Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) tried to make the case for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as House speaker on Tuesday, however her feedback brought on some members of Congress to audibly gasp.
Whereas nominating Jordan for the job, Stefanik claimed that he “is the voice of the American individuals who have felt unvoiced for much too lengthy. Whether or not as judiciary chair, conservative chief, or consultant for his constituents in West Central Ohio, whether or not on the wrestling mat or within the committee room, Jim Jordan is strategic, scrappy, powerful and principled.”
The “wrestling mat” remark could not have left the impression Stefanik meant.
When Jordan was an assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State College between 1986 and 1994, he reportedly ignored molestation allegations in opposition to the workforce’s physician, Richard Strauss.
Though Jordan has denied that he knew something concerning the allegations, Mike DiSabato, a former wrestler and friend of Jordan’s, stated in 2018 that the lawmaker “is completely mendacity if he says he doesn’t know what was happening.”
One other former OSU wrestler, Dunyasha Yetts, told NBC News earlier this month that the congressman’s “hypocrisy is unbelievable.”
“He doesn’t need to be Home speaker,” Yetts stated. “He nonetheless has to reply for what occurred to us.”
A 2019 report from the university discovered that Strauss, who died in 2005, dedicated practically 1,500 sexual assaults on student-patients whereas he labored there.
You possibly can see Stefanik’s reference to Jordan’s wrestling previous within the video beneath.
Stefanik: Jim is the voice of the American individuals who have felt unvoiced for much too lengthy. Whether or not as judiciary chair, conservative chief or consultant for his constituents in west-central Ohio, whether or not on the wrestling mat… pic.twitter.com/P1MJZzyfFn
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 17, 2023
Many individuals on X, previously often called Twitter, had robust ideas concerning the point out and whether or not Stefanik realized that Jordan’s wrestling historical past shouldn’t be a promoting level for many individuals.
Jim understands Individuals who lengthy for fascism, who yearn to look away as their children are sexually abused, who’re too lazy to do any precise work if it’s not half assed showboating. Actual salt of the earth. https://t.co/GDNwSvQKa5
— Noah Mallin (@NoahMallin) October 17, 2023
These individuals should be getting dubbed then on conservative “information” and speak radio as a result of they don’t appear unvoiced lol https://t.co/VS16GEH9au
— Kev 0’Content material Jr. (@KevOContent) October 17, 2023
@RepStefanik Jim Jordan hasn’t executed shit for his constituents or the American individuals in his 16 years in congress, he has by no means written or handed a single piece of laws in his 16 years in congress. Shut the hell the faux bullshit reward girl https://t.co/BTVLOoMjBG
— Ivan Perez (@S1lentonexx88) October 17, 2023
Contemplating most disaster consultants, PR execs or spin docs would most likely not have beneficial Stefanik reference Jordan’s wrestling previous, one particular person puzzled if it was truly intentional ― particularly since he lost the first vote for the gavel.
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