Tom Cotton: At Least Arkansas Doesn't 'Hang You For The Crime Of Being Gay'

[DonViejo]

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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[sharp_stick]

1. You can bet the prick

wishes we would. I hate this asshole more and more every day.

[guillaumeb]

2. is he stuffed with cotton?

I would love to see Tom Cotton and Louie Gohmert engage in a stupid contest.

[DonViejo]

9. 2 X 0 still equals 0 eom

[Initech]

13. I think you would get a divide by zero error.

[tazkcmo]

27. Undefined n/t

[11 Bravo]

17. That clash would certainly result in a dead (brain cells) heat.

[guillaumeb]

18. it all goes to show

what generations of inbreeding and home brewed alcohol consumption will do

[Downtown Hound]

19. Let'd use him as a pinata and find out

Oops. Did I say that out loud?

[backscatter712]

20. His brain cavity seems to be stuffed with cotton...

[yuiyoshida]

33. This...

[KamaAina]

24. His cranium appears to be

I guess Harvard's pharmacy needed some bottle stuffing.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Hell, Tom just wants the USA to be exceptional. Iran is beating us in their

discrimination against gays.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Well, then, I guess it's all OK.

As long as we don't actually hang gay people, there's no problem with anti-gay discrimination! Right, Tehran Tom?

Asshole.

[napkinz]

5. Tehran Tom ... there he goes again

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. Well, isn't HE just special......

[napkinz]

21. he's one of 47!

[2naSalit]

14. Oh yeah?

Well, Mr. cottonmouth, did you know that in Idaho there is still a law on the books (at least 10 years ago it was still there I think) that says a citizen can shoot you for being ignorant? Please move or just visit there, we can solve your problem quickly that way.

[hifiguy]

22. Just tell me that isn't the face of a guy

who hangs out at the bus station trolling for runaways. I dare ya.

[Octafish]

6. When the code words get simpler, it's a good idea to take caution.

WTF, NAZI.

[napkinz]

7. is there anyone he doesn't hate ...

[2naSalit]

15. That's putting it mildly. n/t

[appalachiablue]

32. Norman Bates. Women should only be 'allowed' to divorce if ? Ask permission. Everything

is women's fault. Okey dokey psychopath-

[msongs]

8. cotton speaks: being gay is a crime. nt

[gratuitous]

29. That IS a strange locution, isn't it?

Is there a slip of a Freudian nature lurking in Sen. Cotton's clueless verbiage?

[boston bean]

10. Sounds like things I hear here on DU.

ie woman in the US are way better off than women in other countries who are stoned to death, etc.

[sabrina 1]

11. I wonder why he looks to regressive societies like Saudi Arabia rather than developed nations

such as France or Germany to find examples the US can be compared to?

I think this guy could be used as a warning against allowing your children to grow up viewing Fox 'News'.

The brain destroying effects of the Right Wing Noise Machine are becoming apparent now that some of them have managed to become 'public figures'.

[lumberjack_jeff]

16. Arkansas new motto: We haven't hanged anyone for being gay lately!

[frylock]

23. yet

[KamaAina]

25. Neither does California.

We'd rather shoot you!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10409533

[Behind the Aegis]

26. I have heard similar here.

Sometimes about how we have it so much better than other minority groups, so who are we to complain. If only stupidity actually was painful.

[libdem4life]

28. Don't we all feel better that we are one-up on Iran? Most of their

cabinet members et al are PhDs, many from US Universities. Isn't Cotton the one who didn't make it through to a BA? Duh.

[ladjf]

30. This man takes "clueless" to another level. nt

[Skittles]

31. do you hear that, you uppity gays?

we don't execute you; isn't that enough???

[sdfernando]

34. He should be very very careful

every time...every single time I see him my gaydar buzzes like a 5 alarm fire.

[Faux pas]

35. Just your run of the mill

garden variety hater of humanity.

[underpants]

36. Speaking of being hung, isn't the U.S. supposed to be the measuring stick?

Just thought I'd ask

[Thinkingabout]

37. The GOP would rather starve the children, deny them health care, cut education and cut their

Housing. It does not make the US a great nation to do this. Maybe he should get some to spread the teachings of Jesus to love everyone.

[BlueStater]

38. Traitor Tom probably shouldn't talk about gay issues.

There's been some rumors following him about his sexuality. He got married for the first time in March of last year, conveniently right before his senate campaign.

[Runningdawg]

39. Red State the movie?

I am sure he wouldn't approve of hanging anyone. Much too quick.