Tom Cotton slams 2020 Dems and 'Squad' over death penalty outrage, cites triple murder by white supr

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Tom Cotton slams 2020 Dems and 'Squad' over death penalty outrage, cites triple murder by white supremacist
Paul Steinhauser

Republican Sen. Tom Cotton is taking aim at four of the leading contenders for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination – as well as two Democratic freshman congresswomen who are part of the ‘Squad’ – over their vocal opposition to the Justice Department’s decision to resume the federal death penalty after a 15-year hiatus.

The announcement this week by Attorney General William Barr that the federal government will execute five prisoners -- each convicted in 2004 or earlier of killing children or the elderly – was quickly decried by death penalty opponents as an unlawful move.

Cotton, an Iraq War veteran turned conservative first-term senator from Arkansas and ally to President Trump, emulated the president with a tweet-storm on Thursday night forcefully pushing back against comments by some of those slamming Barr’s announcement.

Read more at: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tom-cotton-tees-off-on-2020-dems-squad-over-death-penalty-stance

[Maj. Bill Martin]

This is perfect.  And until this article, I didn't realize the Dem heavy-hitters who had come out in against imposing the death penalty against those guys -- Sanders, Warren, Buttigieg, and Kamala Harris.  They're all polling in the top 5 for the Dem nomination.