{"id":576674,"date":"2021-06-29T16:20:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T20:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=576674"},"modified":"2021-06-29T16:20:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T20:20:38","slug":"tom-cotton-pans-biden-admins-immigration-crime-policies-during-campaign-style-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-cotton-pans-biden-admins-immigration-crime-policies-during-campaign-style-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Cotton Pans Biden Admin\u2019s Immigration, Crime Policies During Campaign-Style Speech"},"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-pans-biden-admins-immigration-crime-policies-during-campaign-style-speech%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=576674&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>Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton criticized the media\u2019s response to the lab leak theory and blamed President Joe Biden for the increase in crime across many American cities during a campaign-style speech in South Dakota Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Cotton, who is widely thought to be considering a presidential run in 2024, touched on his support for tough-on-crime policies, and even mentioned his infamous New York Times op-ed from last summer while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyCaller\/videos\/808904149991286\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speaking<\/a> at an event hosted by the South Dakota Republican Party. He also criticized the Biden administration\u2019s response to the increase in migrants crossing the southern border, even calling Biden himself the \u201croot cause\u201d of the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can save [Vice President Kamala Harris] all the time and travel, all she had to do was go to work one morning,\u201d Cotton said, discussing her recent trip to Latin America. \u201cThe root causes of our border crisis lives in the White House and his name is Joe Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/27\/lab-leak-theory-credible-8-facts-wuhan-covid-19-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lab leak theory<\/a>, Cotton decried the media\u2019s initial response that it was conspiratorial, xenophobic or \u201cracist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt didn\u2019t take a lot of genius to figure this out,\u201d Cotton said. \u201cYet the media denounced it \u2026 and a year later, we were right, they were wrong, and China was lying all along.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cotton also panned the Biden administration for the increase in crime beginning in early 2020, blaming it for the rise of \u201cthreats to our way of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMurders increased last year at the fastest rate on record,\u201d Cotton said. \u201cWhat is Joe Biden\u2019s proposal? He wants to take away your AR-15.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/23\/joe-biden-strategy-crime-gun-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(RELATED: Biden Highlights Combatting \u2018Gun Violence\u2019 As Part Of Crime Prevention Strategy)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7226402\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7226402\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7226402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1325122028-scaled-1.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1325122028-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1325122028-174x120.jpg 174w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1325122028-620x428-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1325122028-768x531-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1325122028-1536x1061-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1325122028-2048x1415-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7226402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Joe Biden speaks on gun crime prevention measures on June 23. (Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cotton\u2019s South Dakota speech comes as more floated Republican candidates begin traveling across the country and attempt to build a wider national profile ahead of the 2024 cycle. Former Vice President Mike Pence has been traveling the country <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/25\/pence-proud-certify-election-jan-6-breaking-with-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">giving speeches<\/a>, while Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/florida\/story\/2021\/06\/07\/desantis-cashes-in-on-rising-star-status-with-big-money-blitz-1385334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">met with dozens of fundraisers<\/a> in California this month and announced that he would <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/25\/donald-trump-ron-desantis-joe-biden-kamala-harris-florida-texas-southern-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">send members of the Florida national guard<\/a> to the southern border.<\/p>\n<p>Even former President Donald Trump began his campaign-style rallies once again this weekend, traveling to Ohio and announcing a July 4 speech in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arkansas Republican Sen. 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