Pic Of The Moment: Presumably Cotton's Next Question Was, "Then Why Do You Look Chinese?"

[EarlG]

Tom Cotton channels Joseph McCarthy

[cilla4progress]

1. Exactly.

Neanderthals (no offense meant to actual neanderthals).

[BigMin28]

3. I would go farther back

Cotton and Hawley are that slime that first crawled out of the ocean.

[jaxexpat]

67. Not "crawled", just tossed up by a wave, in an ocean, tired of the slime.

[underpants]

2. Yep. Hawley got his big moment and Cotton needed his.

Straight from the McCarthy hearings. I guess he thought was a good strategy

[MiHale]

4. These people are so embarrassing...whatta idiot.

[IjustDontlikeRepugs]

5. This came to mind...

https://m.

[Diamond_Dog]

9. I thought of the exact same Hank Hill episode!

[louis-t]

10. "The ocean?"

[malthaussen]

16. Or, you could go back to BD in Doonesbury...

... when the Chinese ping-pong team (remember them?) visited Walden, he tried to compliment Chou by saying he really loved Chinese food, especially sukiyaki. When Chou replied that sukiyaki was Japanese, not Chinese, BD said "Chinese, Japanese, what's the difference?"

-- Mal

[Attilatheblond]

37. LOL yep, I AM old enough to remember that one

[samsingh]

6. question to Tom Cotton - what do you have against cashmere?

[Igel]

44. He's probably have one of two responses.

1. He didn't like Led Zeppelin.

2. It was home to terrorists.

[SoFlaBro]

7. Cotton is a dumb ass motherfucker. Fuck his degree. Degrees in his stupid fucking bunda.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

58. After listening to these Ivy League choads yammer their BS for years

I am of the opinion that Ivy League degrees are overhyped crap.

[TwilightZone]

8. That's impressively racist.

A normal person would have to work at it to be that overtly, ignorantly, offensive, but it seems to be second nature to Cotton.

[TexasBushwhacker]

51. Next question

"Do you eat dog meat?"

[niyad]

11. I see that traitor tom cottoonmouth is at it again. Some of us still

remember you and your 46 traitorous fellow senators, you F'n scum.

[peppertree]

35. He's just like his neighbor Blackburn: elected mostly because RW southern voters like the sound of their names

Lauch Faircloth was another one.

Faircloth, as in white sheet.

[Old Crank]

12. Isn't he the Traitor who tried to get the Iranian Mullahs

to reject the Obama and other countries uranium processing deal????

[niyad]

13. I believe he is.

[malthaussen]

14. Wow, it's almost as though Cotton has learned about the HUAC hearings of the 50s...

... or, you know, maybe he just arrived at the same assholery independently.

-- Mal

[AllaN01Bear]

15. send the rs to school . give them the books and the tools , this is what we get. lol how many times i have to tell u

i i am not chinese .

[orangecrush]

17. Imbecile

[SpankMe]

18. Weapons grade asshole. n/t

[John1956PA]

19. I thought Cotton might ask . . .

. . . "So, if you are not Chinese, why are you so good at math?"

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. Tom Cotton is an idiot

[bluesbassman]

24. Idiot, racist, and traitor. Helluva combo he's got working there.

POS about covers it.

No offense to an actual POS, which actually serves a useful purpose in the ecosystem.

[pazzyanne]

50. Actually he has a law degree from Harvard Law School.

I lost a lot of respect for Harvard Law School when I found that out.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

59. see my comment above about ivy league schools

[TeamProg]

21. We can all see what a BRAVE man Tom Cotton is..

[ejbr]

22. Republicans

are the laziest trolls who refuse to do minimal research before attacking

[onetexan]

23. Dumbass cotton doesn't know the difference between Singaporean & Chinese.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

25. He's a REMF

Him and his Pretend Ranger school. I vote against him every chance I can

[Mysterian]

42. I despise Cotton with the heat of 1,000 suns

But he was an infantry officer who completed Ranger School. That's not a REMF.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

48. He went to ranger school but he's not a ranger and never was one, but has left it unsaid hoping people think he is one

Ranger school: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger_School

US Rangers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/75th_Ranger_Regiment

[Mysterian]

49. Anyone who completes Ranger School is an Army Ranger

https://members.ranger.org/Who-Is-A-Ranger

Although it is bad form to publicize one's self as an "Army Ranger" if you haven't served in a Ranger battalion or the Regiment, it is not incorrect or untrue. And an infantry officer in any capacity is not a REMF by anyone's definition.

