GOP's Jim Jordan torched for conspiratorial rant at Bill Barr hearing: A living ‘YouTube message board’
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July 28, 2020 | 12:41PM ETNews & PoliticsRep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Tuesday went on a conspiratorial rant against former FBI officials who investigated President Donald Trump’s campaign for its contacts with Russian agents — and then got roundly mocked for sounding like a sentient “YouTube message board.”
At the start of the hearing, Jordan accused Democrats of attacking Barr for his attempts to uncovered purported “spying” on the Trump campaign by the Obama administration, and even accused former President Barack Obama of sending a “secret agent lady” to investigate former Trump campaign official George Papadopoulos.
Jordan’s rant earned him immediate scorn on Twitter — check out some reactions below.
The only time Jim Jordan didn’t yell is when wrestlers under his care complained about being sexually assaulted by… https://t.co/18ylsYeVgG— NoelCaslerComedy🌙 (@NoelCaslerComedy🌙) 1595950036
Jim Jordan is going to a special place in hell that has showers and lots of demons.— God on Mastodon @godpod@universeodon.com (@God on Mastodon @godpod@universeodon.com) 1595950782
I just lost a bunch of brain cells watching that Jim Jordan presentation. What in the hell was that.— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1595950490
Jim Jordan has decided to make the Willie Horton video.— Charles P. Pierce (@Charles P. Pierce) 1595950273
Jim Jordan's opening statement is a long stream of misleading statements and outright falsehoods, sprinkled with hy… https://t.co/he0zuoiecE— Renato Mariotti (@Renato Mariotti) 1595949890
Jim Jordan is what happens when you elect a YouTube message board to be a member of Congress— Michael Cohen (@Michael Cohen) 1595949859
Everybody has fought a Gym Jordan in their life. Somebody who is shouty and speaking quickly and saying nothing, bu… https://t.co/DAPaF0UGFK— Elie Mystal (@Elie Mystal) 1595950186
If you don’t obsessively watch Fox national prime time, you won’t understand the random rant of Jim Jordan’s openin… https://t.co/gyIS5pwJ03— Ted Lieu (@Ted Lieu) 1595949914
Jim Jordan is strategically deployed to make it impossible for any sane person to sit through a hearing.— RSchooley@socel.net (@RSchooley@socel.net) 1595951176
Jim Jordan is why family reunions shouldn’t have open bars.— Marie Connor (@Marie Connor) 1595950979
Listening to Jim Jordan on the radio https://t.co/kibdNsKKev— southpaw (@southpaw) 1595949842
