Conor Friedersdorf

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@TheAgaveOtter @CathyYoung63 @ijbailey Esp when size of "platform" is irrelevant to what happens. That is to say, Cotton could have called the president and various governors in private phone calls and whispered arguments for sending in the National Guard, and they could have made the call alone. There was no vote — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@mffwww First, I disagree that the NYT gave Cotton any more of a megaphone than a sitting Senator already possesses. Second, I don't think "martial law" is strictly accurate. Third, I don't agree that a newspaper "enables" a Senator when it allows him or her to publish an oped. Fourth, — PolitiTweet.org