That said, Cotton's the scariest Senator in Washington, DC, bar none. I'd be less scared with Steve King in the White House, simply because Cotton is (A) more intelligent, and (B) a bigger warmonger. Steve King's a jerk, but he's also not bright enough to get much done, whereas Cotton is extremely intelligent in a frightening sort of way.
Gotta agree with you, Fuzzy. Cotton is dangerous. He’s one of three people (Ted Cruz and Kris Kobach are the others), who would make me vote for Trump over the specified opponent.
Cotton, like you say, is not a moron in the way Trump is. He’s Ivy League educated, he’s a veteran, so large portions of the base love him for that, and he has such radical views (especially on crime and foreign policy) that he could theoretically put to power (Trump, for all of the stupid and dangerous things he thinks, has not been effective largely because he’s a moron).
Tom Cotton wanted to throw entire families in prison if a member violated sanctions on Iran, including great-grandchildren. That is straight up something that North Korea does. Cotton also seeks to punish any family member of those people, “to include a spouse and any relative to the third degree,” including, “parents, children, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, grandparents, great grandparents, grandkids, great grandkids,” Cotton said.
“There would be no investigation,” Cotton said during Wednesday’s markup hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “If the prime malefactor of the family is identified as on the list for sanctions, then everyone within their family would automatically come within the sanctions regime as well. It’d be very hard to demonstrate and investigate to conclusive proof.”
