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One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. -- Plato (429-347 BC)

Friday, May 09, 2014

Rep. Tom Cotton Slams Dems Over Phony Benghazi Fundraising Outrage

Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR) took to the floor of the House on Thursday during a debate over the establishment of a select committee to investigate the Benghazi attack where he strongly criticized Democrats for condemning Republican committee fundraising solicitations relating to the investigation. Cotton said their outrage was hypocritical, and asked where their indignation was when he was serving in Iraq in the armed forces and Democratic committees were pitching donors by citing American deaths in that theater of war.

Daily Caller reported: Arkansas Republican Rep. Tom Cotton excoriated his Democratic colleagues for attacking a GOP fundraising effort around the Benghazi cover-up, asking “Where was the outrage as Democrats fundraised endlessly off the Iraq War?”

Cotton took to the House floor minutes before a vote to convene a select committee to investigate alleged wrongdoing by the Obama administration in the aftermath of the September 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya.

Democrats had been railing against a National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) email referencing the cover-up and asking for political donations. They argument was that it is disgraceful for a political party to raise money on a tragedy that killed four Americans.

As a former Army veteran with combat experience in Iraq and Afghanistan, Cotton was having none of it. Democrats, he said, “express great outrage at politicizing this manner. When I was leading troops in Iraq in 2006 — men and women who were being shot at and blown up by al-Qaeda — where was the outrage as they fundraised endlessly off the Iraq War?”

“Where was the outrage as they viciously attacked our commanders?” Cotton continued, his voice quavering with anger. “Where was the outrage when they said that soldiers were war criminals? Where was the outrage when they said the war was lost? Where was the outrage when they said that only high school dropouts join the army?”

“Forgive me if I don’t join my Democratic colleagues in sharing in their fake outrage,” the congressman spat. “Four Americans lost their lives that night in Benghazi. They deserve justice. The American people deserve the truth.”

“One lesson I learned in the Army is we leave no man behind,” Cotton concluded. “And we will not leave these four men behind.”

CSPAN video Via the Washington Free Beacon (FreeBeacon.com):
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Congressman Tom Cotton (R) represents the citizens of the 4th District of Arkansas. He is also running for U.S. Senate in 2014 against liberal progressive Sen. Mark Pryor (D). To learn more about Tom Cotton visit tomcotton.com

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6 Comments:

Blogger johnnyangel10 said...

If the raising cash to change terrible policy and government is behind any politization of the event,that may be unfortunately the best way to change leadership that prevents this kind of irresponsible governing AGAIN ! Ever again !!

5/10/2014  
Anonymous David L Singer said...

Well Done!

5/10/2014  
Anonymous Gene McVay said...

I am so proud of Tom Cotton.

5/10/2014  
Blogger Bill Smith said...

Roger that! Tom Cotton appears to be a fiery Lincoln of our day both physically and politically. His down to earth honesty combined with a quick wit and a solid and conservative foundation must scare the progressive democrats greatly.

I observed that he has the canny ability when talking with (not at) a person to give his full attention to that person for the minutes needed. He is so tall, but seems to try to position himself so he is not making you look up physically at him.

And for those that don't know it, Cotton may have grown up on a farm / ranch, but he really did attend Harvard and his records are open to the public unlike the occupant of the White House.

Many people in Arkansas recall the days of picking cotton. Well today - it is definitely" Time to pick Cotton' and to support him for the Nov. election and to send him back to Washington as a U.S. Senator.

5/10/2014  
Anonymous John Davidson said...

(With regard to Benghazi) If people are not held accountable for their mistakes, how the hell is anything expected to work properly?

5/10/2014  
Anonymous Ella Ruth Alley said...

Great JOB, Rep. Cotton.

5/11/2014  

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