Tom Cotton
@SenTomCotton
If you’re an American stranded in Afghanistan, or know one who is, please contact my office immediately:

(501) 223-9081 or
evac@cotton.senate.gov

The situation is dire, but we’ll do everything in our power to help keep you informed and to help get you out.
4:06 PM · Aug 15, 2021

Angelo Carusone
@GoAngelo
Imagine being trapped in Afghanistan in this moment..and thinking best person to call is Tom Cotton of all people.

Honestly, if someone’s in that situation where Tom Cotton is the only number they can call, they’d be better off just calling NYC’s 311. I mean really. Tom Cotton.

Maggie Haberman
@maggieNYT
Cotton spokesman says that their office has heard from multiple US citizens in Kabul trapped behind Taliban checkpoints, who can’t safely reach the US perimeter and have no clear option for what to do. https://twitter.com/SenTomCotton/s //

Nick Pappas
@NickAPappas
Have you considered the possibility this was so botched that they didn’t have anything besides a phone number on Tom Cotton’s Twitter account?
9:33 PM · Aug 15, 2021

Christina Pushaw
@ChristinaPushaw
Yeah, why would you call a Senator who served in Afghanistan when you could have called Biden?

Oh wait, Biden was on the phone to the Broward superintendent praising the forced masking of kindergarteners. Then he went on vacation.
8:02 AM · Aug 16, 2021

Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Scummiest tweet of the week comes, unsurprisingly, from the head of Media Matters: condemning a US Senator for using his office to try to help Americans get out of Afghanistan safely rather than just tweeting empty, performative "demands" -- all because he's a Republican.