{"id":2447488,"date":"2025-06-15T07:55:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T11:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gops-tom-cotton-organizing-big-senate-move-after-la-riots-report\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T07:57:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T11:57:46","slug":"gops-tom-cotton-organizing-big-senate-move-after-la-riots-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gops-tom-cotton-organizing-big-senate-move-after-la-riots-report\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP\u2019s Tom Cotton Organizing Big Senate Move After LA Riots: Report"},"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%2Fgops-tom-cotton-organizing-big-senate-move-after-la-riots-report%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=2447488&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>The article discusses the recent protests and riots in California against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), framing them as a potential opportunity for the Republican Party, notably through the perspective of Senator Tom Cotton. The GOP sees the chaos as a chance to critique Democratic positions on immigration,portraying them as extreme and supportive of unlawful actions during the riots. Cotton urges fellow Republicans to emphasize a stark contrast between &#8220;law and order&#8221; as represented by the GOP and the actions of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sara-jacobs-mocked-for-wining-and-dining-post-in-wake-of-ice-raids\/\" title=\"Sara Jacobs mocked for wining and dining post in wake of ... raids\">illegal alien rioters<\/a>&#8221; endorsed by Democrats. The narrative suggests that increased enforcement of immigration laws has been met with lawlessness, and Cotton claims that Democrats have aligned themselves with violent rioters rather than law enforcement. The piece cites other Republican figures who echo these sentiments, suggesting a unified front in leveraging the unrest to their political advantage.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>While this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transgender-runner-nikki-hiltz-advances-to-1500-meter-semifinal-at-olympics\/\" title=\"Transgender Runner Nikki Hiltz Advances to 1,500-Meter Semifinal at Olympics\">past week&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement riots in California have undoubtedly wrought disaster on most involved, it&rsquo;s not all necessarily bad news, at least according to the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans &mdash; spearheaded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tom-cotton-bidens-position-hamas-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sen. Tom Cotton<\/a>&nbsp;&mdash; think that there is a golden messaging opportunity amid the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/enough-enough-hundreds-marines-move-la-riots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles chaos<\/a>, and it&rsquo;s there largely thanks to their Democratic counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>According to an Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/06\/09\/los-angeles-protests-republican-senators-cotton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scoop<\/a>, Cotton is urging his fellow GOP lawmakers in the Senate to &ldquo;double down&rdquo; on the riots to accentuate the Democratic Party&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-maxine-waters-right-just-1-2-people-committed-violence-la-riots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ongoing messaging struggles<\/a> when it comes to illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This gives us an opportunity to remind Americans how extreme the Democratic party is on immigration,&rdquo; Cotton wrote to communication staff on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Arkansas lawmaker continued, &ldquo;Americans have a choice between Republicans&rsquo; law &amp; order vs. the Democrats&rsquo; car-burning, illegal alien rioters,&rdquo; before adding, &ldquo;So far, every Senate Democrat who has spoken out has backed the rioters&hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the accepted rhetoric among Democrats and the left is that President Donald Trump&rsquo;s deployment of the National Guard, followed by the Marines, had only escalated the situation in California.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s a line of thinking that prominent Republicans have already publicly attacked, per Cotton&rsquo;s proposed strategy shift:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">People who were already violating the law are only violating the law because President Trump started enforcing the law.<\/p>\n<p>This is the logic of Newsom and his stooges. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LRnmxuCtu6\">https:\/\/t.co\/LRnmxuCtu6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JD Vance (@JDVance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance\/status\/1932121588205342891?\">June 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People who were already violating the law are only violating the law because President Trump started enforcing the law,&rdquo; Vice President J.D. Vance mockingly posted to X. &ldquo;This is the logic of [Democratic California Gov. Gavin] Newsom and his stooges.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Cotton himself has similarly taken to social media to amplify the message being sent by the likes of Vance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Law enforcement officers were assaulted, cars were set on fire, and highways were blocked.<\/p>\n<p>This was not a &ldquo;peaceful protest&rdquo; this was an uncontrolled riot. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UFzVmT2K1N\">pic.twitter.com\/UFzVmT2K1N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTomCotton\/status\/1932109308562399697?\">June 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Law enforcement officers were assaulted, cars were set on fire, and highways were blocked,&rdquo; Cotton posted. &ldquo;This was not a &lsquo;peaceful protest&rsquo; this was an uncontrolled riot.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Cotton would triple down on his rhetoric in a piece for The Wall Street Journal:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The threat from the radical left is clear: Don&rsquo;t enforce immigration laws. If you do, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >left-wing street militias<\/a> will burn down cities, and Democratic politicians will back the rioters.<\/p>\n<p>The president is absolutely right to reject this threat. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n6ISLyLySi\">https:\/\/t.co\/n6ISLyLySi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTomCotton\/status\/1932550359655874658?\">June 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The threat from the radical left is clear: Don&rsquo;t enforce immigration laws,&rdquo; Cotton wrote in the piece published Tuesday. &ldquo;If you do, left-wing street militias will burn down cities, and Democratic politicians will back the rioters.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The president is absolutely right to reject this threat, enforce immigration laws, and restore civil order.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Cotton added: &ldquo;Democrats put such violent illegal aliens and their anarchist sympathizers ahead of the police, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sheriffs-tell-newsom-they-wont-enforce-covid-curfew\/\" title=\"California Sheriffs Tell Newsom They Won&#039;t Enforce COVID Curfew\">law-abiding citizens<\/a> and legal immigrants whose communities are being terrorized.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Is anyone surprised?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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