Some Democrats and their advocates in the press have been quick to denounce the RAISE Act, the new immigration reform bill proposed by Republican Sens. [135], In August 2019, it was reported Cotton had suggested to Trump and the Danish ambassador that the U.S. should buy Greenland. This theory was floated by Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) on Fox News in mid-February, endorsed by Steve Bannon, former advisor to President Donald Trump (Stevenson, 2020), peddled in the conservative Washington Times (Gertz, 2020), and touted by … [141] They wrote in a bipartisan letter: "The detention of as many as a million or more Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in "political reeducation” centers or camps requires a tough, targeted, and global response. Some prominent historians have critiqued historical claims in the Project, especially the argument that America was “founded on slavery” and rebelled against England in order to preserve the institution, but that’s not all the Project has to offer. Several pro-Israel Republican billionaires who contributed millions of dollars to William Kristol's Emergency Committee for Israel spent $960,000 to support Cotton. Clearly there are enough problems with politics unduly influencing curriculum selection. [48] Stuart Rothenberg of Roll Call called Pryor the most vulnerable Senator seeking re-election. Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas described slavery as a "necessary evil" in his ongoing effort to prevent US schools from teaching the 1619 … He noted that Democrats can wage war on Trump supporters because they are the favored political party of other key sectors of society, “from the media, to education, to entertainment.” [85], In July 2020, Cotton introduced the Saving American History Act of 2020, proposed legislation preventing the use of federal tax dollars for the teaching of The 1619 Project, an initiative of The New York Times. [98] Cotton supported President Trump's 2017 Executive Order 13769 that prohibited immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries. After Cotton's amendment came under harsh criticism regarding its constitutionality, he withdrew it. Tom Cotton … [116][117], In June 2013, Cotton voted in favor of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, a bill to ban abortion after 20 or more weeks following fertilization. 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During his time in the service, Cotton completed two combat deployments overseas, was awarded a Bronze Star, two Army Commendation Medals, Combat Infantryman Badge, Ranger tab, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, and Iraq Campaign Medal. Last week, Senator Tom Cotton introduced a bill entitled the Saving American History Act 2020 which would bar federal funding from elementary and secondary schools that use the New York Times’ 1619 Project in their curriculum. [177], Cotton married attorney Anna Peckham in 2014. "[142], In February 2019, Cotton was one of the group of Senate Republicans who signed a letter to Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi requesting Pelosi invite President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen to address a joint meeting of Congress. [37] On January 3, 2013, Cotton was sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives by Speaker John Boehner. Previously in March 2016, Cotton refused to consider President Obama's Supreme Court nominee during a presidential election year, providing his rationale with these questions: "Why would we cut off the national debate on the next justice? [96], In July 2013, after the Senate's bipartisan Gang of Eight passed the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, an immigration reform proposal, House Republicans held a closed door meeting to decide whether to bring the bill to a vote. [80][81], A few days later, an opinion piece by Cotton entitled "Send in the Troops" was published by The New York Times arguing for the deployment of federal troops to counter looting and rioting in major American cities. He is a 6th generation Arkansan who was born and raised on his family’s cattle farm in Yell County. Conservatives have argued for years that the federal government should not be dictating the content taught in schools. [28][29], See also: 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, In September 2011, the Arkansas Times editor, Max Brantley, criticized Cotton for an article that he wrote in The Harvard Crimson in 1998, in which he questioned the value of the Internet as a teaching tool in the classroom, referring to the internet as having "too many temptations" to be useful in schools and libraries. "[26], Shortly after Cotton's Afghanistan deployment ended, Cotton was introduced to Chris Chocola, a former congressman and the president of Club for Growth, a Republican political action committee which became one of Cotton's top contributors. (Nov 2012) Opposes federal grants for education reforms.