Tom Cotton had staffers fetch his gun from his office during the insurrection

[Leghorn21]

Republican Tom Cotton believed the situation at the Capitol was so dangerous on Jan. 6 that he asked one of his staffers to bring his gun to the undisclosed location where senators were being hidden from rioters, and that he was prepared to use it.

Link to tweet

It’s legal to have a gun in your office

Now he’s all bored listening to Dems replay that day
Whatever, you slimey poseur

[TwilightZone]

1. He probably would have shot a cop.

Or his foot. Or one of his staffers.

[Tbear]

3. Doubt that, Ranger Training And All nt

[TwilightZone]

8. True

I tend to forget that.

[LiberalArkie]

4. No, he was a soldier, but probably scared shitless to get it himself.

[LiberalArkie]

2. He did not have the balls to go into the halls UNARMED to get it himself.

[soothsayer]

10. Yep. So brave.

[Corgigal]

5. Silly cowboy.

Like any one cop couldn’t shoot, and they are trained to shoot in the torso. Problem is a mob, thousands and thousands keep pushing up. It would be good if he got scared, might have learned from the moment, but guess not.

[turtleblossom]

6. Yes he would use it to shoot other congress probably

[tanyev]

7. To defend his colleagues or assist the mob?

[Irish_Dem]

9. Whichever way the wind was blowing in the moment.

[Bettie]

11. He was probably looking for a chance to shoot one of

the Democratic senators or House members.

Yeah, I do think that little of him.

[keithbvadu2]

12. To help Trump's terrorists hunt down Pelosi or Pence?

To help Trump's terrorists hunt down Pelosi or Pence?

[ret5hd]

13. What an absolute chickenshit!!!

Bob, I need ya' to go get my gun.

Uhhh...I dunno boss. Sounds kinda sketchy out there.

You'll be fine, just fine I tell ya! Just grab that gun and skitter back over here! And here's some quarters...get me some Doritos out of the vending machine.

[BlueNProud]

14. So he could shoot a Democratic Senator and keep majority.

[TomSlick]

15. I'll assume that our boy Tom intended to defend himself and others from the mob.

Nevertheless, it was chicken-shit for him to send a staffer out into the melee to fetch his gun.

[dawg day]

16. Well, he sure wasn't much use then.

Maybe he should have used the gun on one of the killers of Officer Sicknick. But no... he probably just paraded around like his fly was open.

[meadowlander]

19. Another "good guy with a gun"

doing f all to stop a tragedy in progress.

[Demovictory9]

17. who was he going to shoot?

[Rhiannon12866]

18. Twitter reply :

Link to tweet

[maxrandb]

20. Isn't that like when your mom told you to "go get me a switch"?