Senate Intel Chair vows to deport Hamas supporters and block Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon

Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) launched his reelection bid Thursday, pledging to deport Hamas supporters and prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear capabilities.
Cottonāthe chairman of both the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Senate Republican Conferenceālaunched his 2026 reelection bid with support from every Arkansas statewide official, every member of Arkansasās congressional delegation, and 108 out of 110 of Arkansasās Republican state legislators, according to his campaign. Cotton enters the race for his third term with $8 million in cash on handāa record-breaking sum for an Arkansas senator and more than three times what he had at this point in his 2020 campaign, when he won by 33 points.
āIām grateful for the overwhelming support of Arkansans and want to keep serving them in the Senate by fighting to pass tough-on-crime laws, deport the Hamas-supporting lunatics, and stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon,ā Cotton told the Washington Free Beacon. āThis will make Arkansas and America a safer place to live.ā
The congressman, an Army veteran, has also already acquired the endorsements of several fellow Republican senators, including Sen. Dave McCormick of Pennsylvania.
āSenator Cotton is an America first leader in the Senate who helped me win my race,ā McCormick said. āHeās tough on crime, he is deeply respected on national security issues, and he has my full endorsement to keep serving Arkansans.ā
Cotton, first elected to the Senate in 2014, was named a Free Beacon Man of the Year in 2018 for his unwavering stance against Democratic efforts to enact prison reform that would have freed violent offenders. Rather than yielding, Cotton launched a relentless, years-long campaign to spotlight Americaās pressing āunder-incarceration problem,ā championing public safety with resolute conviction.
He also earned an honorable mention for the prestigious award in 2020 for his steadfast commitment to law and order. That June, his op-ed in the New York Times urging President Donald Trump to āsend in the troopsā in response to violent unrest in Americaās cities led to a revolt in the publicationās newsroom, highlighting the liberal staffās opposition to free speech.
So far, no Democrats have announced their intentions to challenge Cottonās reelection bid.
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