Tom Cotton forced to backtrack on Senate floor after blaming Dems for criminal justice bill signed b

[turbinetree]

By Brad Reed
Published February 16, 2022

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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) on Wednesday got called out by his Democratic colleagues after he blamed them for a criminal justice reform bill that was signed into law by former President Donald Trump.

During a speech about crime, Cotton attacked Democrats for voting for the First Step Act, which reduced some mandatory minimum sentence penalties and aimed to reduce the size of America's prison population.

"It's your party who voted in lock step for the First Step Act, that let thousands of violent felons on the street who have now committed innumerable violent crimes," Cotton said.

https://www.rawstory.com/tom-cotton-2656691704/

Hey Cotton your a fucking idiot... do you or have you ever read any bill, in fact why are you allowed to speak, did you or did you not think that the last election should have been thrown out.....

[W_HAMILTON]

1. This is the inevitable result of conservatives living in a fantasy world...

...created by their own propaganda machines.

They are completely untethered from reality.

[SoonerPride]

2. Facts don't matter.

Fox News will play the clip and blame Democrats for passing the law and making crime worse.

Reality is no longer an issue.

[Celerity]

4. +10000000000000000

[Demovictory9]

3. many Trumpsters will continue to believe it was Biden

[Celerity]

5. we are truly all the way through the looking glass

[Demovictory9]

6. yep. they WANT TO BELIEVE IT... it fits their view of Dems and race

[Moostache]

12. Slight correction...its not really "their" view after all...

The propaganda is designed to reinforce the desired narrative of the oligarchs and ruling class donors who control the "base" and the "believers" through constant psy-ops level brain washing.

Say it was something utterly untrue, demonstrably false in fact...could be Biden, race, BLM, Durham report, does not matter what the specifics are - the plan is to use false statements and faked outrage to stoke people's hate centers enough to overload their ability to reason or recognize manipulation.

From the outside, the pattern is crystal clear and laughably obvious...to the marks on the inside of the bubble, the exact opposite is their "reality", they KNOW its true because they are fed the same shit all day and all night and they NEVER doubt, question or seek confirmation of anything.

[Midnight Writer]

7. This BS is not ignorance on Cotton's part. It is deliberate lying.

He created a soundbite that will be played without context over and over on RW media.

[Celerity]

8. +10000000000000000

[crickets]

13. This. It's a favorite trick. nt

[TomSlick]

9. Our boy Tom continues to make Arkansas so proud.

I can assure you the vast majority of folks in Arkansas will not know about Tom having to retract his statement - or much care.

As I often say, no one ever moved to Arkansas to have their consciousness raised.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. COTTON IS AN IDIOT!

[Mr.Bill]

11. I did a little googling.

While Cotton did vote against it, the bill was sponsored by a republican and it passed the Senate 87-12. Hell, even Rand Paul voted for it.

[sinkingfeeling]

14. Hahaaa. Tom's training to be a stand-up comedian.....

"Yes, it's true that President Trump signed the First Step Act," Cotton replied. "It was the worst mistake of the Trump administration."

That's the worst mistake made by MF45?

[monkeyman1]

15. ol' pencil neck at it again !! the wanna be army ranger ! not impressed with him !

[Hassler]

16. Tehran Tom is jealous of the attention fellow fool, Cancruz is getting. He's the Lauren Dopebert of

The Senate, jealous of Marge Traitor Green.

[KS Toronado]

17. Cotton was probably just repeating what he heard Tucker Q Carlson say

[keithbvadu2]

18. Well, now it is documented and attested to by TC that Trump "...let thousands of violent felons on t

Well, now it is documented and attested to by TC that Trump "...let thousands of violent felons on the street who have now committed innumerable violent crimes," Cotton said.