Tom Cotton you cannot possibly be this stupid

[D_Master81]

I just saw Tom Cotton in front of the cameras say out loud that he didn’t see a 2nd strike on a defenseless ship but rather on 2 men that he saw trying the flip the boat back over, gather up the drugs and continue on to the United States😂😂😂. Senator that may be the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard out of a sitting senator’s mouth and thats saying something. Clearly you’ve never attempted to flip a boat in open water let alone a larger boat like these. Let alone if it did flip over how is a boat thats been hit by a mussel still able to “continue on” without taking on water?

[Irish_Dem]

1. They think we are stupid.

They don’t even bother to give us believable lies.

[sop]

9. They know MAGA will believe it.

[Hieronymus Phact]

45. This

They know if they throw out some alternate explanation, it doesn't matter how stupid, or illogical, the base will grab onto it.
It's about giving them a choice of what to believe.
People, Any people, tend to believe what they want, so they need something to latch onto for that.
The fact that it's idiotic on its face doesn't matter.

The solution is to Ridicule this chain of stupid when you encounter it.
As loudly as possible!

[Irish_Dem]

72. Two injured men, floating in the water, can tip a destroyed boat back over

and sail to the US?

I don't think an 8 year old would believe this crap.

[soldierant]

112. A boat of that size couldn't have made it to the US in any case.

It would not hold enough fuel to get them there even had it not been destroyed.

[Midnight Writer]

79. These are the same people who believe Jonah was swallowed by a giant fish,

that the earth is only 6 thousand years old, and that when God sent His only Son to walk among us, He wanted us to kill His Son so we would be absolved of our sins.

They have been conditioned to swallow any swill offered them, as long as it is decorated with a Christian Cross and an American flag.

[Traildogbob]

126. 😂

Cults gotta cult. Every Vet I see at the VA with trump Jina made shit, and damn proud of themselves, even without the Red Shit, Just look stupid as Fuck. And have a scent.

[mdbl]

87. Because Magats are stupid

I know it's redundant but I had to say it anyway.

[calimary]

121. No worries. It's well worth repeating.

VERY well worth repeating!

[Dave Id]

39. Well...

Trump and company count on his MAGAts to be that stupid. They are.

[Maine Abu El Banat]

62. We're not

But the MAGA morons are. That eat this stupid shit right up.

[marble falls]

2. Au contraire, mon ami, au contraire. What happens when one drinks the kool-aid.

[surfered]

5. He's taking it intravenously

[marble falls]

7. At the very least.

[Bettie]

3. Oh, he certainly can be that stupid

but it's mostly that he enjoys seeing people die like the rest of the death cult he's a member of.

[Walleye]

51. Yes, the "president of peace" is constantly indulging his war mongering, and bloodlust

[rurallib]

55. Wish I had more than one rec to give you

[DeeDeeNY]

122. He graduated from Harvard Law School

But his stupidity somehow manages to prevail over his book learning, plus he's in that death cult. You have it exactly right.
His MAGA constituents must love him.

[surfered]

4. He's so disturbingly righteous and he loves him some Trump

[Chasstev365]

6. Cotton, Marshall, and Lee: The GOP Senators I detest the most!

[WestMichRad]

12. Don't forget to save some for...

Marsha Blackburn and Ron Johnson. They rank pretty high in the stupidity standings.

[rampartd]

25. as a constituent of kennedy, make room at the rop

and cassidy is top 10 stupid.

[WestMichRad]

28. I think the Top Ten will have...

… about 25 R Senators!

[rampartd]

33. i don't think cruz has been mentioned yet

or the Alabama tradwife

[The Blue Flower]

50. Add Virginia Foxx to the list

Hateful and stupid. You'd think age would have taught her something.

[thomski64]

54. For stupid asshole Senator..

...don't omit Tommy Gooberville..

