Tom Cotton actually said...

I did not receive any objection from Trump administration officials, to include from our intelligence community.

Russia was using active measures and covert influence efforts to undermine our nuclear modernization efforts.

we have to begin to not allow the distortion of terms or the outlawing of terms in Hong Kong or anywhere else.

One cannot be faulted for likening Mr. Xi's impending arrival to Hong Kong to that of a Roman emperor inspecting what he views as conquered ...