Jim Jordan Has No Regrets for Calling 10-Year-Old Rape Victim's Abortion a 'Lie'

[Eugene]

Earlier DU thread: Rep. Jordan is asked about deleted tweet following arrest in Ohio rape case - CNN

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Source: Daily Beast

Jim Jordan Has No Regrets for Calling 10-Year-Old Rape Victim’s Abortion a ‘Lie’

Justin Baragona
Thu, July 14, 2022 at 2:25 PM·3 min read

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) refused to apologize for his since-deleted tweet describing the story of a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim as a “lie,” claiming on Thursday that he was merely “responding to a headline” and took down the post once the alleged rapist was charged.

Republicans and right-wing pundits have been backtracking and pivoting after 27-year-old Gerson Fuentes was arraigned in court on Wednesday on felony charges of raping a person under 13. Court records revealed that the alleged rape of the 10-year-old girl took place on May 12, the girl’s pregnancy was then referred to local child services on June 22, and eight days later she had a medical abortion in neighboring Indiana.

The story of the unidentified child’s rape and abortion had quickly become a flashpoint in the debate over abortion rights after the Indianapolis Star reported on her plight on July 1. While right-wing media—and some mainstream journalists—cast doubt on the veracity of the report because it was single-sourced, the Star’s source was an Indiana obstetrician-gynecologist who spoke with an Ohio child-abuse doctor who’d examined the girl. (The patient was six weeks and three days pregnant, right after Ohio’s trigger law outlawed abortion after six weeks following Roe v. Wade’s reversal.)

Sharing a July 12 story from The Washington Examiner on Ohio Attorney General David Yost claiming his office hadn’t seen any evidence of the 10-year-old rape victim, Jordan tweeted: “Another lie. Anyone surprised?”

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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/jim-jordan-no-regrets-calling-182516280.html

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[Yonnie3]

1. He seems to have no regrets for many things n/t

[Walleye]

2. So it was OK to call a doctor and a veteran reporter liars

And a little girl. Oh that’s right they were only females

[Irish_Dem]

3. GOP hatred and ugliness knows no bounds.

[PittBlue]

4. He is like every other disgusting republican...morally bankrupt.

[Historic NY]

5. I have non calling him a pedophile enabler

[MinisterPathos]

6. Its a tragedy

But glad to see the perp. is locked up.

[NoMoreRepugs]

7. GymBag Jordan - pathetic.

[crickets]

8. Well, there's Jordan putting his moral cowardice and lack of integrity on full display. Again. nt