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Senator Tom Cotton, R-Ark., Doubled on Sunday when he was in a hurry by the host of CBS Margaret Brennan to find out if he wanted to use the language he made during his call to the presidency Donald Trump Send troops to help suppress riots to Los Angeles.
“You have written an OP-ED decision supporting President Trump to send federal national and navy troops to active service to California.
Cotton wrote an elevation For the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, parallel to its infamous favored trial of 2020 in the New York Times, saying: “At the risk of sending Liberals again to their Sofan Canapes, it can indeed be time to send the troops.”
“Yes. When you see left -wing militias throwing bricks and bottles of frozen water in police officers and shooting them with fireworks. And unfortunately, you have mayors and governors in certain places that will not allow the police to maintain order,” Cotton replied to the host of the CBS.
Senator Tom Cotton was pressed by the host of CBS Margaret Brennan to find out if he wanted to use the language he made in his WSJ editorial on the sending of the troops. (Screenshot / facilitation)
“If the governor does not call the National Guard, the president must federalize them. We always hope that the local police will be authorized to do his job and to have enough figures to do his job to maintain order and protect life and innocent goods. If they cannot, or they are not allowed to do so, the National Guard must be on the scene to restore civil order,” added Cotton.
Cotton’s opinion came while Trump’s decision to send the National Guard and, ultimately, a group of American navies met recruits of democrats.
The republican of Arkansas Written in support Trump deployment of the National Guard and marine soldiers in Los Angeles during the weekend after anti-gloss riots degenerated beyond the control of the local police. His comments echoed the similar arguments which he put forward following the riots of Black Lives Matter which torment the big cities of the summer of 2020.
Brennan pushed back and said that Los Angeles police chief insisted that they had the riots under control, while Cotton argued that the chief said last weekend that they were extended.
Senator Tom Cotton wrote two trials in favor of sending federal officers to stop violent protests to the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, one in 2020 and one in 2025. (Screenshot / New York Times; screenshot / Wall Street newspaper)
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Cotton wrote that he was also planning Presentation of new laws This “would stiffen the sanctions for the rioters who attack the police” and “would make crimes related to the riots an expensive offense”.
He added that the current republican budget bill provides additional funding to the immigration authorities to expel illegal criminal immigrants.
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) arrives for a press conference on Capitol Hill on May 1, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Images Andrew Harnik / Getty)
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“These ideas are basic common sense, but as was the case five years ago, Democrats have not learned. It is not” inflammatory “, as [California Gov. Gavin] Newsom said, to enforce federal law, to stand with the police and protect civilians. It is necessary to maintain peace, “wrote Cotton.
Fox News Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report.
