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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(138,646 posts)
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 02:14 PM 7 hrs ago

Tom Cotton, the Senate's foremost Iran hawk, is in a Trump-induced jam

Tom Cotton made his name in Washington as an outspoken critic of a Democratic president's deal to check Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Now, with a president of his own party angling toward a similarly structured agreement, the Arkansas Republican is so far using a softer voice.

Cotton, the No. 3 Senate Republican and Intelligence Committee chair, is not alone among GOP defense hawks in finding himself in an awkward position more than a decade after lambasting President Barack Obama's Iran deal.

But the combination of his prior ferocity toward the Iranian regime and his current leadership responsibilities have put him into an especially tight spot as President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance sell their 14-point "memorandum of understanding" to skeptical Republicans.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/tom-cotton-the-senates-foremost-iran-hawk-is-in-a-trump-induced-jam-140000481.html

Cotton loves kissing some Trump rump.

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Tom Cotton, the Senate's foremost Iran hawk, is in a Trump-induced jam (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 7 hrs ago OP
Trump gave our leverage away. Cotton worships a false prophet. surfered 7 hrs ago #1
more like false profit... themaguffin 6 hrs ago #3
"...an awkward position more than a decade after lambasting President Barack Obama's Iran deal." J_William_Ryan 7 hrs ago #2
Recall that Cotton sent a letter to Iran warning them not to negotiate any deal with Obama. Midnight Writer 5 hrs ago #4
And so does the media AZJonnie 5 hrs ago #5

J_William_Ryan

(3,640 posts)
2. "...an awkward position more than a decade after lambasting President Barack Obama's Iran deal."
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 02:35 PM
7 hrs ago

Republicans are infamous for their hypocrisy.

Such is the blind partisan right.

Midnight Writer

(25,968 posts)
4. Recall that Cotton sent a letter to Iran warning them not to negotiate any deal with Obama.
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 03:44 PM
5 hrs ago

Also recall that other Republican Senators signed on to this letter.

If a Democratic Senator did that today, he would be accused of treason by Tom Cotton and the Republicans.

AZJonnie

(4,187 posts)
5. And so does the media
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 03:47 PM
5 hrs ago

The mealy-mouthed crap that is this very article being one of 1000's of examples.

"So far using a softer voice"?

So far? When has a single Trump-slurping sycophant like Cotton EVER switched from using their "soft voices", while still in office?


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