Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks with reporters at the Senate Subway on Capitol Hill Wednesday, March 20, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

U.S. Sen Tom Cotton (R-AR) suggested using violence to handle pro-Palestinian protests that popped up around the country Monday morning.

In an X post on Monday night, Cotton urged physical confrontation as a solution to protesters blocking roads, who he also falsely labeled as “pro-Hamas.”

“I encourage people who get stuck behind the pro-Hamas mobs blocking traffic: take matters into your own hands to get them out of the way,” the post reads. “It’s time to put an end to this nonsense.”

On Tuesday morning, Cotton also posted a video on X of French protesters being dragged off the street and verbally assaulted in an undated video, commenting that this was “How it should be done.”

Cotton has served as Arkansas’s junior U.S. senator since 2015. When protests erupted throughout the United States in response to the death of George Floyd in 2020, Cotton suggested that the Trump administration deploy active-duty military using the Insurrection Act.