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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSen. Tom Cotton compares largely peaceful anti-racism protesters in Portland to the Confederate Army
Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas on Monday compared anti-racism demonstrators in Portland to the Confederacy as he defended the controversial presence of federal agents in the Oregon city.
During a conversation with Reihan Salam, the president of the conservative Manhattan Institute, Cotton was asked whether the presence of undercover Homeland Security agents in Portland is a violation of state's rights.
Cotton rejected the notion it violates Oregon's rights as a state, adding, "It's no more a violation of the prerogatives of Oregon as a state than trying to defend Fort Sumter was from insurrectionists in 1861."
The first military engagement in the American Civil War took place at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. The Confederacy fired the first shots after federal troops refused to surrender the fort, sparking the bloodiest conflict in US history. In short, Cotton essentially just equated anti-racism protesters to the racist, traitorous army that catalyzed the Civil War.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-sen-tom-cotton-compares-222151262.html
Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)BGBD
(3,282 posts)he wants to build statues of them?
TomSlick
(11,109 posts)However, he believes that Trumpers in Arkansas and the rest of the country are that stupid.
oasis
(49,407 posts)Last edited Mon Jul 20, 2020, 09:33 PM - Edit history (1)
Confederate/traitors lost a completely morally bankrupt campaign.
Budi
(15,325 posts)Thank you LP.
It will take a unified effort to save ourselves.
Hekate
(90,793 posts)lame54
(35,321 posts)Rstrstx
(1,399 posts)Never would have figured
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)dumbass
marmar
(77,090 posts)struggle4progress
(118,338 posts)liberaltrucker
(9,130 posts)Not invading Charleston. Completely different.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)He knows better but I believe he thinks the choir he's preaching to doesn't.
liberaltrucker
(9,130 posts)nt
jacksonian
(736 posts)NO, Ft. Sumpter was the STATE of South Carolina trying to break up the country as traitors. In the name of racism.
Portland is the state of Oregon saying "don't do this to us, we deserve to be treated like citizens".
Mr. Cotton doesn't seem to understand the difference. Surprised?