[lastlib]

65. Don't leave out Raffy Cruz!

The most punchable face in Congress. And then there is Addison Mitchell McConnell! - - -

I have a pesonal detestation for my own senator-things, "Runnin' Josh" Hawley and Eric Schmitt-for-Brains.

[stage left]

85. Please don't forget

Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott. To be safe maybe we should just list all the Republicons in both houses of Congress.

[lastlib]

93. Right. They're all equally destestable....

Some are just more detestable than others......

(Thank you, Mr. Orwell.)

[UpInArms]

8. He is that stupid

He has always been that stupid

He is never going to have a shred of intelligence or integrity

[snowybirdie]

10. He's the guy

running for his life when the Capital was under siege. Big brave Senator, Ha!

[OldBaldy1701E]

13. Hmm... where have I seen that before...

[BigmanPigman]

31. I thought the same thing

I remember him running like mad to the Benny Hill song.
I couldn't find it after 15 minutes of searching but then I remembered that is was Josh Hawley. They are both long necked.

?si=kffPoaSn7o1Pp7eo

[MLWR]

11. He not only IS that stupid,

but he's also that soulless, heartless and immoral. He is after all, republiSCUM and a 'good xian.'

[MaineBlueBear]

14. Disgraceful is what it is

Moral malleability to justify murder. Blood is on his hands and, vicariously, everyone who voted for this.

[Blues Heron]

15. He's not stupid except in a general puke way, he doesn't believe what he's saying he's sticking to a script.

Just like trump, half is actual stupidity, half is a gaslighting script they rarely deviate from.

[ToxMarz]

16. He's just feeding the MAGAt base their idiotic talking points and arguments

Many of us will be hearing this endlessly over the holiday hostage gatherings.

[Timeflyer]

17. "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."-1984.

[GiqueCee]

18. Cotton is an imbecile...

... congenitally incapable of independent thought. He does as he's told, and says he was just following orders. Unfortunately, that absolves him of absolutely nothing.
Cotton is a member in good standing of The Confederacy of Dunces.
The late John Kennedy Toole nailed it.

[Lovie777]

19. Apparently GQP feel that their base is stupid..............

that's the vibe I get from republican politicians.

[lapfog_1]

20. that boat... and all the boats I've seen blown up

was NEVER coming to the USA. The Caribbean ( I used to live on a island there ) is pretty big. They didn't have the fuel to travel all the way without stops. Not to mention a open hull craft like that would be difficult across an open sea.

You also don't pack 11 people into a boat that is taking drugs someplace. More people, less drugs.

If such a boat had drugs, it was probably also trying to smuggle people as well... and not to the USA, much more likely would be either Trinidad / Tobago or the ABC islands... and from there the drugs and illegals go to... almost anywhere ( Europe, Canada, Mexico, etc ). Why go by boat... well the Darian Gap is very very dangerous ( the land route from Venezuela to Panama ). Going by boat would seem to be the safer choice, but for Trump and Kegsbreath.

[Zackzzzz]

99. Thanks. Looked up the Darian Gap.

Reminded me of the movie, Aguirre, The Wrath Of God.

[John Coktosten]

21. Doh!

Oh YES he can! Cotton is one D U M B SOB. My god, talk about DEI this guy is the Evil Forrest Gump of the GOP.

(Disclaimer- I love the movie and character, Cotton just reminds me of him.)

[Polly Hennessey]

22. I saw that interview. Yes, he can be and is that stupid.

He is the perfect Republican with not a shred of integrity, decency, or compassion.

[lonely bird]

23. Sigh

Traitor Tom of the open letter to Iran infamy.

Yes, he is that stupid but he is in good company. Every Republican Senator is at least as stupid and many are even more so.

[JohnnyRingo]

24. He's either an idiot or a pathetic lickspittle for Trump.

I think it may be both.

To imagine a boat taking a missile strike and being flipped over - still laden with its cargo and engines intact - then continuing on the get that Chinese Fentanyl to Florida on time requires one to also believe Road Runner cartoons are documentaries.

