Posted on 07/27/2025 5:59:13 AM PDT by Racketeer
NO! Tom Cotton is a deep state SNAKE!
The same snake who just filed legislation to GUT TULSI’S OFFICE after she exposed Obama.
He’ll merely forward everything Kash and Dan have uncovered to his deep state friends, including James Comey and John Brennan.
Cotton is NOT on our side.
Indeed! Cotton maybe wrong about other things but on the need to scale back if not eliminate the DNI he is dead on correct. It like many government organizations expanded way beyond its original purpose. It became a NoVa “jobs program” and is bloated far beyond what its needs are. The fact that Gabbard is using it as a bully pulpit to fight Obama\Hellary\etc sedition\corruption is a happy circumstance. After that’s over and she moves on it will go back to being a bloated unnecessary expensive bureaucratic blob in the Intelligence Community. A community also horribly overstaffed in its HQ component. It needs to be shrunk down to preform its original or done away with.
Cotton attended the big Never Trump meeting on Sea Island with Romeny and the gang, way back when. Never trusted him.
Typo
“...preform its original or done away with. ...” = perform its original purpose or done away with
Cotton will say anything to get what he needs to protect the deep state machine.
I do not trust Tom Cotton.
“Please find a DEM to go after.”
Dems and RINO’s are the very same thing. Cotton is a huge RINO. No doubt about it.
You thought right.
Note to Tom Cotton. A budget would be nice...
While Tom Cotton had his concerns about Tulsi Gabbard dring the conformation process, he came around and voted for her confirmation.
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) has publicly praised Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Director of National Intelligence (DNI). Cotton defended Gabbard against what he described as “smears” from critics, emphasizing her honorable service of over 20 years in the military, her passing of multiple background checks, and her integrity as a patriot.
He also stated that he hoped no one would impugn her patriotism or integrity, noting her extensive service in the U.S. Army and the clean background check she underwent.
Cotton’s support for Gabbard was not only vocal but also strategic. He led a concerted effort to secure her nomination, including organizing a makeshift confirmation “war room” and enlisting the help of former senators and other key figures to rally support for her nomination. His campaign was instrumental in pushing Gabbard’s nomination through the Senate Intelligence Committee, despite initial skepticism from some Republican members.
Cotton acknowledged that he and Gabbard had differences on certain issues but praised her commitment to pursuing much-needed reforms in the intelligence community. He expressed willingness to collaborate with her on advancing these reforms once she was confirmed. His backing was seen as a significant boost for Gabbard, particularly given that many of her critics were from within Cotton’s own defense hawk camp.
As for the legislation he introduced:
The proposed bill would cap ODNI's workforce at 650 employees, down from approximately 1,600, effectively cutting its staff by more than 60%.
This reduction includes the elimination of several ODNI organizations, such as the National Counterintelligence and Security Center and the National Intelligence University.
While you and the person who posted this on X take this as being an attack on Tulsa Gabbard personally, I see it as a reduction to trim government largess in bloated spending by over-staffing that has grown the size & power of the Federal Government.
Tom Cotton, the junior U.S. Senator from Arkansas, holds a conservative rating of 92% according to the American Conservative Union (ACU). He is also an outspoken proponent of smaller government.
So, you have to seek as much information as you can to make an informed decision. There will always be critics, and they must be listened to, but when the evidence paints a different picture that that of the critics, you must go with the accomplishments, and ignore the criticisms.
So did Elise Stefanik and Rick Scott, among others. Mixed bag.
Must you tell me how must? Must you?
Cotton can call these criminals to testify in the Senate if he wants information.
Hell no to sharing FBI Files with him while criminal investigations are underway.
Good to know, since he’s doing the opposite.
“He’ll merely forward everything Kash and Dan have uncovered to his deep state friends, including James Comey and John Brennan.”
Provide false information and see if it leaks. If it does, arrest him for treason. We’ve got to get rid of the trash, regardless of political party.
Trump was a Dem...way back when...So it follows that I should never trust Trump.
Does Cotton need to go?!
Who could run against him??
Is your memory so decrepit you have forgotten your orgasmic support of the DuhSaintis? Inquiring minds sure would like to know.
Support of DuhSaintis for what and when and why?? I’ve always been for Trump...DeSantis for VP....cuz that’s where we were at...We never even heard of Vance at that time.
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