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Demovictory9

(32,445 posts)
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 09:04 PM Jul 2018

Jim Jordan Is Defiant as Allegations Mount, and Supporters Point to 'Deep State'

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/06/us/politics/jim-jordan-sexual-misconduct.html

Jim Jordan Is Defiant as Allegations Mount, and Supporters Point to ‘Deep State’


Representative Jim Jordan is facing the kind of slowly percolating scandal that would bring down other politicians in other times, as new accusers step forward by the day to say the wrestling coach turned politician was aware of sexual misconduct at Ohio State University but did nothing to stop it.

But like the man Mr. Jordan doggedly supports, President Trump, the Ohio Republican has the kind of stalwart supporters who do not lose faith easily, and they are already defending the conservative powerhouse, saying he is the victim of the same “deep state” conspirators — liberal bureaucrats embedded in the government — who are trying to bring down the president.

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When the show’s host, Bret Baier, read a quotation by a former Ohio State wrestler and Ultimate Fighting Championship star, Mark Coleman, that Mr. Jordan would have to have dementia to have forgotten what happened, the congressman offered little explanation.

“I feel sorry for him,” he said of Mr. Coleman. “It’s just not accurate.”

Instead, Mr. Jordan continued to fan conspiracy theories connecting the emergence of the charges to his aggressive questioning last month of Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, the man many Trump supporters hold responsible for the Russia investigation.

“I think the timing is suspect when you think about how this whole story came together after the Rosenstein hearing and the speaker’s race,” he said.
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Jim Jordan Is Defiant as Allegations Mount, and Supporters Point to 'Deep State' (Original Post) Demovictory9 Jul 2018 OP
It's not the god damn deep state you stupid idiots! Initech Jul 2018 #1
Keep the pressure up! Twitter FB, calls for investigations o Thekaspervote Jul 2018 #2
He needs to be hounded at his home, work, where ever BigmanPigman Jul 2018 #3

Initech

(100,060 posts)
1. It's not the god damn deep state you stupid idiots!
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 09:18 PM
Jul 2018

There is no fucking deep state. It's their scapegoat for everything these days. Jim Jordan is a fucking asshole who got caught with his pants down, you can't blame it on anything else.

BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts)
3. He needs to be hounded at his home, work, where ever
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 09:35 PM
Jul 2018

he eats, etc. That seems to be the way to piss them off the most with the fewest people...and it is "civil".

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