Tom Cotton Blasted for Claims About Being an Army Ranger by Lawmaker Who Was One

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Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton was criticized by a Democratic lawmaker who served as a U.S. Army Ranger, after Cotton was accused of misrepresenting his military record during his first run for office.

Colorado Democratic Representative Jason Crow called out the GOP Senator on Twitter Saturday, following a report that said Cotton previously embellished the truth about being an Army Ranger.

"Hey@SenTomCotton, unless you wore one of these berets you shouldn't be calling yourself a Ranger. Truth matters," Crow wrote.

Crow served in the Army's elite 75th Ranger Regiment during tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, and tweeted an image of himself wearing the distinctive Ranger beret.


https://www.newsweek.com/tom-cotton-blasted-lie-about-being-army-ranger-lawmaker-who-was-one-1563935

[vlyons]

1. I shall never understand why assholes like Cotton tell such lies

Lies that are easily discovered and exposed. I can only speculate that Cotton thinks that we're all mentally defective and gullible enough to swallow any BS they say.

Let this be the motto of the moment: TRUTH MATTERS

[UpInArms]

2. Lying to embellish

Because they know, deep inside, they are worthless

[The Wizard]

3. Stolen valor is a criminal violation. (NT)

[mitch96]

7. Now all of a sudden his office "clarifies" his military career as taking a "Ranger Course"

to acquire his Ranger Tab and was never actually a Ranger... His get out of jail free card I guess.
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[PCIntern]

4. Btw, did you know I was an Admiral?

I commanded the Sixth Fleet and when I was captain of the nuclear sub, I was the individual upon whom Tom Clancy based his fictional character.

Yeah...Sixth Fleet...that’s the ticket....

[bronxiteforever]

5. +1

[MurrayDelph]

9. And I'm an astronaut

based on my weekend at Space Camp.

[alphafemale]

10. I can see the moon from my house. NT

[SharonClark]

6. Why is this being revealed now?

Did Arkansas newspapers, Arkansas Dems, and his opponents fail to check his background?

What happened to opposition research? You can’t take repugs at their word.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. Question from way back in the Rear Echelons: ...

What's the point of a Ranger tab? Doesn't it identify you as a Ranger?

Do you have to be in the 75th Ranger Regiment to be a "real" Ranger? Is there a term for someone not in the Ranger Regiment who wears a Ranger tab? "Wannabe"?

I think the 75th Ranger Regiment was formed long after this Bozo was handed his release papers. But there were Ranger-tabbed individuals even in those primitive days.

[Happy Hoosier]

12. Simple Question: Did he have a Ranger tab?

If he did, he was technically a Ranger even if he didn't serve in a Spec Ops Regiment.

[rogue emissary]

13. What pisses me off is it took over seven years for someone to call him out on his BS.