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Sun Jan 14, 2018, 02:46 PM

alwaysinasnit (4,882 posts)

Tom Cotton calls Dick Durbin a "liar"

But apparently he has no problem violating the Logan Act by signing (likely authoring it) and sending an open letter to Iran (regarding the negotiations of the deal to freeze Iran's nuclear program) in March 2015.

Logan Act

The Logan Act (18 U.S.C.A. § 953 [1948]) is a single federal statute making it a crime for a citizen to confer with foreign governments against the interests of the United States. Specifically, it prohibits citizens from negotiating with other nations on behalf of the United States without authorization.

There is no doubt that the motive for the letter was to undercut Obama's diplomatic foreign policy goals.

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15 replies	Author	Time	Post
Tom Cotton calls Dick Durbin a "liar" (Original post)	alwaysinasnit	Jan 2018	OP
I had forgotten.	cilla4progress	Jan 2018	#1
Guess it is a good thing that duels in congress are illegal.	Irish_Dem	Jan 2018	#2
Would prefer cage matches on the congressional floor.	democratisphere	Jan 2018	#5
Dueling	alwaysinasnit	Jan 2018	#6
Being called a liar in the press by a colleague would be seen as a dishonor I assume.	Irish_Dem	Jan 2018	#8
Researching	alwaysinasnit	Jan 2018	#3
Oh, absolutely!	Ohiogal	Jan 2018	#4
So I guess Sen. Tim Scott is a liar as well, eh, Cotton?	Leghorn21	Jan 2018	#7
Sen Jeff Flake: "the words ... were not 'tough', they were abhorrent and repulsive"	progree	Jan 2018	#9
Sen. Lindsay Graham: "I said my piece directly to him .. I appreciate Senator Durbin's statements"	progree	Jan 2018	#10
Powerful white guy thinks he can get away with anything	BeyondGeography	Jan 2018	#11
Presidential run?	alwaysinasnit	Jan 2018	#12
Why sure...The MSM thinks he is a natural	BeyondGeography	Jan 2018	#13
Thanks!	alwaysinasnit	Jan 2018	#14
Tom Cotton is the liar	ladym55	Jan 2018	#15

Response to alwaysinasnit (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 02:50 PM

cilla4progress (23,024 posts)

1. I had forgotten.

Thanks for the reminder.

The larger problem is these people will not own up or change their thinking. The only solution is to vote the suckers out.

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Sun Jan 14, 2018, 02:50 PM

Irish_Dem (38,425 posts)

2. Guess it is a good thing that duels in congress are illegal.

Otherwise we might see some shooting on the congressional floor.

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Sun Jan 14, 2018, 02:58 PM

democratisphere (17,235 posts)

5. Would prefer cage matches on the congressional floor.

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Sun Jan 14, 2018, 03:01 PM

alwaysinasnit (4,882 posts)

6. Dueling

Duels, I believe, were about honor. However, when an offense is dishonorable, then you take the offender out to the woodshed.

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Sun Jan 14, 2018, 03:43 PM

Irish_Dem (38,425 posts)

8. Being called a liar in the press by a colleague would be seen as a dishonor I assume.

And yes I think if it was 1835, we would some fisticuffs in congress.

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Sun Jan 14, 2018, 02:54 PM

alwaysinasnit (4,882 posts)

3. Researching

I have been looking into any statutes regarding violations of the federal oath of office. Work in progress.

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Sun Jan 14, 2018, 02:56 PM

Ohiogal (27,867 posts)

4. Oh, absolutely!

We haven't forgotten about the "Cotton 47"!

He is a despicable traitor.

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Sun Jan 14, 2018, 03:21 PM

Leghorn21 (13,240 posts)

7. So I guess Sen. Tim Scott is a liar as well, eh, Cotton?

Graham also reportedly confirmed hearing Trump's racially charged remark in a conversation with fellow South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott.

Reached Friday at a Samsung appliance plant opening in Newberry, Scott said that Graham told him the comments, as reported in the media, were “basically accurate.”

https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/lindsey-graham-i-said-my-piece-to-trump-but-senator/article_e99c2fba-f7a9-11e7-a381-d7950e17b81f.html

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Sun Jan 14, 2018, 04:31 PM

progree (10,360 posts)

9. Sen Jeff Flake: "the words ... were not 'tough', they were abhorrent and repulsive"

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/12/politics/senators-trump-comment-tom-cotton/index.html

Sen. Jeff Flake, a fierce Republican critic of the President, was not at the meeting but tweeted that he had heard directly from those who were in attendance.

"The words used by the President, as related to me directly following the meeting by those in attendance, were not 'tough,' " he said, taking issue with the President's tweet. "They were abhorrent and repulsive."

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Sun Jan 14, 2018, 04:41 PM

progree (10,360 posts)

10. Sen. Lindsay Graham: "I said my piece directly to him .. I appreciate Senator Durbin's statements"

Last edited Sun Jan 14, 2018, 05:15 PM - Edit history (1)

"Following comments by the President, I said my piece directly to him yesterday. The President and all those attending the meeting know what I said and how I feel. I've always believed that America is an idea, not defined by its people but by its ideals," Graham said in a statement on Friday.

Graham neither confirmed nor denied the controversial remarks attributed to Trump, but the GOP senator said he appreciated statements from Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.).

"I appreciate Senator Durbin's statements and have enjoyed working with him and many others on this important issue," Graham said in his statement.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/368772-graham-i-said-my-piece-to-trump-directly

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Sun Jan 14, 2018, 05:27 PM

BeyondGeography (38,639 posts)

11. Powerful white guy thinks he can get away with anything

Because so often he has.

Filed for his inevitable presidential run.

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Sun Jan 14, 2018, 05:39 PM

alwaysinasnit (4,882 posts)

12. Presidential run?

Really! Can you tell where I can find this? Thanks

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Sun Jan 14, 2018, 05:51 PM

BeyondGeography (38,639 posts)

13. Why sure...The MSM thinks he is a natural

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/30/tom-cotton-trump-cia-274159

He’s playing a difficult game, but he is a player. Full-on embrace of Trump to be followed by tactical moves to the center which won’t bother Trump’s base because he was there for the Great Man when so many weasels weren’t...

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Sun Jan 14, 2018, 07:01 PM

alwaysinasnit (4,882 posts)

14. Thanks!

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Mon Jan 15, 2018, 08:21 PM

ladym55 (2,577 posts)

15. Tom Cotton is the liar

Throwing all this obfuscation into the mix to protect the Orange One. One of the most terrifying parts of living in Trumplandia is the complete willingness of the Rethuglican Party to do whatever is necessary to keep the Orange One in the Oval Office.

The entire Rethuglican Party is complicit.

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