Sertoma hosts Jordan
Congressman touts Trump to members
Representative Jim Jordan gave a speech to the Sertoma Club at Astro Lanes on Wednesday afternoon, and he started by asking the audience a question: what if President Donald Trump doesn't win re- election?
But then he answered his own question.
"I think all the normal bad things happen," Jordan said. "All the customary bad things, they'll raise taxes, they'll increase regulations, they'll attack normal energy policy."
But what scared Jordan the most was what a Biden presidency would do to the structure and framework of the constitution.
"That doesn't bode well for your rights, your liberties, particularly your first amendment rights," he said.
According to Jordan, courtpacking, the elimination of the filibuster and allowing felons to vote - among a list of other things - would happen.
"I'm nervous about where the radical left ways… take the nation, he said. "There was a survey done … they surveyed the American people and 62 percent of Americans said they were reluctant to speak their minds. Reluctant to express their thoughts."
But despite polling suggesting otherwise, Jordan is confident Trump will win and that "when they walk into that voting booth, and it's just them and God, they can vote any way they want."
Which, according to Jordan, could explain why Trump won the last election.
"If 60 percent of Americans are reluctant to speak their minds, express their thoughts, might they be a little less straightforward when they get a political poll asking them about a guy named Trump, the most controversial figure in American politics maybe ever, they might be a little less straight- forward with their response."
To argue against a perception Trump will lose, he cited a rally in Youngstown the other day.
There were 350 people at this," he said. "I didn't know there were 350 republicans in Mahoney
County. Last night it was huge. Trump signs, Trump hats everywhere."
Jordan also alluded to a shifting in thinking he believes is happening referred to as cancel culture.
He used an example involving football player Drew Brees
and basketball player
James Harden.
"Think about this, Drew Brees says stand for the anthem, he gets attacked," said Jordan. "Drew Brees does more good in the New Orleans area, charitable work, wonderful fan, wonderful guy, gets attacked for saying ' stand for the anthem.' James Harden wears a ' back the blue' mask.' He has to answer for that?"
He also criticized the idea of de- funding police and used a story involving Attorney General William Barr and Jerry Nadler, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
According to Jordan, Barr asked Nadler why he wouldn't speak out against protests and condemn violence in Portland. Nadler didn't speak out, and allegedly none of the other House Democrats did either. He said this to highlight that it was the Judiciary's responsibility to "be focused most attentively on the Constitution and the rule of law."
Jordan also wanted to make one idea clear:
"This is a serious election and I think you all understand it," he said.
He then took time to address several concerns raised by constituents, including concerns on if fellow representatives Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib were "as crazy in person as they appear."
"They are radical," Jordan said. "Those four are really kind of a socialist type. It's really scary, and so many other democrats are afraid to speak out against them."
He referenced an example where an editor at the New York Times resigned.
According to Jordan, "in her resignation letter she said you can't be a journalist anymore in the New York Times. It's all about conforming to the mob, the mob's thinking. She said If you do try to fight back, if you try to speak out and do real journalism you will face what she called a digital thunder dome."
He also admitted a fear of early voting and was frustrated with the idea of counting ballots after election day.
"The one thing that scares me is this stuff," he said. "I'm totally partisan to this stuff … democrats in my mind, democrats are trying to win the election after the election and that's not how it works.
You're supposed to win the election before the election, it's called campaigning… and then election night you have a score.
"One party thinks it's okay to win an election after the election," Jordan said. "I think you're supposed to win it before."
On abortion, Jordan said Democrats would make sure tax dollars were used to pay for abortion procedures.
"Even if you you're not on the pro- life side… you probably still don't want your tax dollars used for financing this procedure," he said. "But that's where we'll go if they ( democrats) are in charge."
He also expressed concerns about going back into a lockdown amid the COVID19 pandemic, and wanted to ask Dr. Anthony Fauci if protesting increased the spread.
"I hope we don't go back into lockdown," Jordan said. "Just understand that this virus is serious, let's keep this serious, but we're people of common sense. We can handle it. Schools have been dealing with this, you guys have been dealing with this for months now."
He cited democratic mayors and governors for helping to increase the spread because of protestors.
"That's frustrating for a lot of Americans," he said.
But regardless of what's happening around the country and the world, Jordan is thankful for the support.
"I genuinely do appreciate the privilege you all have given me in representing you and your families and your businesses and this great community."