Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” after host Chuck Todd played one of U.S. Senator-elect Tom Cotton’s campaign ad about immigration that touched on terrorism the host said, “That plays to fear, some would say that is fear-mongering.”

Cotton shot back, “The Islamic State is cutting the head off of Americans here. That’s something we should be fearful of and we should take a stance against whether in Iraq and Syria or securing our southern border.”

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