Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) said that the "little men" in the white supremacy group that were marching and protesting in Charlottesville, Virginia, should face legal retaliation.
As he was traveling in the Balkans, Cotton released a statement Sunday saying that white supremacists who are claiming to "take America back" are revealing the ignorance they have of what makes this country so great.
"White supremacists who claim to ‘take America back' only betray their own ignorance of what makes America so special: our country's founding recognition of the natural rights of all mankind and commitment to the defense of the rights of all Americans," Cotton wrote in the statement.
He also pointed out that these "little men" are not the ones who speak for the majority and what is "just, noble, and best about America."
"They ought to face what they would deny their fellow citizens: the full extent of the law," Cotton said.
Cotton's remarks came as President Donald Trump faced criticism for not specifically naming white supremacist groups in his remarks condemning the violence in Charlottesville.
A man with alt-right views was arrested over the weekend for ramming his car into a crowd of counter-protesters in Charlottesville, killing one and injuring dozens.