Rep. Jim Jordan Shoots Himself In The Foot With 'Monumentally Dumb' Defense Of Trump
02/11/2021 23:32 EST
The Ohio Republican argued Trump didn't incite the riot because it was planned before the day it occurred.
By Josephine Harvey, HuffPost US
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) was roundly mocked Thursday for arguing that former President Donald Trump couldnt have incited the riot at the U.S. Capitol because it was planned days before it took place.
How do you incite a riot that was already going to happen? he asked, noting that the FBI was aware of the potential threat before Jan. 6, that pipe bombs were placed in Washington the night before and that Capitol Police asked before the event for the National Guard to be on standby.
Those elements are all true, and they happened following a months-long disinformation campaign spearheaded by Trump to convince voters that the 2020 election had been rigged. His supporters ― among them extremists, white nationalists and conspiracy theorists ― congregated Jan. 6 in Washington after Trump explicitly asked them, over the course of several weeks, to be there. He and his allies then urged them to march on the Capitol and stop the steal.
Trump was impeached by the House on Jan. 13 on a charge of incitement to insurrection. Democrats are seeking to convict him in the Senate trial and bar him from holding future office. In the third day of trial proceedings Thursday, House impeachment managers argued Trump could further incite violence if hes allowed to run again.
More:
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/jim-jordan-impeachment-defense_n_6025f3e3c5b6741597e0edd4
Mike Nelson
(9,903 posts)... with preparation help from folks like you, Jim Jordan, of course!
safeinOhio
(32,523 posts)I learned, he was not the sharpest tool in the shed.
True Blue American
(17,972 posts)Of the year! Let us hope that lawsuit of him ignoring child sex abuse succeeds!
Redistricting happens this year with an unbiased panel in charge!
2Gingersnaps
(1,000 posts)I lived in Bellefontaine for 30 years. Physically beautiful, but damn! They called Confederates in Ohio during the Civil War "Copperheads." You know, Ohio pit vipers. There are more Confederates there now than there was during the Civil War. And yes, back in the day I was very active in Logan Country Democratic Party. I attended candidate debates, back when he would show up for them. And yes, Gym Jordan (as we call him here in OSU country) is every bit as dumb as he appears. He can only talk in RNC bullet points, it doesn't get any deeper than that.
niyad
(112,424 posts)Nocturnowl
(74 posts)I saw "Rep. Jim Jordan Shoots Himself" and got my hopes up!
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)niyad
(112,424 posts)mdbl
(4,972 posts)and that's sugar-coating it.
mezame
(295 posts)...are the Morans who put him in office.
OldBaldy1701E
(4,963 posts)They keep on putting him there!
2Gingersnaps
(1,000 posts)Check out Ohio's Congressional districts. This one is particularly infamous. Shaped like a duck. But make no mistake, Civics isn't on the curriculum here.
OldBaldy1701E
(4,963 posts)the fact that this keeps happening in district designation, or that those who want it (or are convinced to allow it) this way continue to actively vote against themselves. I guess Forrest was right...
dawg day
(7,947 posts)The night before. So yeah, there was planning... by Trump.
rpannier
(24,304 posts)SmartVoter22
(639 posts)Each state it's own problems with the...Jim Jordans'.
You know the kind... little, dreamy eyed, '11 year olds as they gaze over the Trump poster hanging over their bed'
meaning the Republicans elected since Tea Party Paranoia took it over and then Trumpism, Ohio has the best one of these.
Jordan must think like one of these 11 yr olds, he certainly displays the semi-sociopathic 'mean girls' approach to life.
So a national insurgency happens, only on the day it happens?
--no plane tickets planned... except on that one day.
-- no gun shopping... except on that one day.
--no cellphone chargingin... except on that one day.
OK Jimmy, Ohio is getting sick of this, and you... except on this one day. Today.
True Blue American
(17,972 posts)Of the original tea party. They are losing ground. Matt Gaetz, Steve. Scalise, who is curiously silent, Kevin McCarthy, Gohmart. What a bunch of useless Congress people.
oldsoftie
(12,410 posts)But the right just LOVES him.
Trump COULD have had billions for the wall but the Jordan-led "freedom caucus" refused to go along with it because of deals with the democrats. Trump would've signed it
Trump also wanted a big infrastructure bill. The Freedom caucus blocked that as well, because it also had parts that democrats wanted. Trump would've signed that bill also.
But they all think Jordan is the #1 trump backer
gab13by13
(20,849 posts)Snoopy 7
(521 posts)One must not let stupid people get in the way of seeing the facts. Of course he knew and he knew because the FBI warned them of the insurrectionist and of their possible plans. Therefor trump also knew and did NOTHING to stop or hinder the event. Not only did trump not doing anything his administration changed the date and route of the demonstration to Dec 6. The demonstration wasn't set for the 6th it was trump who set it up and that's after the FBI warned them of what could possibly happen. Also don't you think if trump was ever in danger he would have been taken away to a safer area. He would not have be left at the "party" watching the tv events and he was seen celebrating the possible overturning of our Democracy?
gademocrat7
(10,623 posts)He and his band of dunces are a blight on the House of Representatives.
How do they vote for the idiot, oh then I remembered republicans = idiots
SergeStorms
(18,880 posts)is old Gym Jordan. Dumber than dirt.
HuskyOffset
(885 posts)Let's use a sports analogy, so Jacketless Jackass Gym Jordan can understand:
It's like a coach giving a rousing pregame locker room speech to his players, getting them fired up. Everyone knew for months that the game was going to be played, but the pregame speech made a difference.
Hopefully that helps Gym understand. I couldn't think of any way to work in sexual harassment of the players for Gym to criminally ignore, so he probably still won't get it.
NEOBuckeye
(2,778 posts)He makes me ashamed to be from this state.
twodogsbarking
(9,289 posts)It is part of the plan.
marble falls
(56,353 posts)Geechie
(857 posts)The Buckeye-Mich rivalry I used to know so well.
marble falls
(56,353 posts)Geechie
(857 posts)The story about coach Woody Hayes - Im not buying one gd drop of gas in Michigan!
Escurumbele
(3,340 posts)The country MUST BE educated, if education doesn't improve more idiots like Jordan and trump will be holding office.
We need people to be educated so that they can see who people like Hawley, Cruz, Graham really are, they need to see beyond their words, and without education they will believe anything that sounds good, that is how dictators gain power, with great speeches to the uneducated.
Blue Owl
(49,902 posts)marble falls
(56,353 posts)johnnyfins
(772 posts)For the sake of being a dick...
murielm99
(30,655 posts)that I am surprised he has any feet left.
Shoeless Joe played baseball. Footless Jordan pretends to be a Congressman.