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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Johanna Chisholm

Tom Cotton calls on Biden to stop speaking ‘extemporaneously’ for rest of his term

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Senator Tom Cotton, a frequent critic of the Biden administration and longtime Trump ally, said on a conservative radio programme that President Biden should refrain from speaking publicly in an “extemporaneous fashion” for the remainder of his presidential term.

“I genuinely think it would be best for all involved, to include Joe Biden, but especially for the American people, if the president would simply stop speaking publicly in an extemporaneous fashion,” Sen Cotton said during an interview with right-wing radio host Hugh Hewitt on Tuesday, adding that he doesn’t think the president should “adlib” or even “take questions or do press conferences”.

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