Tom Cotton

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Tom Cotton @SenTomCotton

In 1967, President Johnson ordered the 82nd and 101st Airborne to stop deadly race riots in Detroit. LBJ: “We will not tolerate lawlessness... This Nation will do whatever it is necessary to do to suppress and to punish those who engage in it.” https://t.co/ICyQ7JfbmH — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 2, 2020

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In 1957, President Eisenhower ordered soldiers to enforce integration of Little Rock schools against a racist mob. This was a dark episode in my state’s history, but Ike was right: “Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of the courts.” https://t.co/WOo6Fyep9x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 2, 2020

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The next year, 13,000 troops were called to protect Washington, D.C. from riots that erupted after the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. The city didn’t recover for decades, but federal troops staunched the bleeding. https://t.co/jw2L27DNmu — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 2, 2020