Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton appears on Meet the media The subject of Trump’s guilty verdict in New York was discussed this weekend as all the errors in the trial and outcome were systematically pointed out.
Meet the News host Peter Alexander debated him throughout as if he were arguing with a political opponent, because that’s how the media works for Republicans, but Cotton stood his ground.
Cotton pointed out that if this happened in a foreign country, the United States would impose sanctions.
Transcript from Real Clear Politics:
PETER ALEXANDER, NBC News: Senator, let me go back to my original question, which is if the justice system, as you say, is being weaponized by Joe Biden against Donald Trump, then why is it a good fit for Donald Trump? What about Trump?
Senator Tom Cotton: Donald Trump has said that what he calls revenge will be success, success at the ballot box, and then restoring peace and prosperity.
Peter Alexander: Well, he also said “an eye for an eye” – so he didn’t mean that sincerely.
Senator Tom Cotton: In 2016, when many people insisted that Hillary Clinton should face criminal charges for the conduct that Donald Trump was falsely accused of, namely mistaking legal fees for something else, remember , she paid legal fees for the sordid Russia dossier. She paid the fine to the Federal Election Commission. Donald Trump has made it clear that he will not prosecute Hillary Clinton because that is not what we do in America. What the Democrats are doing in New York is like what is happening in Pakistan or Brazil. The United States would sanction another country for interfering in an election.
Peter Alexander: Sir, he wanted to jail Hillary Clinton during the campaign…and then said he wouldn’t do it?
Senator Tom Cotton: He said after the election, this is not what we do in America. If New York were a foreign country—
Peter Alexander: I want us to come back to this question –
Senator Tom Cotton: No, Peter, if New York were a foreign country, the United States would sanction them for weaponizing their legal system, their political opponents, and manipulating election results.
The section quoted above starts at five minutes in, but the entire film is worth watching:
Notice how Cotton fights his way through the entire interview. When was the last time you saw the media so hostile to Democrats?
