Tom Cotton Yells Random Questions at Garland, Leaves Senate Hearing in a Huff

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Tom Cotton Yells Random Questions at Garland, Leaves Senate Hearing in a Huff
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Corbin Bolies
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Published Oct. 27, 2021 1:40PM ET
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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK) could barely contain himself during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, lashing out at Attorney General Merrick Garland over a variety of Republican talking points... some of which had nothing to do with Garland. He initially tried to get Garland to accuse Dr. Anthony Fauci of lying to Congress over conspiracy theories regarding his agency’s funding of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, on which Garland said it was outside his scope of knowledge. When that didn’t work, Cotton accused the Department of Justice of trying to prosecute parents over school mask mandates. Garland was scarcely able to get a word in but repeatedly said was not the case.

As nothing seemed to stick, Cotton went for his ultimate power move, yelling: “This testimony, your directive—your performance is shameful. Thank God you’re not on the Supreme Court. You should resign in disgrace, Judge!” Cotton then got up and left the room, though Garland was given a chance to respond. “I wasn’t sure there was a question there,” he said.

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[MineralMan]

1. Cotton - That Pencil-Necked Geek!

[Bev54]

6. That wants to run for president

[Meadowoak]

7. Rotten Cotton.

[gratuitous]

9. Or, as Charlie Pierce has immortalized Sen. Cotton

The bobble-throated slapdick from Arkansas.

[JustAnotherGen]

2. Typical wuss GOP man

[Casady1]

3. If he was a she

They would be saying “ it’s that time of the month”

[Effete Snob]

14. I'm not sure who "they" is...

But going for a sexist non-sequitur is an odd reach.

[Casady1]

18. It is an old

Way that society painted women.

[zuul]

21. Cotton is clearly "too emotional" to serve on the Senate.

That's what the repubes usually say to denigrate women in power.

[GoCubsGo]

4. Republican Political Theatre, 3827th Act.

[LakeArenal]

5. 8 plus minutes??? I quit.

[underpants]

12. In the last minute Garland explains nicely that this is all BS.

[LakeArenal]

27. Thanks. Much appreciated.

[underpants]

8. Today they were trying to out sound bite each other

Kennedy
Cruz - defended parents doing a Nazi salute
Marsha
And Cotton

It was SHOWTIME!!

[Cracklin Charlie]

10. What Cotton was mad about...

Was he wasn’t getting anywhere with that nonsense, and he knew it.

Drama Queen

[Bev54]

11. Not raped by a transgender

That is complete and utter right wing propaganda. She was raped by a boy she thought of as her friend.

[The Wizard]

13. Like most of the GQP today

Cotton is a cheesy, second hand performance artist with noting to add to serious discourse.

[msongs]

15. same tactics the nazis used in the reichstag. rant rave huff and puff then storm out nt

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

16. Jugglers and clowns. -- nt

[Irish_Dem]

17. Do these idiots seem a bit more unhinged than usual?

[BradAllison]

19. Hopefully he is hit by a bus.

[albacore]

20. He's got things to hide. Hence the flinging of feces and hooting! nt

[dgauss]

22. I was wondering why Fox News spent so much time airing the hearing.

It was like they were airing some kind of a--hole audition and the actors turned their performances up to 11 for the Fox viewers.

Beyond disgusting.

[2naSalit]

24. On the list of...

Top three probabilities.

[wryter2000]

23. He needs to defend himself more vigorously

He should watch a few tapes of Dr. Fauci.

What an utter disgrace the Republican party has become.

[Ohio Joe]

25. Cotton is a lying POS...

And he knows it. Garland handled him nicely.

[gademocrat7]

26. The tripe that cottonmouth spewed was pure crap.

He and his other viper chums are a disgrace to the Senate. Pure poison.

[MontanaMama]

28. What a baby.

No offense to actual infants.

[Diamond_Dog]

29. ....