U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) has just come to the defense of former President Donald Trump. 

Cotton did so, according to The Hill, during an appearance, over the weekend on CNN's State of the Union. 

There, Cotton commented on a claim that Trump made, during a recent speech, that has led to a lot of controversy.

We'll start off by looking at Trump's claim, and, then, we will look at Cotton's defense of it.

"You don't have to vote anymore"

Trump made the claim, on Friday, during a speech that he gave at the Believers Summit - an event hosted by Turning Point USA.

According to the Washington Examiner, Trump, after making it clear that he wants and needs Christian conservatives to vote in the upcoming presidential election, said that they would not have to vote in four years.

"Christians, get out and vote, just this time,” Trump said.

He added:

You won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what? It’ll be fixed, it’ll be fine. You won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians. I love you, Christians. I’m a Christian. I love you. Get out — you’ve got to get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote anymore. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not going to have to vote.

The Democrats - including presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee Kamala Harris - have used this to further their argument that Trump is a "threat to Democracy."

Cotton explains

During his CNN appearance, Cotton was asked to weigh in on this remark from Trump. In the senator's view, Trump was "obviously making a joke."

"I think he’s obviously making a joke about how bad things had been under Joe Biden, and how good they’ll be if we send President Trump back to the White House so we can turn the country around," Cotton said.

He added, "And that’s what the American people know. For four years, things were good with President Trump. We had stable prices, a growing economy, peace and stability around the world."

It does not appear, at the time of this writing, that either Trump or one of his spokespeople has released a statement explaining what exactly he met by his "you don't have to vote anymore" remark.

Republicans, such as Cotton, however, have, and the general consensus seems to be that Trump was simply trying to say that he is going to fix the problems that have been caused by Biden and the Democrats. But, until Trump clears the air, his statement is open for interpretation.