[IronLionZion]

26. Playing stupid is a common MAGA tactic when things are blatantly illegal with tons of evidence

they gaslight us hoping enough of their viewers/supporters are stupid enough to accept it. So many MAGA documentaries/videos/press releases/etc. have them concluding the exact opposite of what we can all see with our own eyes.

Tom Cotton acts as if those sailors are like the Terminator or Michael Myers from Halloween movies. They just keep on coming for you until you kill them. They'll swim the tremendous distance to America with their drugs the same way migrants carry diseased cattle over the border wall. They are talented and relentless like that.

[dedl67]

27. Every time I see Tom Cotton, ...

.. I think of the unflattering picture of the folks of Bricksville, Arkansas, in Huckleberry Finn. It's a bit unfair, as there are lots of decent folks in Arkansas, so it's sad they have Cotton for a senator.

[Wifes husband]

63. I lived in Arkansas for about 20 years

Tom Cotton is pretty typical. Beautiful state north of Little Rock, but the men are mostly just like Tom Cotton

[RedArkGuy]

104. Incredible to think this guy went to Harvard and Harvard Law

He must have made up his mind to sit through those classes without having one molecule of his brain-structure altered by what he heard about reason, evidence or human rights.

[Cosmocat]

29. Its a plague if stupidity

You see hundreds of other equally ridiculous rationalizations by the rank and file zombies trying to justify it.

Starting point is STUPID LIBERALS and then they desperately puke out whatever stupidy their grey matter generates.

[Ray Bruns]

30. It's because Tom Cotton is a psychopath.

[kellytore]

32. I once was flipped in a Sunfish sailboat and the rudder was lost.

My friend and I tried to flip the boat back over but to no avail. It is practically impossible. Cotton is an idiot.

[ms liberty]

34. These Repukes insult my intelligence daily. I grew up deep sea fishing in the Gulf of MEXICO with my dad

Out from New Port Richey. Being out on the water with no land in sight. I've been there.
I'm so outraged at the wrongness, the horror of this whole business. Tom Cotton has no fucking idea what he's talking about.

[sinkingfeeling]

35. Don't forget Cotton is the author of the letter to Iran in 2015, seeking to undermine Obama's nuclear deal. He thinks

he's an expert on the military. I wonder how he wasn't fragged in Iraq.

[Norrrm]

36. Military genius Tom thought that invading Mexico would be a god idea.

https://crooksandliars.com/2019/11/sen-tom-cotton-threatens-invasion-mexico

[RoeVWade]

37. At this point, the cartels could be just hiring boats to look like they're carrying drugs, but carrying nothing, then

later reveal that like six boats were destroyed with empty packages to basically destroy the credibility of the US.

[SouthBayDem]

38. Consider the average voter in his home state nt

[Bev54]

40. Oh Yes he can be that stupid! Seems to be a pre-requisite to be a part of the GOP.

Grand Old Party indeed. Old is fitting because their stupidity is getting old along with many of their members.

[3825-87867]

41. Yep

v

[Scalded Nun]

42. He is an enabler of treason and an embarrassment to anyone who ever worked in intelligence

He shames the uniform he once wore.

[LilElf70]

44. Somehow, he must be related to daddy Donny

What a fucking idiot.

[aggiesal]

46. Because he has an (R) next to his name. Stupidity comes with that label. n/t

[Autumn]

47. Just an FYI. When you think Cotton can't get any stupider he will prove you wrong.

[Norrrm]

48. Sen. Tom Cotton campaigned on his "experience as an Army Ranger" -- but he didn't have any

Tom Cotton defends Trump referring to soldiers’ traumatic brain injuries as “headaches” and “not very serious”

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2020/01/27/tom-cotton-defends-trump-referring-to-soldiers-traumatic-brain-injuries-as-headaches-and-not-very-serious
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https://crooksandliars.com/2021/10/tom-cotton-mazie-hirono-merrick-garland

Sen Tom (Stolen Valor) Cotton!

