Republican Rep. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, a freshman representative who has served in two wars, said Tuesday afternoon that women shouldn’t be allowed in infantry combat roles because it’s not conducive to their “nature.”
“To have women serving in infantry, though, could impair the mission-essential tasks of units,” Cotton said on Laura Ingraham’s radio show. “And that’s been proven in study after study, just from a matter of — it’s nature, upper body strength, and physical movements, and speed, and endurance, and so forth.”
Mediate reports that Cotton did commend women’s accomplishments in non-combat military roles.
The conservative congressman, who has two Harvard degrees and served in Iraq and Afghanistan with the U.S. Army, was elected in 2012 to represent Arkansas’ fourth district with financial help from the conservative advocacy group Club for Growth. Click here to read the full story from CBSnews.com.
