#tom-cotton

#tom-cotton

Cotton's call for increased military force against civilian protests echoed throughout Trump's administration, reinforcing a narrative that justified domestic repression as necessary for restoring order.

For one thing, the troops have already been sent in—President Trump has sent National Guard troops and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles...

Cotton leaned hard on the White House to persuade, not pressure, arguing that an overly combative approach could be counterproductive for people like Young.