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Sen. Tom Cotton Bragged He Was an ‘Army Ranger.’ He Was Not Peter Wade Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), the infamous author of the New York Times op-ed calling for troops to break up Black Lives Matter protests, has lied about details of his military service, according to an investigation by Cotton, who first ran for Congress in 2012, claimed during that campaign that he had served as “a U.S. Army Ranger in Iraq and Afghanistan” and “volunteered to be an Army Ranger.” But...

Republican Senator Falsely Claimed He Served As Army Ranger, Twitter Reacts 01/24/21 AT 12:03 PM The military service of Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., came under scrutiny Saturday after a Salon report revealed he did not serve as a U.S. Army Ranger. Cotton’s 2012 campaign for Congress focused heavily on how he "Volunteered to be an Army Ranger," which identifies soldiers who served with the 75th Regiment based out of Fort Benning, Georgia. In order to be considered part of the 75th Ranger Reg...