Adding Tom Cotton to our list

Cotton may not be up for election this year, but we’re ready to recruit his replacement NOW. {NAME} – Tom Cotton certainly turned some heads this week.  In a recent tweet, Cotton issued a direct call for violence against Americans exercising their first amendment rights, urging people that if protesters are blocking traffic, you should: “take matters into your own hands to get them out of the way.”  Despite all appearances to the contrary, Tom Cotton is not a stupid man. He knows exactly what he’s doing.  Ever since 2017, when a white supremacist intentionally drove his vehicle into a crowd of non-violent protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, and killed Heather Heyer, at least 11 states have attempted to pass legislation making it legal for people to intentionally hit protesters with their cars.  Cotton knows this. He made similar calls during the racial justice movement of 2020, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, publishing an Op-Ed in the New York Times saying we should “send in the military” against Black Lives Matter protesters.  Now he’s at it again, claiming protesters need to get “their skin ripped off.”  This is not a dog whistle. This is an air raid siren.  Tom Cotton believes it’s acceptable to visit violence against people he disagrees with – fellow Americans exercising their first amendment rights. It’s despicable, and wholly unacceptable from a United States Senator.  That’s why we’re going to replace him in 2026. I secretly want my U.S. Air Force combat veteran, emergency medicine physician who also graduated from Harvard wife to run against him. But that’s a different email.  Tom Cotton may not be up for election this year, but the infrastructure and groundwork we lay through Vortex right now will put our organization in a position to see he never gets another term. Will you invest in Vortex’s long-term organizing strategy with a recurring contribution today?  [Start a monthly donationÂ]( [Make a one-time donation]( The right to free expression is a bedrock American value, and it has always been a target of men like Tom Cotton.  Throughout our history, our greatest civil rights leaders have faced both social persecution and physical violence – people like John Lewis, who famously nearly lost his life on the Edmund Pettus Bridge at the hands of men who believed what our senator says today.  Tom Cotton does not represent Arkansas. And we will see that he ends his career in the Senate in 2026.  If you know a bold community leader who should take Tom Cotton’s place in the Senate, go ahead and reply to this email and tell us about them now.  [In the meantime, you can help Vortex lay the foundation for Cotton’s defeat in 2026 by flipping ALL FOUR seats representing Arkansas in the U.S. House. Click here to pitch in.](  Let’s go!  Dr. Chris Jones [Support Vortex today >>](      Vortex PAC is a new grassroots movement to transform Arkansas politics away from the far-right. We are recruiting, training, and supporting Democratic candidates to flip all four of Arkansas’ U.S. congressional districts and help win back the House majority in 2024. [DONATE >>](   You can follow Vortex PAC on social media using the links below:  [Facebook]( | [X]( | [Instagram]( | [TikTok](   Paid for by Vortex PAC  ©2024 Vortex PAC, all rights reserved  Our mailing address is: Vortex PAC PO Box 1141 Springdale, AR 72765 We're sad to see you go, but if you believe you received this email in error, or you no longer wish to receive our emails you can unsubscribe using the link below: [Click here to unsubscribe.]( Sent via [ActionNetwork.org](. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Vortex PAC, please [click here](.