Cotton tells Garland: 'Thank God you're not on the Supreme Court'

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Source: The Hill

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday clashed with Republican senators over the Justice Department's efforts to crack down on violent threats against school boards, with one GOP member telling the former judge, "Thank God you're not on the Supreme Court."

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) made the remark during a heated exchange in which the senator tried to tie the Justice Department's new school board policy to an incident in Loudoun County, Va., where a teenager was accused of sexually assaulting a fellow student in a school bathroom.

"This testimony, your directive, your performance is shameful," Cotton said. "Thank God, you're not on the Supreme Court. You should resign in disgrace, judge."

Cotton's remark came during an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where Garland faced repeated attacks from Republicans over the memo that was issued earlier this month offering federal assistance to schools and local law enforcement amid a rise in violent threats against education officials and teachers.

Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/578715-cotton-tells-garland-thank-god-youre-not-on-the-supreme-court

[bluestarone]

1. Look at who the fuck is talking.

You disgraceful piece of shit!!!! low life scumbag

[pandr32]

8. Exactly!

Utter projection.

[BradAllison]

2. This is who we are pretending to have a government with n/m

[Fla Dem]

3. Cotton would never be a 3rd of the man Merrick Garland is morally, ethically or humanely.

F*uck Tom Cotton! I hope he gets strung up by his ankles (figuratively) when the Jan 6th commission is done.

[Chrysanthemum]

34. Not one hundredth n/t

[maxsolomon]

4. Oh, the hyperbole we'll have.

If Cotton is ever elected POTUS, I think I really will leave the US.

[SheilaAnn]

5. I keep looking at Costa Rica and Panama...n/t

[Walleye]

6. So apparently he thinks McConnell is God

[JohnSJ]

7. Cotton is just another racist jackass, who emulates trump. That is the Republican party

[HUAJIAO]

9. That comment is not the worst of it.

Hell, I would approve of a democrat saying that about some republican AG.
The worst part is that Cotton is putting ideas and statements out about Garland that Garland never had or made.. and he keeps interrupting and shouting over Garland when he tries to co0rrect Cotton.

Fuck that sick piece of shit..

[MontanaMama]

10. These POS senators are so disrespectful.

They themselves are not worthy of respect.

[IronLionZion]

11. Disappointing that he came from the same state as Bill Clinton

Cotton is shameful and should resign in disgrace for trying to connect maskholes to sexual assault.

[jimfields33]

13. He didn't even have an opponent in 2020.

He be at have one in 2026. He shouldn’t get a “free” election.

[2naSalit]

12. He's such a fucking asshole.

I hope karma comes his way before too long.

[roamer65]

14. So many times I'd love to ring the pencil neck of that twit.

[johnnyfins]

15. Scared, Cotton?

The drama that this asshole is creating proves one thing. The 1/6 Select Committee has a LOT of these scumbags worried. It's right out of the Trump playbook. Shift the media's attention to some outrageous horseshit of your own creation.

[Irish_Dem]

25. I agree, the GOP is crazy and more desperate than usual.

[Evolve Dammit]

16. This is just getting fucking ugly. They reek of desperation. And this violence against elections

officials, nurses, doctors, teachers and school board officials is being driven by Bannon, the Orange Anus and his "shock troops." We are in a pre-civil war, and it's going to get violent. Be safe out there.

[Irish_Dem]

24. I think we have moved beyond the "pre" part of the civil war.

Look at how many civilian casualties we have.

[Bev54]

17. Cotton also relayed a bogus story about a girl

Being raped by a trans in the school bathroom, which is a bunch of right wing horse puckey. I wish the Dems would have called him out on that. The girl was raped in the bathroom by a boy who was a friend of hers and they had agreed to meet in the girls washroom.

[Igel]

30. Absolutely bogus.

https://www.loudountimes.com/news/updated-judge-finds-facts-sufficient-for-a-finding-of-guilt-in-teen-sexual-assault-case/article_20fbf3fa-35ef-11ec-9e48-1393251238db.html

[Bev54]

32. Thank you, I read it in a different publication but could not recall which one

so was unable to bring it up. This is the shit that the RW peddles but never should have it been allowed to be said by a senator on TV without it being called out.

[Zorro]

18. If I was Garland...

I'd announce the appointment tomorrow of a special prosecutor to investigate the involvement of members of Congress in the January 6 insurrection.

[ananda]

19. If I were Merrick Garland, after these horrible Reep questions...

I would go after Trump and J6ers with everything the DOJ
can muster.

[riversedge]

22. While it may be tempting, I do not think that is in the soul of Garland.

[ananda]

28. Is there any fight in him at all? Recovering our democracy..

requires fight!

[sakabatou]

20. Cotton outs himself as evil, once again

[intrepidity]

21. Bullying bullies

Let's see if Garland will be bullied; clearly the Rs believe so.

[Paladin]

23. YOU'RE the one who ought to resign, Cotton.

You brain-dead, trump-sucking piece of shit.

[Turbineguy]

26. Tom Cotton sounds like a guy

who's expecting some consequences for his role in Jan 6.

[keithbvadu2]

27. TC, are you going to resign now that you've been caught lying about serving with the Rangers?

TC, are you going to resign now that you've been caught lying about serving with the Rangers?

Stolen valor.

[Leith]

29. I really hope that today's hearing serves as a wakeup call for Garland

Just a reminder of what shits the rethugs are and how they treated him years ago and how they are treating him now.

Then perhaps Wally Cox will become Underdog.

[TomSlick]

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

To the extent it's needed:

[LiberalFighter]

33. Thank god Cotton is no longer in the military.

[twodogsbarking]

35. So can we blame Mr. God for the current Court?

[Omaha Steve]

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