Tom Cotton Says Republicans Are Not Traitors for Letter to Iran
U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Arkansas speaks to supporters during a Republican party campaign rally on November 3, 2014 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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A letter sent by 47 Republican senators to Iranian leaders in defiance of President Barack Obama is a civics lesson, not the act of traitors, said Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton, the freshman Republican who drafted the message.
“We’re making sure that Iran’s leaders understand if Congress doesn’t approve a deal, Congress won’t accept a deal,” Cotton, 38, whose letter evoked a sharp rebuke from the White House, said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program. “Because we’re committing to stopping Iran from getting a weapon.”