John,
I want to talk about Jim Jordan, but first –
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I wrote last week about an issue with Republican lawmakers – and there are many.
But specifically, I called out their willingness to cover up or ignore each other’s scandals and corruption, like they did for Matt Gaetz and Madison Cawthorn.
Where Gaetz has his abuse-related scandals and Cawthorn has his participation in January 6, Jim Jordan has both.
Now Republicans want him to take McCarthy’s place as House Speaker.
Jim Jordan was in on numerous meetings with Donald Trump and Republican officials about overturning the 2020 election. On January 2, 2021, Jordan directed a conference call to talk about delaying the certification of the electoral college results.
And on January 6, Jordan was on the phone with Trump throughout the attack on our Capitol. Afterwards, he asked the White House about Presidential pardons for members of Congress.
No one would even remember his name if Congress had expelled Jim Jordan after a handful of former Ohio State athletes accused him of ignoring their pleas for help while their coach sexually abused them.
Republicans in Congress only act when it benefits them politically, and now they’re showing their hand by acting to elect one of Trump’s top coup plotters to the Speaker of the House.
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