Sen. Tom Cotton Bragged He Was an ‘Army Ranger.’ He Was Not

The senator never served as an Army Ranger, he only attended the Army’s two-month Ranger School, which is open to all members of the military

Passing the Ranger school is a tremendous accomplishment but that was not enough for Tom to brag about. He deleted it from his bio when called out on it.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/tom-cotton-army-ranger-school-1118418/

[Botany]

49. Cotton is not stupid. He has a B.A. and a J.D. from Harvard. His "aw shucks good old boy act" is an act.

He knows he is lying and in private it makes him feel good. Just my thoughts.

[sop]

56. These fake good ol' boy Republicans sit around their exclusive clubs, sipping expensive whiskey, laughing at the stupid

crazy shit the MAGA rubes will believe.

[Botany]

58. He is not a stupid man but a man who is knowingly play a role and becoming rich @ it too via the wealthy ..

… people who he really works for. He knows that two people clinging to the ruins of a boat in the
ocean are not a threat to America but he lies about them anyway because that is what he sees as
his job.

BTW years ago I was on the Buffalo River in Arkansas for a wonderful float trip but some of the locals
hadn’t stopped fighting the Civil War. “You are a Yankee.”

[efhmc]

61. Sorry but growing up in Texas that "yankee" always had a damn in front of it even from those of us who did not curse.

[Botany]

66. I went into my good ol' boy self.

One had a revolver on hip and a Confederate battle flag on his pick up.

Me, I’m just here to do some fishin’.

[efhmc]

83. Since I was brought up with the idea of how a "lady" would act and the freedom to actually not to do it,

many of the things about manners stuck to me. (Wish I had paid much more attention about wearing gloves outside when gardening). They were about kindness and acceptance and fitted into what seemed right to me. I saw my mother treat all people with respect. She gave money to the nieces of the person who worked for us so they could go to school up north to go to nursing school when there were no schools for them in Texas.

[mgardener]

52. I beg to differ

Yes, he can be that stupid
And depraved.

[wiggs]

53. He must want something from the transactional WH and administration. nt

[DFW]

57. Is he a Republican? Is he a member of Congress?

Then, yes, he can be that stupid. Even if he isn’t really that stupid, he is practically required to act as if he were that stupid, because if he doesn’t, he might get seriously primaried by someone who really IS that dtupid, and thus preferable to people who vote Republicaln bc as a rule.

[flashman13]

59. Cotton's bull shit is truly an insult to any rational person's intelligence.

The fact that some MAGAts will believe him is truly frightening.

[peggysue2]

60. I don't think Cotton is stupid but he is depraved enough to make excuses and lie (badly) for . . .

A corrupt and incompetent Hegseth and his demented boss Trump.

The inhumanity of these actions appears to be the point whether at sea or on the streets of America. Anyone of color, that would be brown people at the moment, are suspect and deserve cruel treatment. In country, New Orleans is now the target as ICE ravages Hispanic neighborhoods and runs roughshod over individual rights, a dragnet for anyone who fits the profile from the same community that helped rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

All of these actions are illegal, inhumane and disgusting. Tom Cotton is complicit as he shrugs and pretends nothing to see here.

A reckoning will come, sooner rather than later, for these vipers.

[louis-t]

64. Let alone the damage to their bodies from being hit

by a missile.

[poozwah]

67. oh yeah?

he can be that stupid.
he is that stupid.
what does this say about those who vote for him? well, they’re stupid too!

[johnnyfins]

68. Now I know where they got the term:

"Cotton Headed Ninnymuggins" from the movie Elf.

[young_at_heart]

69. BOTH sides of my family are from Arkansas

Thank God 3 weeks before I was born my parents left for California!!!

