Cotton claps back at CBS News's Margaret Brennan over riots that 'terrorized' LA

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) defended the Trump administration’s deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles, arguing it is necessary to “restore civil order” when local police cannot do so on their own.

Cotton was asked by CBS News’s Margaret Brennan on Sunday about an op-ed he wrote, in which he endorsed “an overwhelming show of force” to bring an end to the riots in Los Angeles, where communities are being “terrorized.” Brennan asked if Cotton’s language was appropriate given the political divisiveness within the nation, to which the senator stood by his words and argued that calling the National Guard is “the next step” when “left-wing street militias” are not addressed by governors or mayors.