Expert Witness Throws Jim Jordan’s Latest Troll Job Into Hilarious Disarray

[Guno צְבִי]

The Judiciary Committee chairman brought his traveling road show to New York City to fearmonger about crime, only to be told: “Now do Ohio.”

Jordan’s New York City field trip was part of a larger effort among House Republicans to try to discredit Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who added a new historical footnote to the twice-impeached former President Donald Trump’s checkered record by making him the first president ever to be criminally indicted. Republicans on the select committee hoped their hearings would undercut Bragg by highlighting what they characterized as a supposed crime crisis happening on his watch. Jordan, the House Judiciary Committee chairman, staged this “field hearing” just steps away from Bragg’s office.

But not everything went off according to plan. During the hearing, Jim Kessler, the executive vice president for policy at the centrist think tank Third Way, testified about how safe New York City actually is, versus the safety of the home bases of some of the House Republicans leading the Bragg and New York smear campaign.

“New York City is safer than most of the states of the members sitting on the dais on the majority side. In 2020, for example, New York City’s murder rate was 18% below the national average for the entire United States,” Kessler began. “Mr. Chairman, Ohio’s murder rate was 59% higher than New York City’s.” He continued, listing other places with high crime rates relative to New York City—including Louisiana, Texas, South Carolina, Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina, Indiana, Arizona, and Alabama.

https://newrepublic.com/post/171978/jordan-crime-alvin-bragg-ohio

 

[NiftyNiblick]

How much so they pay congressmen? I suppose I can Google it.

It appears that "Shirtsleeves Jimmy" Jordan is willing to pay to have his trousers let out to accommodate his girth, but not his jackets.

Still, if he shows up in the Capitol with no pants either, who would be that surprised?

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Ignoratio elenchi--an irrelevant conclusion--in the form of Whataboutism.

 

[Taichiliberal]

The Judiciary Committee chairman brought his traveling road show to New York City to fearmonger about crime, only to be told: “Now do Ohio.”

Jordan’s New York City field trip was part of a larger effort among House Republicans to try to discredit Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who added a new historical footnote to the twice-impeached former President Donald Trump’s checkered record by making him the first president ever to be criminally indicted. Republicans on the select committee hoped their hearings would undercut Bragg by highlighting what they characterized as a supposed crime crisis happening on his watch. Jordan, the House Judiciary Committee chairman, staged this “field hearing” just steps away from Bragg’s office.

But not everything went off according to plan. During the hearing, Jim Kessler, the executive vice president for policy at the centrist think tank Third Way, testified about how safe New York City actually is, versus the safety of the home bases of some of the House Republicans leading the Bragg and New York smear campaign.

“New York City is safer than most of the states of the members sitting on the dais on the majority side. In 2020, for example, New York City’s murder rate was 18% below the national average for the entire United States,” Kessler began. “Mr. Chairman, Ohio’s murder rate was 59% higher than New York City’s.” He continued, listing other places with high crime rates relative to New York City—including Louisiana, Texas, South Carolina, Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina, Indiana, Arizona, and Alabama.

https://newrepublic.com/post/171978/jordan-crime-alvin-bragg-ohio

Jim "motor mouth" Jordan and his flunkies don't care...they'll just parrot all their talking points ad nausea on YouTube, Fox News, Murdoch media and the like. And hell, they're getting paid and perks, so it's all good for them .... until election time.

 

[Taichiliberal]

Ignoratio elenchi--an irrelevant conclusion--in the form of Whataboutism.

People in glass houses should not throw stones, as the saying goes. Pity Motor Mouth didn't learn that lesson.

Have you been able to follow any of the "hearings" that Jordan has led? His chairman skills are a joke....and Dems like Jamie Raskin are making a fool GOP/MAGA stooge & "witness" brought forth.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

People in glass houses should not throw stones, as the saying goes. Pity Motor Mouth didn't learn that lesson.

Have you been able to follow any of the "hearings" that Jordan has led? His chairman skills are a joke....and Dems like Jamie Raskin are making a fool GOP/MAGA stooge & "witness" brought forth.

No, but Raskin like many Democrats before him, try to turn hearings they don't like into childish, petty, circuses rather than take them seriously.

 

[Taichiliberal]

Originally Posted by Taichiliberal View Post
People in glass houses should not throw stones, as the saying goes. Pity Motor Mouth didn't learn that lesson.

Have you been able to follow any of the "hearings" that Jordan has led? His chairman skills are a joke....and Dems like Jamie Raskin are making a fool GOP/MAGA stooge & "witness" brought forth.

No, but Raskin like many Democrats before him, try to turn hearings they don't like into childish, petty, circuses rather than take them seriously.

Hmm, so you admit that you HAVE NOT WATCHED ANY OF THE JORDAN LED HEARINGS, yet that does not stop you from making accusations and assertions based wholly on your personal opinion.

Sorry, but you can't debate an issue you know nothing about. I suggest going to YouTube and getting up to speed.

 

[Nordberg]

Jim "motor mouth" Jordan and his flunkies don't care...they'll just parrot all their talking points ad nausea on YouTube, Fox News, Murdoch media and the like. And hell, they're getting paid and perks, so it's all good for them .... until election time.

Gym Jordan is an actor playing a role for the rightys. He knows he is spouting bullshit. He is the same as Fox talking heads. He is telling the angry people what they want to hear. The right never catches on to how they are being played. The Dominion suit taught them nothing. Don't expect a Smartmatic suit, Georgias coming indictments, Guilianis suit, Sydney Powells, suit, or the other 6 or so court cases to teach them a thing. Once you are conned you can no longer accept anything that is said or done against the conman. It has the characteristics of a religion, not politics. They simply, blindly believe.

 

[Taichiliberal]

Originally Posted by Taichiliberal View Post
Jim "motor mouth" Jordan and his flunkies don't care...they'll just parrot all their talking points ad nausea on YouTube, Fox News, Murdoch media and the like. And hell, they're getting paid and perks, so it's all good for them .... until election time.

Gym Jordan is an actor playing a role for the rightys. He knows he is spouting bullshit. He is the same as Fox talking heads. He is telling the angry people what they want to hear. The right never catches on to how they are being played. The Dominion suit taught them nothing. Don't expect a Smartmatic suit, Georgias coming indictments, Guilianis suit, Sydney Powells, suit, or the other 6 or so court cases to teach them a thing. Once you are conned you can no longer accept anything that is said or done against the conman. It has the characteristics of a religion, not politics. They simply, blindly believe.

Yep ... blind allegiance coupled with stubborn pride and willful ignorance (with a sprinkling of racial/class/caste/ethnic hatred). Sad.