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Tom Cotton

Tom Cotton

Tom Cotton, a Republican, was elected to the House of Representatives in 2012 from a district in Arkansas.

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Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on June 16, 2024 an interview on CNN's State of the Union
“The weapons that Ukraine used in the early days of this war to fend off the Russian invasion are the weapons that Donald Trump sent, that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had refused to send.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 2, 2024
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on February 6, 2023 a tweet
"It's President Biden who is proposing to cut Medicare Advantage."
False
By Madison Czopek, Yacob Reyes • February 15, 2023
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on August 31, 2022 a tweet
“60% of Alaska voters voted for a Republican, but thanks to a convoluted process and ballot exhaustion — which disenfranchises voters — a Democrat ‘won.’"
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 2, 2022
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on August 3, 2022 an ad
The Inflation Reduction Act "doubles the size of the IRS, raises your taxes and spends billions on a green energy slush fund."
Mostly False
August 23, 2022
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on October 21, 2021 a tweet
The newly drawn congressional district map in Arkansas “keeps communities together.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2021
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on April 8, 2021 a tweet
“New York's 1,200+ homeless veterans are ineligible for these $15,600 payments.”
Mostly False
By Cassidey Kavathas • May 18, 2021
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on March 6, 2021 a tweet
“Senate Democrats just voted to give stimulus checks to criminals in prison.”
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2021
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on February 22, 2021 a digital ad opposing Xavier Becerra's nomination to be HHS secretary
“Becerra supports Bernie’s government takeover of your health care, eliminating your employer-provided coverage.”
True
By Victoria Knight • March 1, 2021
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on February 26, 2021 a CPAC speech
The Biden administration “halted deportations for all illegal aliens — murderers, rapists, terrorists, MS-13 gang members are not being deported."
False
By Miriam Valverde • February 26, 2021
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on February 1, 2021 a Fox & Friends interview
"A lot of these migrants that are coming, we have no way to screen their backgrounds for either health or for security."
False
By Miriam Valverde • February 3, 2021
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on November 16, 2018 a tweet
"There have been no hearings" on a criminal justice bill being considered in the Senate.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2018
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on September 17, 2017 an NBC interview
"If you pass the so-called Dream Act, it will be the single biggest amnesty in the history of the United States, even bigger than the 1986 amnesty."  
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • September 26, 2017
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on April 4, 2017 an interview on CNN
"It is unusual" for a White House official like former National Security Adviser Susan Rice to make unmasking requests.
False
By Lauren Carroll • April 6, 2017
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on February 7, 2017 a Fox News interview
Of 1 million green cards issued a year, "almost none of those green cards are based on job skills or demonstrated economic needs."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • February 14, 2017
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on July 3, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
Says Hillary Clinton "was literally present when we pressed the reset button with Russia just a few months after Russia had invaded Georgia."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 3, 2016
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on July 15, 2015 an interview on CNN's "New Day"
President Barack Obama "said at the beginning of the negotiations that the basic approach was to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for dismantling the sanctions."
False
July 22, 2015
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on March 9, 2015 an interview on Fox News
Says that "Susan Rice, the president's national security adviser, has already conceded that Iran will have a robust uranium enrichment capability."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2015
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on March 9, 2015 a letter to Iranian leaders
If President Barack Obama strikes a nuclear deal with Iran, "the next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2015
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on October 13, 2014 a debate
Says Mark Pryor "votes with Obama 93 percent of the time."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • October 22, 2014
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on October 14, 2014 a debate
Under my platform, "I will make no changes to the current (Medicare) system for current retirees and anyone approaching retirement."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2014
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Latest Fact-Checks About Tom Cotton

Mark Pryor
Mark Pryor
stated on August 25, 2014 a campaign ad
Says Tom Cotton "voted against preparing America for pandemics like Ebola."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • August 28, 2014
Mark Pryor
Mark Pryor
stated on February 5, 2014 a campaign ad
Says Tom Cotton’s vote in Congress to change Medicare "will increase out-of-pocket expenses for every senior in Arkansas."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • February 28, 2014
Patriot Majority USA
Patriot Majority USA
stated on June 27, 2013 an ad
Says Arkansas Republican Rep. Tom Cotton voted to provide Congress with "taxpayer-funded health care for life."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2013
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