Sen. Tom Cotton Defends the Indefensible

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Society & Culture, News Commentary, News, Politics

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🗓️ 5 December 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Tim Miller and JVL take on the wildly conflicting stories coming out of Congress after lawmakers watched the same “double tap” boat strike video—from Jim Himes’ alarm to Tom Cotton’s macho fantasy version.

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1:11.4	different offices and um across town congress has just been briefed about the so-called double
1:18.9	tap strike in the Caribbean um where uh secretary of war pete haggseth took out the boat of alleged drug smugglers and then
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