The Salon article on Cotton's Army credentials was a terribly uninformed piece of journalism.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

54. I'll just leave this here. ANY officer can take the 2 month course. That doesn't make them a Ranger.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/tom-cotton-army-ranger-school-1118418/

Cotton served in the Army for eight years with two tours of duty in war-zones. His military personnel records list eight medals and his “Ranger tab” from attending the U.S. Army Ranger Course. But Sollenberger found interviews and campaign materials where Cotton portrayed himself as an Army Ranger, an honor he never earned.

But the Army’s own website makes clear the distinction between joining the 75th Ranger Regiment and taking the U.S. Army Ranger Course. “People often confuse the 75th Ranger Regiment with the U.S. Army Ranger Course,” the regiment’s public affairs office wrote. But to join the Ranger regiment, members of the Army have to pass the “Ranger Assessment Selection Program [RASP] 1, 2, or both.” Cotton did not.

HE'S NOT A RANGER. He's a Rear Echelon Mother Fucker (REMF in Army Creole) who CLAIMS to be a "Ranger" in the common parlance that a Ranger is understood to be.

[Mysterian]

65. I completed both Ranger School and RIP (predecessor of RASP)

I served as a staff officer in Regimental HQ before I left the military, following two combat tours in the infantry. Anyone who earns a Ranger tab is a Ranger. RASP is primarily a course for enlisted personnel who go directly to a Ranger battalion out of basic training, but anyone E-5 and above is required to complete Ranger School if they want to stay in the battalion. There is no comparison between RASP and Ranger School. Ranger School is much more difficult physically and mentally.

Your understanding of "REMF" is incorrect. A REMF is someone assigned to a rear echelon specialty, such as a combat service support specialty. Anyone assigned in the infantry is not a REMF. In the infantry, everyone not in the infantry is considered a REMF.

Your statement "any officer can take the 2 month course" is ignorant, as was the article you lifted it from. Any person in the military, officer or enlisted, is eligible to go to Ranger School, go to SEAL training, or become a member of Delta Force. That doesn't mean you are accepted for the training. You must be selected for the training, which means maximum physical condition and a miltary need for you to receive the training. My informed estimate is 90% of officers who are accepted to Ranger School are infantry and Special Forces officers.

I despise the fact that an evil psycopath like Cotton wore the same uniform as I did. But screeching nonsensical slurs about his miltary credentials only proves one's ignorance of the military.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

69. Good for you. You completed it

Cotton lets people think he completed the same or later version of that program that you did after you finished the 2 month courses - HE DIDN'T. He completed the coursework but didn't do the roadwork, cause he didn't qualify for it. You seem to be happy with that cause you keep insisting he's a Ranger, as the definition is commonly understood, just in the same way you call someone a Navy Seal

You're a Ranger. He's not. It's like saying he completed basic flight school, then fighter training and he's now calling himself a graduate of Top Gun or Red Flag when he didnt go to Pax River or Nellis

Great convos, hope to do it again sometime.

[Mysterian]

70. I was a Ranger when I got my tab

and so was piece of shit Cotton.

[sop]

26. A smart man would have just acknowledged his mistake, apologized and moved on.

But being a Republican means you never have to admit mistakes, you just double down on your stupidity and never say you're sorry.

[Ohioboy]

27. Cotton needs to be asked repeatedly if he (Cotton) has ever been a member CPC

Let him know just what it feels like.

[Attilatheblond]

41. More to the point, ask Cotton if his mother have any children that lived

For the record, of course

[3Hotdogs]

28. He didn't go far enough I wanna know, "Are you a card carrying member of the Peoples' Republic Party?"

How many fellow travelers of Chou En lai do, or did you know?

Where you a part of the "Great March?"

[DFW]

29. Cotton's next comment was this:

“I don’t care what you’re singing, please answer my question”

[peppertree]

34. Bazinga!

That said - We laugh; but he knows his "low information" voters lap that up like a hungry dog does beef stew.

[58Sunliner]

30. He looks punchable, and oh so stupid.

[nowforever]

31. Tom is perpetually disgruntled and arrogant

There is a bitterness and nastiness that seems to exude from every pore on his body. I wish he would visit Moscow and let Putin give him a tour of one those famous high rise apartments.

