sensitive to that and do all we can to change it.

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[Thomas Hurt]

1. Is this satire?

[Hortensis]

22. :) Jake Sherman's a bought-and-paid conduit for the current RW line.

Here's another from Politicio's Sherman showcasing the famous sensitivity and commitment to racial equality of Mitch McConnell:

Link to tweet

[lark]

2. Is this a joke?

Sure doesn't sound like the same person that was calling on the military to stop these marches just last week.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Had a look at the political windsock, did he?

[Leghorn21]

5. Yeah, a tweeter wrote

“Oof...the internal polling must be absolutely eye-popping.“

[LizBeth]

11. I heard this language earlier, probably going out there with Trump doing a speech. I heard this from

another and struck me as, ..... hm. I see it as a ploy. We will be hearing little comments until they feel to convince enough to always be at this stand, and just for this moment. Because, they are what they are.

But I too think they said, squeal breaks, republicans are standing up, owners, football. Gotta get on board. Oh and the polls

[LizBeth]

12. Cotton was also feeling pretty cocky with the NTY article and he got hammered. Firing of editor.

[guillaumeb]

13. Brutally good reply.

[Eyeball_Kid]

4. Tom Cotton must have gotten his...

ass reamed from his protester "crackdown" quotes from only a few days ago. His constituents must have given him the thumbs-down on his asshattery. And whoa, did that change his tune.

[C_U_L8R]

6. He thinks it's a PR problem

Not one actual suggested action.

[onetexan]

9. yup, a hyena never changes his predatory nature. This one is particularly heinous.

[LakeArenal]

10. Exactly. Lip service only

[highplainsdem]

7. They'd have had an even more different experience if Cotton had convinced Trump to send in troops.

Hypocritical bastard.

[SWBTATTReg]

8. Hmmm...I looked at his neck, I didn't see any whiplash injuries. I guess he got some inkling...

of how his idiotic message about handling the protesters went over (not very good)...perhaps it might help a little maybe if he thought more about what he says before he actually says it, and sticks his foot in it?

[Patterson]

17. When you looked at his neck, did it say "No. 2"?

[tblue37]

18. When I look at his neck, all I see is a Pez dispenser. nt

[gratuitous]

14. "We need to . . . do all we can"

I shut my eyes, but it's not enough.

I stopped my ears, but it's not enough.

Maybe try doing both, Tom? You bobble-throated slapdick.

[stillcool]

15. wonder what that means..

Send in the Troops redux?

[Cracklin Charlie]

16. Who wore a Tom Cotton mask to the luncheon?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

19. Now THAT was a Racist statement if ever I heard one.....

[Freethinker65]

20. That's "their impression" sounds to me like Cotton doesn't necessarily agree with the impression

More like we in the GOP need to pander and pretend to understand their impression, but not necessarily change anything.

[BannonsLiver]

21. They're terrified.

[Midnight Writer]

23. As sincere as his "thoughts and prayers".