Tom Cotton: Where was Dem Fundraising Outrage on Iraq?

Arkansas Republican Rep. Tom Cotton savaged Democrats Thursday during a debate over the 2012 Benghazi attack, blasting their "fake outrage" over GOP fundraising efforts linked to the tragedy.

Barely hiding his disgust, Cotton strode to the podium on the House floor minutes before a vote to convene a select committee to investigate the White House's handing of the attack in Libya and its aftermath.

Democrats and some Republicans have criticized a National Republican Congressional Committee email referencing an alleged White House cover-up, and seeking political donations.

But Cotton, a former Army vet with combat experience in Iraq and Afghanistan, jumped all over lawmakers across the aisle, saying they "express great outrage at politicizing this manner," fuming: "When I was leading troops in Iraq in 2006 — men and women who were being shot at and blown up by al-Qaida — where was the outrage as they fundraised endlessly off the Iraq War?"

The stunning blast was aired on C-Span.

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