‘Typhoid Mary of the Obama Administration’: Sen. Tom Cotton Jabs Susan Rice

Senator Tom Cotton targeted former Obama National Security Adviser, Susan Rice, on Hugh Hewitt‘s radio program, Tuesday over her alleged involvement in the Trump unmasking controversy.

The Arkansas Republican labeled Rice the “Typhoid Mary of the Obama administration foreign policy.”

Cotton explained that “every time something went wrong, she seemed to turn up in the middle of it — whether it was these allegations of improper unmasking and potential improper surveillance; whether it was Benghazi; or many of the other fiascos of the Obama administration.”

The senator added that “if Eli Lake’s reporting is correct, it is hard to square what Susan Rice said in that PBS interview.”

Cotton was referencing a March 22, 2017 interview on PBS NewsHour, where the former Obama official asserted, “I know nothing about this [alleged unmasking],” adding that, “I was surprised to see reports from Chairman [Devin] Nunes on that count today.”

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