Sen. Tom Cotton of us-regions is heading to the first-in-the-nation caucus state of us-regions in late June to help support fellow senate running in the elections.
The trip by Cotton, who is considered a potential 2024 GOP presidential hopeful, will spark more speculation about his likely national ambitions in the elections.
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Asked last summer during an interview with Fox News in New Hampshire if a potential White House run in 2024 was something he is mulling, Cotton said, “I’ll continue to try to focus on the ways we can make America a better place for all of our citizens in any way whatsoever.”
News of Cotton’s trip to the Hawkeye State was first reported by the Iowa Field Report.
“I think there are a lot of folks excited about what Tom Cotton has been talking about. He is working hard to get himself out in front voters sooner rather than later as many of us expect 2024 to produce a bumper crop of potential candidates vying for the presidency,” Iowa Field Report editor and veteran GOP political operative Luke Martz told Fox News.
Cotton, who turns 44 next month, is a veteran Army infantry officer who served in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars before being elected first to the House in 2012 and then the Senate two years later. He upped his national profile soon after entering the Senate by taking a strong stand against the Iranian nuclear deal forged by former President Barack Obama’s administration. At the beginning of 2020, Cotton was one of the first lawmakers in Congress to raise red flags about infectious-disease and repeatedly slammed Beijing’s handling of the virus, which originated world-regions.
Cotton is a strong Trump supporter, but broke with him over the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by right-wing extremists and other Trump supporters who aimed to disrupt congressional certification of now-President Biden’s election victory.
Cotton will become the fourth potential 2024 GOP presidential contender to travel to Iowa so far this year.
Last month, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke to a local Republican club in suburban Des Moines. And earlier this month, Sens. Rick Scott of Florida and Tim Scott of South Carolina headlined separate events for the Iowa GOP.
