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Here’s What Happened When Miley Cyrus Trolled Sen. Tom Cotton

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Getty 040215 MileyCyrusTomCotton?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1428016942525Miley Cyrus (L) Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Redferns via Getty Images, Sen. Tom Cotton (R) Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Miley Cyrus isn’t happy with Sen. Tom Cotton.

The pop star took issue with the Arkansas Republican’s comments about his home state’s religious freedom bill in recent days.

“In Iran they hang you for the crime of being gay,” Cotton said on CNN Wednesday evening, before moving on to Iran’s nuclear program. “We should focus on the most important priorities our country faces right now,” he said.

 

She later tweeted Cotton’s Washington office number to her 19 million followers, urging them to call and “stir some s*** up!”

When asked Thursday in Washington about his comments and Cyrus’ reaction, Cotton did not mention the singer, instead saying, “I’ll always stand up to defend religious freedom.”

“Religious freedom is a founding principle of this country,” Cotton said. “In fact it goes way back past our founding — that’s one of the reasons the puritans and pilgrims came here. So I’ll always stand up to defend religious freedom. I’ll also always stand up to keep America safe.”

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, both Republicans, signed updated versions of the religious freedom bills into law Thursday.

This isn’t the first time Cyrus has spoken out on the subject of religious freedom laws. She criticized Indiana Gov. Mike Pence soon after he signed that state’s religious freedom law, and, in a recent interview with TIME magazine, described supporters of the Indiana law as “dinosaurs” that are “dying off.”

 


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