[sakabatou]

70. He's either that stupid, or covering Dump's ass so much, he has Cheeto dust on his lips

[hadEnuf]

71. B-b-but they were on their imaginary radio asking for back up!1!1!

Back up being a guy in a rubber dinghy with a paddle and a club.

[Ping Tung]

73. "Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself."

Mark Twain

[Rebl2]

74. I have to

Agree. Dumbest thing ever heard. I suggest we put Mr. Cotton in the ocean with a large boat struck by a missle and let him try to flip it over. How stupid.

[cab67]

75. Or much less getting into the boat once you've flipped it over without re-capsizing it.

[KitFox]

76. He continues to play his role in the Kelly Anne Conway school of alternative facts. He rushes to the cameras immediately

to spew a story that will dutifully be repeated and pushed by the complicit propaganda media. He always keeps his powder dry by keeping his loyal persona intact. His name was constantly floated and considered for Secretary of Defense, Director of National Intelligence, etc in both Drumpf Administrations. I wouldn’t doubt that he has presidential aspirations and has to keep the MAGA faithful and their media in his corner. Gaslighting proficiency in action for the gullible sheep.

[jO456]

77. Cotton also stated 2nd, 3rd and 4th strikes were lawful

3rd and 4th? What were the 3rd and 4th strikes

?si=JdepFVgAQWMAsT45&t=22

[mikelewis]

92. That's what I want to know... was there a second target?

Did they only release footage of one target and there's a second boat?

Did Old Man Cotton just make an Intelligence Kufluffle? LOL

[RockRaven]

78. But he can be that big of an asshole.

And he can think the public is that stupid.

[Ocelot II]

80. He's not; he's just parroting the party line. But he thinks *we* are that stupid.

[Norbert]

81. What boat? What was a boat was mostly fragments and pieces.

He must think we are as stupid as he is.

[tulipsandroses]

82. He's not stupid. But he knows that many of his supporters are, or at least he thinks they are and will

buy this nonsense.
That is the part that gets me. People that voted for republicans claiming that Democrats are " elitist" - when the Republicans are the ones with billionaires buying influence and their representatives thinking that their voters are stupid.
Democrats just ask that you treat everyone fairly, and stop treating women as second class citizens. Which helps us all, even republican women, for that you are labeled " elitist"

[maxsolomon]

84. He isn't.

He's simply a liar with no conscience whatsoever.

[Emile]

86. When you have the Magic R you can say anything, with no regrets.

[mikelewis]

88. I actually heard something else... he said there were 4 strikes, not 2...

What video was he referring to? Was there a second target?

“The first strike, the second strike, and the third and the fourth strike on Sept. 2 were entirely lawful and needful and they were exactly what we would expect our military commanders to do,” he said.

Could be more video to follow... maybe?

[rsdsharp]

89. What is it that Charlie Pierce calls him?

The gobble necked, slap dick from Arkansas?

[timms139]

90. Those two were doing the same as

Cotton did on Jan 6. Like Cotton who ran through the capital like a scared rabbit they were trying to escape but unlike him they had no place to run .

[niyad]

116. I think you mean josh hawley?

[Mysterian]

91. Cottton is an evil, depraved, lying sociopath

In other words, a typical republican politician.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

94. Give me a scrap of fiberglass, a paddle, and a kilo of cocaine, ...

... I'll be in the U.S. in no time at all.

That dot above the horizon: Is it getting bigger? Oh, shit.

[niyad]

95. Come on!! This is cottonmouth we are talking about. OF COURSE he can

be that damned stupid!!! He demonstrates this every time he opens his mouth.

[Picaro]

96. Tom Cotton is moral vacuum

A moral and intellectual black hole from which nothing can escape.

[elleng]

97. LOOKS stupid.

[stollen]

98. Welcome to Arkansas

[Dorothy V]

100. Stupid And Dangerous

Watch for him to make some moves when the orange fatty finally croaks.

