Jordan, 55, a native of Troy, Ohio, has been in Congress since 2007 after previously serving as a state lawmaker. As a member first of the House Oversight and Reform Committee and now as a member of the House Intelligence Committee, Jordan has become known for his outspoken and confrontational style and piercing questioning of hearing witnesses.
He has also been a brash critic of the House Democrats' impeachment inquiry. Earlier this week, during an appearance on Fox News' "Hannity," Jordan slammed the intelligence panel's Democrats and predicted Americans would reelect President Trump in another "Electoral College landslide" in 2020.
"The American people see [the impeachment inquiry] for what it is," Jordan told host Sean Hannity on Tuesday. "The Democrats have never accepted the fact that 63 million Americans voted for this guy and they want him to come here and shake it up. And he won an Electoral College landslide and they [Democrats] don't care because they don't trust the American people."'
"The American people see [the impeachment inquiry] for what it is. The Democrats have never accepted the fact that 63 million Americans voted for this guy and they want him to come here and shake it up. And he won an Electoral College landslide and they [Democrats] don't care because they don't trust the American people."'
— U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio
Earlier in the day on Capitol Hill, Jordan gave his view of why Democrats seemed eager to remove Trump from office.
“The Democrats have never accepted the will of the American people,” Jordan said. “The Democrats don’t trust the American people.”
The Plain Dealer op-ed, titled
“Jim Jordan was imposed on us for egregiously partisan reasons. Now he’s afflicting the nation,” also accuses Jordan of turning a blind eye to sexual abuse committed by a team doctor when he worked as an assistant wrestling coach at the Ohio State University from 1987 to 1994.
Jordan said earlier this month it was “ridiculous” to assume he had any knowledge of the abuse, the
Washington Examiner reported. Jordan and head coach Russ Hellickson were both cleared of any wrongdoing after an internal investigation determined they did not know of the abuse carried out by Dr. Richard Strauss, the wrestling program’s doctor, who committed suicide over a decade ago.
“That makes Jordan an ideal candidate to lead the defense of a malignant president who has bragged about physically abusing women and who has been accused by two dozen women of sexual assault or misconduct,” Larkin writes.
“Why would Jordan so readily ruin what little was left of his reputation?” the author asks. “One theory holds he hopes to inherit Trump’s base for a presidential run of his own in 2024. The swamp will be a crowded place in four years, overrun with loathsome folks angling to continue the dastardly business of shredding the Constitution.”