What began as a controversial op-ed is now the guiding logic of domestic repression.
Republican Senator Tom Cotton ought to be a happy MAGA-camper these days.
The rebar-right American lawmaker took a controversial turn as a writer in 2020, publishing a provocative opinion piece in The New York Times that caused quite the stir.
Cotton’s column came to mind because it seems that US President Donald Trump may not only have read the missive, but snipped it out of the newspaper for safekeeping and future inspiration.
At the time, America was roiled by demonstrations in the raw residue of the murder of 46-year-old George Floyd – and the killing of other Black men and women – by police officers.
