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Where Things Stand: Media Mistakes Embolden Another Trumpian

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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) arrives in the Capitol for the Senate Republican lunch on March 10, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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June 9, 2020 12:14 p.m.

Regardless of who-pitched-who, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) clearly knew what he was doing — and what he was getting away with — with his New York Times op-ed pushing the use of military force against protesters demonstrating against police brutality and the death of George Floyd.

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