Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) on Wednesday tried deflect criticism of anti-gay legislation in his home state by saying that LGBT people in Iran are treated much worse.
“I think it’s important we have a sense of perspective about our priorities,” Cotton said on CNN’s “The Situation Room” Wednesday, after host Wolf Blitzer asked him for reaction to the Arkansas governor’s decision not to sign the state’s contentious religious-freedom act. “In Iran, they hang you for the crime of being gay.”
“They’re currently imprisoning an American preacher for spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ in Iran,” he continued. “We should focus on the most important priorities that our country faces right now,” he said.
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Unless you commit the crime of being black, too.
Is there a flush handle on the Senate?
I think the asshole-magnitude meter would break on Cotton. Maybe that needs to be considered a crime too.
Cotton’s argument is sophomoric. My dad taught me just how stupid it is when as a teenager, I tried to argue that I should get credit for all the times I drove his car without wrecking it.
Perhaps you should send them a letter?