This site always keeps a close eye upon Tom Cotton because, have no doubt that Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, and Ron DeSantis have nothing over Tom Cotton when it comes to presidential aspirations, and just like the rest of the list, Cotton is one of those MAGA Harvard guys that could really do some damage if let loose in the White House.

But maybe Cotton shouldn’t be taken quite as seriously. On Morning Joe today, John Heilemann said that Cotton held up a handful of approvals for U.S. Attorney positions because Dick Durbin had not apologized for interrupting him in a hearing eight months ago. Some marriages last less than eight months, with both people walking away amicably as friends who are better for it. But Tom Cotton cannot withstand being interrupted and wanted his apology damn it! There were consequences.

Heilemann related:

“This relates to a thing that happened the other day that’s one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen,” Heilemann said. “Tom Cotton held up qualified U.S. Attorneys nominations for eight months and on the explicit argument that he was mad at Dick Durbin for interrupting him in a hearing and not apologizing — for eight months, he said this out loud. This is not a controversy.”

Heilemann assured Joe it is entirely true: “He said this out loud.

“He said, ‘I’m not going to allow these U.S. Attorney nominees to go forward until the gentleman from Illinois apologizes to me for interrupting me in a hearing eight months ago, and finally, after eight months, Dick Durbin said, ‘Okay, I’m sorry about that, I’m sorry Mr. Snowflake [that] I hurt your feelings,’ and Tom Cotton graciously after eight months of being petulant decided, ‘Okay, I’m going to let the U.S. Attorney nominations to go forward.'”

To the extent it is nothing more than politics as performance art, it’s shitty art and shouldn’t be “rewarded” (and depending upon which U.S. Attorneys Cotton held up, maybe it was somewhat a reward). It is childish and humiliating. Eric Swalwell called these MAGAs as being akin to “pro-wrestling.”

It is pro-wrestling in suits and ties, and just like real pro-wrestling, there is a lot of money involved and the winners and losers are picked ahead of time. Unlike pro wrestling, real people’s lives hang in the balance. Stunning.

Keep in mind, this is a guy that desperately wants to be president.

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