Tom Cotton in Speeches at CPAC (2020s)
On Crime:
If you don't have security, you don't have anything
I will never apologize for defending America. One of the first things I learned in the army, really one of the first things anyone learns in the army, is the five principles of patrolling, the most important of which is security. Because if you
don't have security, you don't have anything. And security is what our brave police officers bring to our communities every single day across America. And that's why conservatives should never apologize for backing the blue.
Source: Remarks by Senator Cotton at the 2021 CPAC Conference
Feb 26, 2021
On Immigration:
Why are they undocumented? Because they're illegal
Have you seen that Joe Biden wants to ban the term illegal aliens? He wants to replace it with undocumented non-citizen. Why are they undocumented? Because they're illegal. And that's just the tip of the iceberg of their open borders immigration agenda.
They want to give amnesty to 15 to 20 million illegal aliens, with no strings attached, with voting rights. They have halted deportations for all illegal aliens. They stopped building a wall on our border.
Source: Remarks by Senator Cotton at the 2021 CPAC Conference
Feb 26, 2021
On Principles & Values:
No more urgent task than simple, unapologetic patriotism
That's why there's no more urgent task today than the defense of America and a simple, unapologetic patriotism. We face many threats in this country, whether from China, or Iran, or Islamic terrorism, but there is no more pernicious threat to
America than the rejection of our founding principles and our heritage and our tradition. And to all those on the left who would reject those things, I have a message. We will defend America without fear, without reservation, and without apology.
I'll confess that it makes my blood boil when I see liberals desecrating our flag. When I was in the army, I served at Arlington National Cemetery, and we performed funerals for our fallen heroes. I had to present that flag to their widows, the same
flag was burned in our streets last year. The same flag that pampered athletes disrespect by taking a knee during our national anthem. A lot of our wounded warriors don't have the ability to take a knee anymore.
Source: Remarks by Senator Cotton at the 2021 CPAC Conference
Feb 26, 2021
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