[ShazzieB]

32. Ten to one, Cotton doesn't even know what "Singaporean" means.

[Wonder Why]

36. Sounds Chinese to me! About as Chinese as Charlie Chan. Pffft!

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

61. Surely you wouldn't mean Warner Oland, would you?

He was very, very, VERY Chinese, wasn't he...meanwhile Keye Luke and other Chinese actors are right there (exasperated sigh)

[Wonder Why]

63. Don't forget that other Charlie Chan, Sydney Toler.

[COL Mustard]

46. He probably wants show tunes!!!

[twodogsbarking]

33. Glad I'm not from the land of Cotton, look away, look away.

[rambler_american]

38. What a putz! n/t

[NoMoreRepugs]

39. The dumbing down of the Republican Party is a national embarassment.

[Attilatheblond]

40. Oh, give him a break. It's likely due to his physical abnormality.

Head too small, neck too long and thin results in not much blood flow to his brain.

Also, he's a racist pig desperate to stay in vogue with the magastronauts.

[Hassler]

43. Q: Senator are you a Republican?

Tehran Tom: Proudly!
Q: So you are a member of the Iranian Republican Guard?
Tehran Tom: No!
Q: Have you ever been a member of the Iranian Republican Guard?
Tehran Tom: No!
Q: Then why did you write Iran offering your advice on the Nuclear Arms Deal?
Tehran Tom: hummana hummana...

[COL Mustard]

45. I dunno. The guy looks suspicious to me

Cotton, that is. What a tool!

[TNNurse]

47. And I was afraid that Marsha would be the worst with questions,

but she had competition.

[Squaredeal]

52. Racist, are we?

[Otterdaemmerung]

53. The most venomous snake in Arkansas...

... is the Tom Cottonmouth.

[SouthBayDem]

55. He and Sarah Sanders reflect their state's voters perfectly.

I’m sure they are proud.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

62. Not all of them, but then I wasn't born there.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

56. Welp, THAT little bit's gonna reduce foreign investment in Arkansas for sure. Way to go, Tommy-Boy

Nothing's like seeing a senator announce he's a racist POS on an international broadcast to reduce interest in the place by investors looking for an opportunity. NOTE to all investors, avoid Arkansas, your investment will maybe, MAYBE pay back itself with the tax breaks Grifterbee will give business. Doesn't mean you'll make decent bucks for your trouble. Our biggest area of growth right now is Dollar General.

You know, I can't remember ANYTHING positive these traitorous fucks have bought to my state since 2000. No new infrastructure or federal projects. Nothing. They traffik in fear, obstruction and bullshit only. Rep Womack must be scared, I see him advertising here.

[dchill]

57. How do YOU spell ractomcottonism?

[Initech]

60. Tell me you watch Infowars without telling me you watch Infowars.

[Old Crank]

64. Did he also say

They all look alike to him?

[mathematic]

66. Why wouldn't he look Chinese? He is Chinese

Singapore literally uses racial classifications in its demographics. The largest is Chinese.

Singapore is multi-racial, like the US. Also, like the US, the indigenous population of Singapore, the Malay, is a minority.

Nobody would object to this line of questioning:
Senator: Mr. Trump, are you a member of the Russian government?
Trump: Of course not. I'm American. Some say the greatest American ever.
Senator [having established that Trump is American and should not be working in the interests of the Russians]: Mr. Trump, are you associated or affiliated with the Russian government?
Trump: I'm American.

And then we'd have threads on DU with memes mocking the senator with "Then why do your children look Russian" or "Then why do you look European".

Obviously the tik tok CEO did NOT answer the question about his affiliation with the Chinese Communist Party. He pointed out his nationality is Singaporean. He's relying on the ambiguity of these statements and the default ignorance of American progressives about the rest of the world to suggest the line of questioning is inherently unfounded and grounded in racism.

So we can all have a good laugh about how Tom Cotton is racist but we're letting Shou Zi Chow off the hook for his ties to Chinese government, an authoritarian regime adversarial to the United States.

[iscooterliberally]

68. I'm pretty sure when Tom Cotton got his DNA test back it showed he was 98% butthole.

The other 2% is just hot air. I wish he would just go away forever. Seriously, fuck that guy!