Senator Tom Cotton is being accused of not using toilet paper after he went on Fox News last night to suggest the well-documented Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 never actually happened.
Cotton appeared on Laura Ingraham‘s show yesterday evening to say that he has absolutely no recollection whatsoever of any supply chain shortages happening during the first year of the pandemic, when Donald Trump was president.
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“We’ve had this pandemic for two years, Laura,” the antigay senator from Arkansas who will never be president said. “I don’t remember inflation or supply chain shortages or labor shortages that we’ve seen this year in the first year of the pandemic. What changed? Joe Biden and the Democrats took power in January.”
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Apparently Tom Cotton doesn’t use toilet paper. https://t.co/ANF7fsF9jB
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) November 30, 2021
This, of course, is simply not true. Cotton isn’t just lying, he’s gaslighting. As anyone who uses toilet paper remembers, there were several weeks in the spring of 2020 where you couldn’t find a single roll of Angel Soft on a grocery store shelf anywhere.
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Not to mention hand sanitizer, rubbing alcohol, masks, cleaning supplies, groceries and other household items, and, oh yeah, PPE for health care workers on the front lines of the pandemic. Oh, and COVID tests and vaccines. Those were in pretty short supply for a long time, too. Also, ICU beds and ventilators.
Here’s how people are responding to Cotton’s ridiculous remarks…
Good morning to everyone who remembers supply chain shortages under Trump, unlike Tom Cotton who apparently had an endless supply of toilet paper.
— Amy Lynn❤ (@AmyAThatcher) November 30, 2021
Tom Cotton wasn’t forced to order weird toilet paper on Amazon and it shows.
— JJDiane ❤️️ (@JJDianeM) November 30, 2021
Here’s a pic of the toilet paper isle at my local store in March of 2020 to refresh Tom Cotton’s memory. Hmmmm why don’t I believe him? pic.twitter.com/FssGZvLCu2
— ℂ (@VoteBlueInNov) November 30, 2021
Tom Cotton is worried about toilet paper right now. I’d wipe my ass with sandpaper before I ever will vote for people who cowered to Donald Trump.
— Tim Hannan (@TimHannan) November 30, 2021
I didn’t realize Tom Cotton’s memory was so poor he might want to have that checked out by a doctor. Could be early signs of dementia. We all remember empty shelves of toilet paper, Lysol, bleach, food, etc. Tom lives that elite life where nothing fazes him.
— THEE Jen Psaki’s Head Tilt (@bidonkules) November 30, 2021
Tom Cotton is the guy that steals the toilet paper from his work bathroom and brings it home.
— ConcordCatman (@CatmanConcord) November 30, 2021
Walmart’s CEO praised the Biden administration for helping alleviate supply chain issues — but Walmart’s home state senator, Tom Cotton, wants to make a tired lazy point about toilet paper. Sounds like Cotton just needs to stop whining and go to Walmart and buy some toilet paper.
— Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) November 30, 2021
Today I learned that Tom Cotton doesn’t use toilet paper.
— P.D. White (@whitepatrick) November 30, 2021
I remember not being able to get toilet paper for weeks. Then when I could, it was rationed. So don’t give me this nonsense.
— Mascara Golightly (@AntiMAGA20) November 30, 2021
Tom Cotton never experienced a toilet paper shortage because he’s been full of shyt for the past two years.
— Venny From The Block (@VennyVedivici) November 30, 2021
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Heywood Jablowme
Tom Cotton is so full of sh!t that maybe he hasn’t had to do that in a couple of years.
Max
someone needs to smear used TP onto his mouth.
Mack
I know there was a toilet paper shortage and I think my sister-in-law and brother caused it. They have enough to take them into the next millennium.
Kangol2
Tom Cotton is more than a little deranged. That almost explains him.
Essie
The only reason I didn’t experience the Great Toilet Paper Shortage is because, about two weeks before the pandemic began, I had ordered a box of 48 packs of toilet paper and about 20 packs of paper towels from Amazon. That’s what I usually ordered every 6 months or so and I just happen to run out at the right time. Since I live alone, I was good for quite awhile. I also didn’t mention this to anyone because I was definitely not going to share.
Also, Tom Cotton is not the only Repub who is trying to gaslight everyone in the country. They are all doing it. That Kelly Conway person was the first to say there were no supply chain problems during Dumpty’s reign. By the time the next national election rolls around, they will probably convince everyone there was no pandemic when Dumpty was in office.
Openminded
I just don’t think it’s fair to blame a President for Covid or Covid related shortages and temporary job losses. Trump handled the mask issue terribly bad but vaccines were developed in record time under his watch which, IMO, shows how little effect a President really has on what science and business will do on their own. We lost 600K lives to Covid under Trump and Biden is very near that number under his watch so it’s not really fair to blame deaths on either one’s actions unless you are going to blame both equally. I’m Republican but I can’t help but believe that much of our inflation is being caused by big business running prices up simply to make Biden look bad. IDK who’s to blame for the backlog of ships on the West coast, but when you have a reported 6 mos. of ship unloading to clear the harbors, not to mention what is coming in behind it every day, someone should be able to figure out who is to blame. Crane, truck, and forklift operators are all working isolated in their equipment. No reason Covid should disrupt their work.
Kangol2
We lost 610,000 Americans under Don the Con.
The total reported deaths from Covid since Grampa Biden have taken over are now roughly 800,000.
610,000 > 190,000. You see the difference?
wikidBSTN
The guy uses corn cobs – like his daddy done.
Man About Town
Considering his last name, he probably figures using toilet paper would be redundant.