Cotton should never have made it as far as the House - he comes from a black majority district. Some powerful people back him and you can bet he's of the opinion, true or not and it likely isn't, to be the orange fatty's heir to the "throne".

The damage done when Cotton and the rest fight for supremacy when the orange fatty croaks will unfortunately not be limited to the Maga party, and Cotton is the last of them to be concerned about collateral damage.

[JustAnotherGen]

101. Not only is he THAT stupid

But so are the people who voted for him.

This rests squarely on their shoulders.

[Ursus Rex]

102. He's not an idiot, not a fool, or moron, etc

He went to one of the best schools on Earth and graduated twice (Harvard/Harvard law), but like Shady Vance, has given his entire public self to the GOP and whatever the party line is at the moment because he thinks it will serve him best. That is no novelty or surprise in the grand scheme but it IS disappointing that he wouldn't do it if he didn't think a LOT of someones will believe him (or just one in particular).

[Woodwizard]

103. It is irrelevant

Our military should not be blowing boats out of the water.
If they are drug boats they have to be transferring to another ship which the coast guard or navy can detain.

Those small boats are not traveling all the way to the US.
It is murder one strike or 50.

[dlk]

105. Not at all stupid, just venal, calculating and depraved

Rationalizing murder, it’s sickening.

[Evolve Dammit]

106. Oh but he is That stupid, and totally removed from reality. He prooves that every year.

[Skittles]

107. they know their moronic base will buy everything they say

they tend to forget people with critical thinking skills are not that fucking stupid

[Hassler]

108. Tehran Tom's allegiance is to Iran

[The Wizard]

109. pathological prevaricating dissembler.

It's in his DNA. And his fear of Trump .....

[wolfie001]

110. Stupid redneck moron

F6ck him and his service. POS

[ColoringFool]

111. Not Stupid. He's Simply And Deliberately Lying. N/T

[Pinback]

113. The mussel strikes must stop.

Sorry, couldn’t resist. That’s a hilarious typo.

[bagimin]

114. Oh yeah!

dumb as a fucking rock

[Permanut]

115. And, Tom Cotton takes the lead in the Stupid Olympics.

[blue_jay]

117. Not to mention what happens when you are exposed to the explosion itself

How functional do you think you would be after being blown off a boat? Do you think you could hear anything for starters? Have any of these people been around live explosions or munitions without hearing protection? Even with hearing protection, what about the physical shock of the explosion? I'm not buying the idea that they would be very functional, much less be able to find a radio to call anyone. I'd give it a 1% chance if that. Then again, I've never been blown out of a boat so I don't know for certain.

[thought crime]

118. Gas Lighting. Don't believe your lying eyes.

[Otterdaemmerung]

119. The most venomous snake in Arkansas

is the Tom Cottonmouth.

[Akakoji]

120. Hey that's what a Harvard degree gets you

Nothing. You leave with the same intelligence you ever with. Cotton was never a very sharp pencil, but he learned real quick how to milk hid position for personal, financial gain.

[dedl67]

124. I agree with Jacques Barzun that a university provides 'instruction', not 'education'

Education is something that one acquires on one's own. I know some people who were never able to finish high school but who are better educated than Ivy League Ph. D.s (by the way, look up Eric Hoffer). As for Tom Cotton, Harvard wasted a lot of instruction on that guy.

[Niagara]

123. Tom Cotton has displayed his racist rhetorics for years

I don't believe he's stupid, just openly racist and calculating.

[Heftylefty]

125. Firing on sinking boat survivors.

The people on these boats have not been identified as criminals of any sort, nor has their cargo (if any) been proven to be drugs. Offenses against survivors of ships lost at sea are listed as a war crime in the U.S. Naval Handbook. The U.S. military manual on the laws of war gives orders to fire on shipwrecked persons as an example of an "unlawful order" that service members must refuse. The US prohibition against firing on shipwreck survivors goes back to 1863. Firing on helpless enemy combatants is also contrary to international law and the Geneva Conventions.