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Tom Cotton: “We are witnessing a breakdown of society. Career criminals are committing violent crimes and going free, under the guise…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2022
We are witnessing a breakdown of society. Career criminals are committing violent crimes and going free, under the guise of a supposedly more equitable justice system. And liberal judges who have more sympathy for the victimizers than for the victims are a big part of the problem.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas
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msnbc.com

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Senator Cotton criticized the current justice system and the role of liberal judges.

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