There’s something wrong with Jim Jordan

| 4:30 pm EDT March 27, 2024
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People like Jim Jordan should never consent to sitting for an interview. He should have known what Lesley Stahl had planned for him prior to his appearance on 60 Minutes, but he went forward because he thinks he’s all that. Politicians tend to be narcissistic, though some obviously go way over that line. Of course, the main purpose of Jordan’s appearance was to discuss how lawmakers are handling social media censorship. TAG24 News provided a recap of the event.

Jordan responded to that question: “The American people should be left to use their own common sense to figure out what’s accurate.” Jordan gives Americans a lot of credit for being able to find the truth among the constant barrage of lies. Stahl then asked Jordan if social media should allow election lies, to which Jordan responded: “Look, I’ve not said that. What I’ve said is there are concerns about the 2020 elections, and Americans agree with that.” Wrong. Stahl responded: “No, they don’t. Most people don’t question the results … whether Joe Biden won or not.” Jordan froze, but Stahl persisted: “Right? Right?” She then began to repeat her question, and Jordan said: “Oh, okay. No. Right.” He’s one of the biggest election deniers out there. Stahl moved on.

She asked Jordan about problems created by mis- and disinformation on the web. Jordan can’t directly answer that question. Instead, he said: “I’m sure there’s some. But our concern is the bigger power of the attack on First Amendment liberties.” What liberties? The liberty to tell a lie so often that people begin to believe it? Jordan claimed that there is “collusion between the government and academic researchers to disproportionately silence conservatives.” Jordan gave what he called “a great example:” “36 hours into the Biden administration the Biden White House sends a [sic] email to Twitter and says: ‘we think you should take down this tweet asap.'” Jordan was referring to a tweet from RFK, Jr., and he said: “Everything in it was true.” Stahl corrected Jordan by bringing up the tweet that claimed: “Hank Aaron’s death was caused by the Covid vaccine.” A simple Google search revealed that Hank Aaron died from natural causes at 86. FactCheck.org reported: “There’s no evidence that his death was a result of being vaccinated against COVID-19 in early January, as multiple posts and articles shared on social media have suggested.” RFK, Jr. is a known anti-vaxxer who repeatedly posts conspiracy theories about the vaccine. The county medical examiner even gave a public statement: “There was no information suggestive of an allergic or anaphylactic reaction to any substance which might be attributable to recent vaccine distribution.” Indeed, let’s talk about the many who died because they refused the vaccine.

RFK, Jr. and Jordan are known peddlers of conspiracy theories that have no basis in fact. Jordan has been pushing “the big lie” for years. He has had his nose stuck up Trump’s butt since the beginning, yet he defied a subpoena to testify before the House Select Committee. Jordan has no credibility whatsoever.

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