On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we discuss Congressman Jim Jordan’s third failed attempt to become House speaker.
Jordan, a far-right Trump ally from Ohio, repeated the dangerous lies about the 2020 election, worked to keep Trump in power, and discussed presidential pardons for members of Congress with the White House, according to testimony at the January 6 hearings.
Jordan was first elected in 2006 to represent a deeply conservative rural district in northern Ohio and is a founder of the hardline House Freedom Caucus.
Guests:
John Nichols, national-affairs correspondent for The Nation and the co-author of It's OK to be Angry About Capitalism
Arthur Delaney, senior reporter for HuffPost covering politics and the economy
Web Resources:
Politico: Inside the Next Republican Revolution
HuffPost: Conservative ‘Intimidation’ Tactics Backfire On Jim Jordan Speaker Bid
CNN: Jim Jordan repeatedly pushed false stolen election rhetoric in lead up to January 6
NBC: Hardball tactics by Jim Jordan allies are backfiring with detractors in House speaker’s race
