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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,220 posts) Mon Nov 19, 2018, 05:58 PM Nov 2018

GOP senator accuses fellow Republican of spreading 'fake news' about criminal justice reform bill

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) called out fellow Republican senator Tom Cotton (Ark.) Monday, saying he was spreading “100% fake news” about a pending criminal justice reform bill.

Lee was referring to a tweet from Cotton on Saturday saying there had been no hearings on the First Step Act, which seeks to overhaul the criminal justice system.

Cotton also asserted that the legislation “gives early release to 'low level, nonviolent' criminals convicted of assaulting police, even with deadly weapons.”

“I highly respect my colleague from Arkansas but everything in his tweet and this thread is “100% fake news,” Lee said in his tweet, referring to Cotton's assertions.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/417495-gop-senator-accuses-fellow-republican-of-spreading-fake-news-about-criminal

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GOP senator accuses fellow Republican of spreading 'fake news' about criminal justice reform bill (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2018 OP

Tom Cotton challenges Ted Cruz as the most loathed comradebillyboy Nov 2018 #1

Good...Fight Amongst Yourselves Lowlifes Me. Nov 2018 #2

That's all they have left gratuitous Nov 2018 #3

I adore watching them eat their own. dewsgirl Nov 2018 #4

In a fight between a weasel and a mongoose. I just can't cheer for either. Just hope Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2018 #5

comradebillyboy

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1. Tom Cotton challenges Ted Cruz as the most loathed

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Mon Nov 19, 2018, 06:01 PM

Nov 2018

person in the Senate.

Me.

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2. Good...Fight Amongst Yourselves Lowlifes

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Mon Nov 19, 2018, 06:02 PM

Nov 2018

gratuitous

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3. That's all they have left

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Nov 19, 2018, 06:03 PM

Nov 2018

Squawking "fake news" at each other, because reasonable people have tuned out their repetitive complaints. Should be easy enough to ascertain whether there have been hearings on the criminal justice reform bill, though. I wouldn't trust either one of these clowns any further than I could caber toss the Washington Monument.

dewsgirl

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4. I adore watching them eat their own.

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Mon Nov 19, 2018, 06:07 PM

Nov 2018

Guy Whitey Corngood

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5. In a fight between a weasel and a mongoose. I just can't cheer for either. Just hope