Powerful Rep. Visits Long Island
One of the most powerful members of Congress, Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, made a visit to Long Island to accept the endorsement of the New York Conservative Party on behalf of Donald Trump in his bid to retake the White House. The former wrestling champion and coach shared some insight into his politics and made a case against continuing the Biden administration through the election of Vice President Kamala Harris.
Showing a rhetorical flair that has served him well during his 17 years in Congress, Jordan referred to the presidential election as “a moment of magnitude, of importance, of significance for our country.”
The chairman of the powerful Judiciary Committee continued: “We can look at the four years of Donald Trump and the three years seven-and-a-half months of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and see no comparison. They’ve failed miserably on the basics: the economy, inflation, crime, immigration, defunding the police, Ukraine, Israel, weaponization of government, men in women’s sports, and Chinese spy balloons flying over our country. It really is, as Gov. Sarah Sanders put it, normal vs. crazy,” he told the crowd at the Milleridge Inn in Jericho.
“I got choked up watching the Olympics and seeing golfer Scottie Scheffler winning the gold medal for America,” Jordan went on. “It reminded me of the great country we have and how important it is to stay with the values that have made us great.”
“We asked the Trump Campaign to send us the leading Conservative representative in Washington, and they sent us Jim Jordan,” said Jerry Kassar, chairman of the state party. “He is the loudest Conservative voice in the House of Representatives.”
Jordan is a founder of the Freedom Caucus, a bloc of Conservative members that pushes for reducing the size of government, stopping the flow of illegal immigrants, protecting personal liberty, and repealing Obamacare. The group organizes affiliated caucuses across the country through its State Freedom Caucus.
Heading the Judiciary Committee, Jordan oversees matters related to the federal court system, civil liberties, criminal law, and law enforcement. The chairmanship gives him considerable influence over legislative initiatives and investigations in these areas. He is also a Senior Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which recently released a report detailing evidence that President Biden abused his power as vice president by engaging in a conspiracy to peddle influence to enrich his family.
“You can put up a whiteboard of President Trump’s promises and check them off,” Jordan said, noting that he cut taxes, curbed inflation, lifted wages, didn’t start any wars, built a wall along the Southern border, relocated the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, approved the Abraham Accords, made America energy independent, and named Conservatives to the Supreme Court.
Jordan related a story about Trump following the FBI raid of his home at Mar-a-Lago. “I called him, and he answered the phone saying, ‘Jim, this is the best thing that has ever happened to our party. Our numbers are going to go up because of this.’”
The Congressman closed by pointing out that his district is near the Dayton home of the Wright Brothers. “In just 44 years, we went from the first flight to Chuck Yeager, who broke the sound barrier. In the span of one lifetime, we put a man on the moon. Now that’s a great country.”