Tom Cotton Warns That Chinese Will Use Olympics To Harvest US DNA For 'Supersoldiers'

[Judi Lynn]

(TPM Illustrations)
By Josh Kovensky
|June 16, 2021 3:48 p.m.

In the minds of the right, the international communist threat is back. And this time, it’s not just personal — it’s genetic.
At least, that’s according to a letter that Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) sent to President Biden this week.

In the letter, Cotton warns Biden that Beijing plans on using the 2022 Winter Olympics as a giant funnel for precious American DNA, harvesting the nation’s fittest and finest for their genomic information as part of a plan to achieve military dominance.

Written in the language of a Cold War-era B-movie and filled with a mixture of sci-fi scheming, eugenics, and stentorian warning, Cotton demands that Biden withdraw American participation from the 2022 winter Olympics absent guarantees from China that it will not collect the data or DNA of visiting American olympians.

“In 2022, thousands of world-class athletes will gather to compete in China,” the letter reads. “Their DNA will present an irresistible target for the CCP.”

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No doubt they want Tom Cotton's DNA

[Srkdqltr]

1. Seriously??

[Mike Nelson]

2. Yikes!

... let's send them Tom Cotton's DNA. That oughta show 'em!

[Botany]

3. And they are gonna harvest this DNA how?

[Lovie777]

4. I see why republicans are losing members . . .

and still have small numbers of the insane. Plus I believed he lied about his military service.

[Kablooie]

5. God. These Republicans are more dimwitted than I thought.

I thought they were just extreme ideologues but they are tin foil hat loonies.

How can so many verified imbeciles be in positions of power?

[Midnight Writer]

6. If he thinks "a guarantee from China" is worth anything, he truly is goofy.

[Bristlecone]

7. Watching too many bad Will Smith movies

That plot has been taken

[stillcool]

8. it's a good thing the Olympics aren't in China

would it make a difference if the Olympics were in Russia?

[bahboo]

9. yeah...that makes total sense...

this asshole's brain is broken...

[sarcasmo]

10. 🦇💩🤪🦇💩🤪🦇💩🤪

[belpejic]

11. I vacillate between thinking this guy

Is secretly smart and dangerous, and a total whackadoodle, slightly dimwitted doofus.

Right now he's coming across as the latter.

I'm growing increasingly convinced that the majority of these right wing Ivy Leaguers, particularly the ones who went on to fancy law and other professional schools, are the beneficiaries of massive amounts of wingnut welfare. They wouldn't have moved on to such blue chip accommodations if they hadn't secured the support of the Federalist Society, etc. Kayleigh McEnany and Ron DeSantis at Harvard Law? Please. Ron only got into Yale because he was a good baseball player.

[Jilly_in_VA]

12. Sure, Tommy, sure

What have you been drinking? Or smoking? Or snorting?