{"id":2223100,"date":"2024-04-17T11:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T15:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-cotton-stands-by-comment-moving-pro-hamas-lunatics-off-the-highway\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T11:04:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T15:04:38","slug":"tom-cotton-stands-by-comment-moving-pro-hamas-lunatics-off-the-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-cotton-stands-by-comment-moving-pro-hamas-lunatics-off-the-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Cotton maintains stance on relocating &#8216;pro-Hamas lunatics&#8217; from the roadway"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftom-cotton-stands-by-comment-moving-pro-hamas-lunatics-off-the-highway%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2223100&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator \u2063Tom Cotton from \u2062Arkansas reiterated his \u200dsupport for removing \u200cprotesters affiliated with the Hamas terrorist group\u200d from highways. He encouraged taking\u200d action to clear blocked \u2062roads, criticizing the \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-education-lesson-from-covid-lockdowns-school-choice-is-imperative-for-every-child\/\" title=\"The Education Lesson from COVID Lockdowns: School Choice Is Imperative for Every Child\">disruptions caused<\/a> \u200cto daily life\u200d and emergencies. \u2063Cotton&#8217;s remarks underline\u2063 the need for peaceful protests and the enforcement of law and\u2063 order by local authorities.\u2063 While taking\u200b a stand against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pics-new-zealand-bricks-explosives-fly-as-police-attack-anti-mandate-protest-with-water-cannons\/\" title=\"Pics -- New Zealand: Bricks, 'Explosives' Fly as Police Attack Anti-Mandate Protest with Water Cannons\">protesters linked<\/a> to the Hamas terrorist group\u2064 blocking highways, Senator Tom \u2062Cotton emphasized the importance of maintaining peaceful protests and upholding law and order by \u2064local\u200c authorities. His call to clear the roads aims to prevent disruptions to daily life and\u2062 emergency \u2062services caused by such \u200cdemonstrations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tom-cotton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tom Cotton<\/a> (R-AR) reiterated a comment he made on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>social media<\/a> about protesters in support of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hamas<\/a> terrorist group, who have been blocking various highways over the past few days.<\/p>\n<p>Cotton had encouraged people on social media to \u201ctake matters into your own hands\u201d to remove pro-Palestine protesters blocking highway traffic. The past couple of days have seen several demonstrations on highways, with one preventing travelers from driving to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2966967\/multiple-pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested-for-blocking-traffic-to-chicagos-ohare-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the O\u2019Hare International Airport<\/a> in Chicago, Illinois.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>I encourage people who get stuck behind the pro-Hamas mobs blocking traffic: take matters into your own hands to get them out of the way. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time to put an end to this nonsense.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomCottonAR\/status\/1780039918737121502?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Arkansas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Arkansas<\/a> senator noted how these types of protests are harming people who are simply going about their day and could potentially be harming people trying to get a family member to a hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll these pro-Hamas lunatics can, I don\u2019t know, get a permit and protest in a park and wave around little Hamas flags if they want to make fools of themselves, but they have no right <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-people-in-nypd-custody-following-anti-cuomo-protest\/\" title=\"4 people in NYPD custody following anti-Cuomo protest\">block traffic<\/a>, especially on major highways and city streets when other people are trying to go about their business,\u201d Cotton said on Fox News\u2019s <em>The Ingraham Angle<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Cotton also expressed his support for local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>police<\/a> to arrest these protesters if they are able to, adding that the protesters should not be surprised if they are forcibly removed from the road by travelers.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Cotton criticized Democratic lawmakers for not condemning protesters who have advocated against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a>, claiming that they are raising money to bail these protesters from jail.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo they\u2019re not really sympathetic to people who are trying to catch a flight at O\u2019Hare to go visit a parent or see a kid\u2019s graduation or to a mom who\u2019s got to get her kid to the doctor\u2019s office or school in the morning,\u201d Cotton said. \u201cThey\u2019re sympathetic to all these anti-Israel, pro-Hamas protesters, and therefore they don\u2019t want to take a position on what they\u2019re doing to violate the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>I don&#8217;t know who needs to hear this, but blocking a bridge or berating folks in Starbucks isn&#8217;t righteous, it just makes you an asshole.<\/p>\n<p>Demand Hamas to send every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-denounces-ahole-pro-palestinian-protesters-for-public-disruptions\/\" title=\"Fetterman criticizes disruptive pro-Palestinian protesters\">hostage back home<\/a> and surrender. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mG8212taQ6\">https:\/\/t.co\/mG8212taQ6<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenFettermanPA\/status\/1780226804990480419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Cotton is not the only senator to speak out against these types of protests, as Sen. John Fetterman shared footage on X of pro-Palestine protesters berating customers and employees inside of a Starbucks building. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2968364\/fetterman-denounces-pro-palestinian-protesters-public-disruptions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Fetterman wrote<\/a> that this type of behavior \u201cjust makes you an a**hole,\u201d and encouraged the protesters to demand Hamas release their hostages and surrender.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) reaffirmed his social media post regarding protesters backing the Hamas terrorist group obstructing highways. 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