“…Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a pugnacious Republican ally in
Congress continued to back Trump even after the deadly rampage by a pro-Trump
mob through the Capitol… Just hours after the building was ransacked, Jordan
was also one of the 147 Republican representatives and senators who took part
in the last-ditch effort to derail Biden’s legitimate victory by raising
objections to the Electoral College results and echoing Trump’s baseless claims
of a rigged election.
“A sharp-elbowed Trump defender, Jordan helped lead the GOP
attack on special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election
interference. His harsh interrogations of witnesses — plus his refusal to wear
a jacket while doing so — made him both a national figure and lightning rod for
critics…. The White House had praised Jordan for, among other things, his work
to ‘unmask the Russia hoax and take on Deep State corruption’ and for his
efforts to ‘confront the impeachment witch hunt.’
“Jordan, a founding member of the arch-conservative House
Freedom Caucus who has sometimes rankled members of his own party, [was] not
the first Trump political ally to [also] get the [presidential medal of
freedom] award from Trump” (NBC News).
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