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https://crooksandliars.com/2022/01/raskin-throws-jordans-obsession-benghaziJamie Raskin Throws 'Benghazi' In Jim Jordan's Face
When Jordan "investigated" Benghazi, he demanded everyone testify, because nobody has the right to hide. Now that he's implicated in the insurrection? Not so much.
By John Amato January 11, 2022
Video @ link~
Rep Jamie Raskin used Jim Jordan's own words against him. It's about time we all did.
After saying he had "nothing to hide," the Ohio Republican Jordan has refused to cooperate with the House committee investigating the insurrection January 6.
J6 Committee Member Jamie Raskin joined MSNBC on Monday. He was asked his thoughts about Jordan's refusal.
That seems to only apply to Democrats, right Gym?
Jordan is one of the worst Congressmen ever. He ditched the U.S. Constitution and his constituents and swore allegiance to a narcissistic buffoon.
Jordan has information and is refusing to cooperate.
I think some Ohio voters should take a page from North Carolina voters who are objecting to Madison Cawthorn and demand Jordan be disqualified as a congressional candidate for his role in the insurrection and his refusal to come forward and testify.
In the Jim Jordan Republican silo, only Republicans are allowed to hide the facts and the truth.
Emile
(43,290 posts)LymphocyteLover
(10,163 posts)Truly, it is inexhaustible!
housecat
(3,138 posts)concretebluetwo
(114 posts)If CONservatives didn't have Hypocrisy, all they would have left is the Stupidity.
...and the Greed
...and the Racism...
....and the ...help me out here?
Solly Mack
(97,272 posts)Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)see the clown train of fascism is over.
Probatim
(3,298 posts)Wuddles440
(2,132 posts)but the embrace of fascism actually seems to be gaining momentum across our nation and worldwide. When at least half of the population does not accept what should be considered universal facts and truths, the future of our republic and democracy are in grave jeopardy!
ZZenith
(4,476 posts)You need the subjunctive form.
Where do you get at least half from? Can you please give us a link to that statistic?
CaptainTruth
(8,261 posts)But look at what happened in 1932, 1933, & beyond. It took 10 years, but the fascists regrouped & ultimately succeeded in talking over the country.
This is what we MUST stop from happening in America, fascism on our own soil MUST be defeated.
A relevant article:
While Hitlers Beer Hall Putsch and Trumps January 6 coup attempt bore a striking resemblance in terms of the size of the insurrections and the resulting violence, the most notable similarity is the nature of the lies that led to the buildup of political tensions: Hitlers lies about Germanys defeat in World War I and Trumps lies about voter fraud driving his loss in the 2020 election. Both were big lies that undermined faith in government institutions and gained credibility from frequent repetition.
In their immediate post-coup lives, Hitler had a much more difficult time than Trump, thanks to less forgiving rulers. Germanys postWorld War I democratic government aggressively prosecuted Hitler and nine of his associates for treason within months of the 1923 coup attempt. He was sent to prison the next year, serving nine months before getting himself paroled. A key condition of Hitlers parole was that he refrain from speaking in public for two years. The classic 1960 history, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, by William Shirer, explains Hitlers challenge this way: A silenced Hitler was a defeated Hitler, as ineffective as a handcuffed pugilist in a ring.
Hitler, according to Shirer, remained single-minded in his determination to revive the Nazi Party, via a two-part strategy: to attack and undermine the government and to operate as a state within a state.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-hitler-coup/]
JustAnotherGen
(38,113 posts)Moebym
(1,033 posts)Right in front of our eyes.
And it now has social media and the Dark Web to assist it.
Captain Zero
(8,954 posts)There are no Americans to come and save us like we did Europe.
Except those of us who are Americans.
ZZenith
(4,476 posts)Hitler was not disgraced on the worldwide stage by the Beer Hall Putsch.
ZZenith
(4,476 posts)Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)in social media
.not at all real conversations
.where 12 hour investigations, prosecutions, trials and then the hanging are the norm.
In the real world there is great optimism that justice will prevail
.open your ears, shut out the crap on social media and plunge into the news of the real world
warning, its a bit of work.
ZZenith
(4,476 posts)There are tectonic shifts happening right now and some very large behemoths have been toppled but havent yet hit the ground.
EYES ON THE PRIZE, PEOPLE!!!
msfiddlestix
(8,183 posts)but certainly on point.
Doodley
(12,082 posts)AleksS
(1,724 posts)I feel like I remember her testifying...for hours...does anyone else remember that?
ShazzieB
(22,883 posts)No running, no hiding, no complaining. (Even though she had way more to complain about than Jordan, had she chosen to do so.)
That's how adults handle things like this. Adults who, unlike Jordan, do not have a closet full of guilty secrets.
Liars and guilty secret hiders do not handle this sort of thing so well.

oldsoftie
(13,538 posts)MadameButterfly
(4,165 posts)with the re-drawing of the districts. Maybe they want the gym scandal to go away. Or the next one. Or the next...
oldsoftie
(13,538 posts)FakeNoose
(42,444 posts)
Remind them WHY we call them "Repukes" and Jim Jordan is one of the Repukiest.
bucolic_frolic
(55,847 posts)to anyone, and especially not to Congress or voters.
liberal N proud
(61,203 posts)In everything they do hypocrisy flows.
CrispyQ
(41,108 posts)crickets
(26,168 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Boomerproud
(9,366 posts)nt
calimary
(90,835 posts)Maybe thinking just wasnt part of the equation.
Wounded Bear
(64,655 posts)GoodRaisin
(11,063 posts)Jordan should be disqualified just for being a piece of shit and stand trial for looking the other way while at Ohio State.
Beartracks
(14,653 posts)kentuck
(115,644 posts)...that investigated the death of 4 CIA agents in Benghazi, Libya.
They would go to no end to find out all the facts.
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