Amid protests on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco over the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, Republican Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas suggested on Monday that if protesters were in his home state they would have been tossed off the bridge by others.
On October 7, Hamas led the deadliest Palestinian attack on Israel in history. Israel subsequently launched its heaviest airstrikes against Gaza. As of Monday, at least 1,200 people have been killed in Israel, the Associated Press reported, citing the Israeli government. More than 33,700 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, AP said.
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On Monday morning, activists protesting the war and calling for a ceasefire shut down Highway 101 on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, halting the commute into the city and resulting in multiple arrests.
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"If something like this happened in Arkansas on a bridge there, let's just say that there would be a lot of wet criminals that would have been tossed overboard, not by law enforcement, but by the people whose road they are blocking," Cotton said.
Cotton continues to stress that there needs to be an end to the protesters as he encourages others to "take matters into their own hands."
"I think that's the way we would handle it in Arkansas and I would encourage most people anywhere that get stuck behind criminals like this who are trying to block traffic to take matters into their own hands...it's time to put an end to this nonsense," Cotton added.
Republican suggests protesters would be thrown off bridge in home state
Following several protests in California calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, Senator Tom Cotton criticizes protesters.
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Normally I would call this "Saying the quiet part out loud", but this PoS seems to be shouting it. Republicans are openly advocating for violence against protesters. In this case it's Pro-Palestinian protests, but the way he phrases it he clearly directs this towards any protestors that gets in people's way.