Cotton: If Gina Haspel Being Tough on Terrorists Is the Worst Thing Dems Have, That’s Not Much of a Case

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DOOCY: "Fox News alert just a couple of hours from right now. CIA director nominee Gina Haspel in the hot seat, expected to assure the Senate, the CIA interrogation program is over during her confirmation hearing later today. Republican Senator Tom Cotton sits on the Senate Intel Committee, worked with Haspel during her time as deputy CIA chief, joins us right now from Capitol Hill to weigh in. Good morning to you, senator."
COTTON: "Good morning, Steve."
DOOCY: "Well the president, I think it was a day or two ago tweeted out she's been tough on terrorists. Isn’t that what we want?"
COTTON: "Yeah, Steve, if Gina Haspel being tough on terrorists is the worst thing the Democrats have on her, then that’s not much of a case against her. This is a very distinguished career intelligence professional. She spent 33 years in the CIA working against the Soviet Union and now Russia, working against terrorists; 17 years ago, when we faced the worst attack on our soil in American history, she was a mid-career officer and put her hand up and said I’m willing to go forward and do the tough jobs. And the agency leadership had the competence in her integrity and professionalism to entrust those jobs to her."