<p>"Lock them up," basically.</p><p>"We have a major under-incarceration problem in America," Cotton tweeted Tuesday. "And it's only getting worse."</p><p>If there's one thing America is suffering from, it is not "under-incarceration."</p><p>America truly has found something to be "number one" at: locking people up.</p><p>"The United States is the world leader in incarceration, despite the national incarceration rate being at its lowest in 20 years, with about 25% of the world's prison population being in the US," <a href="https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/incarceration-rates-by-country" rel="noopener" target="_blank">World Population Review</a> reports, citing data from <a href="https://www.prisonstudies.org/highest-to-lowest/prison-population-total?field_region_taxonomy_tid=All" rel="noopener" target="_blank">World Prison Brief</a>. "The United States currently has over 2.1 million total prisoners. The prison population in 1972 was 200,000, almost 2 million less than it is today."</p><p>Not only does the U.S. lead the world in per capita incarcerations, but in total number of people behind bars. The U.S. has less than one-quarter of the population of China, yet has more people in jail than the world's most-populous nation.</p><p>Cotton, who is the <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/tom_cotton/412508" rel="noopener" target="_blank">second-most far right Republican</a> in the U.S. Senate and ranked below-average in leadership, literally offered not a single solution to the ills that plague the nation. Out of 26 votes this year, Cotton has voted no 23 times – against every Biden initiative or nomination but three.</p><p>Today he was scorched on social media:</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
If Tom Cotton is trending, you know it's because he said another racist, ignorant or false thing. In this case, all three. The idea that people like him walk the halls of Congress every day — tells us exactly why this country is in shambles. He's a despicable person. <a href="https://t.co/H9HxD5J3Zq">https://t.co/H9HxD5J3Zq</a><br/>
— Rochelle Cortez (@Rochell21664616) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rochell21664616/status/1379506809954779143?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2021</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
Tom cotton is a fascist. <a href="https://t.co/PdpvmBKqpX">https://t.co/PdpvmBKqpX</a><br/>
— Monjula Ray (@queerBengali) <a href="https://twitter.com/queerBengali/status/1379497723611734020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2021</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
I mean, we all know that Tom Cotton is a blood-thirsty fascist.<br/>
But to say that we have an "under-incarceration problem" is absolutely deranged even by his usual sociopathic standards. <a href="https://t.co/HDSh8DVBnp">https://t.co/HDSh8DVBnp</a>
— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) <a href="https://twitter.com/ErickFernandez/status/1379495304345616386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2021</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
Just an FYI to that freak of nature Tom Cotton, we are the only country in the entire world that sentences juveniles to life without the possibility of parole.<br/>
— loud dame (@Sandernista412) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sandernista412/status/1379493308708294659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2021</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
Remember when Tom Cotton wrote that thing about using troops to crush Black Lives Matter and people insisted that he wasn't a fascist? Well... <a href="https://t.co/GdwewzMjx2">https://t.co/GdwewzMjx2</a><br/>
— Will Bunch Sign Up For My Newsletter (@Will_Bunch) <a href="https://twitter.com/Will_Bunch/status/1379506791504084995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2021</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">
And let's not just talk about incarcerating less. This shouldn't be a debate about how we incarcerate far too many & that Tom Cotton is a carceral sociopath who loves torturing people.<br/>
Let's use this an opportunity to continue fighting for a future where we incarcerate none.
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottHech/status/1379477362576871424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2021</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
Not surprising that this is Tom Cotton's take, but we have an over-incarceration problem, not an under.<br/>
We criminalize poverty and homelessness.
We criminalize addiction instead of investing in rehabilitation.
It's disturbing he wants to penalize people for trying to survive. <a href="https://t.co/7MTZ4jManr">https://t.co/7MTZ4jManr</a>
— Kitty 🧢🔮🦉🍎 • ♿ (@district12kitty) <a href="https://twitter.com/district12kitty/status/1379494280075431937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2021</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
“Why Are All These Black People Moving About Freely?" by Tom Cotton <a href="https://t.co/CFNUPuLXFc">https://t.co/CFNUPuLXFc</a><br/>
— Kali Holloway (@kalihollowayftw) <a href="https://twitter.com/kalihollowayftw/status/1379497218038714368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2021</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
We have a major white supremacist domestic terrorist problem in America.
And it's only getting worse.
Also. Tom Cotton if you want to fill the prisons start with the former guy and the Jan 6th insurrection. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CapitolAttack?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CapitolAttack</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StuffWeShouldCancel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StuffWeShouldCancel</a> Racist Tom Cotton <a href="https://t.co/0ZJWZN5KwS">https://t.co/0ZJWZN5KwS</a><br/>
— Thesheepingofamerica (@tsoamerica) <a href="https://twitter.com/tsoamerica/status/1379505128810631168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2021</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
We have a major Tom Cotton problem in America.
And it's only getting worse. <a href="https://t.co/BSHdGv4aPg">https://t.co/BSHdGv4aPg</a><br/>
— Antifa Sarkeesian 🦥 (@AntifaSarkeesi3) <a href="https://twitter.com/AntifaSarkeesi3/status/1379488552304660480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2021</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
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