On Friday evening in Washington, D.C., President Joe Biden couldn’t resist taking a few jabs at Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), who had just lost for the third straight time in his bid to become the next speaker of the House.
According to Mediaite, Biden spoke at a Democratic fundraising reception hosted by Dr. Claire Lucas and Judy Dlugacz.
Biden began with some remarks about failed former president Donald Trump:
“He goes on to talk about how he has great respect for Putin, how he’s a real leader, how Hama- — I mean the things he says, the pr- — the worst part is he basically means. If you notice all — who are his friends? All the strongmen. All the — you know, you have North Korea. You have — anyway, I won’t go through it.”
“But, look, here’s the deal. You know, what’s at stake is literally American democracy, in my view. I know when I made that speech in 2020 in Independence Hall, people thought it was hyperbole. Everybody thought that except the American people. People are worried about — worried about our democracy.”
Then Biden focused in on the GOP and Jordan:
“This is not your father’s Republican Party. This is a different deal. These MAGA Republicans make about 30 percent of that party, and now you saw the — the significant gentleman from Ohio, he just got his rear end kicked by —.”
The president continued:
“But guess what? He lost the third time in the vote, then they had a secret ballot when they got back in the caucus. And I think it was something like 140 people voted against him. Because you know why they didn’t publicly? Intimidated. Intimidated.”
Biden ended his comments by urging attendees to help save democracy.
“And, I guess, what I was to say to you is, you know, in 2024, not because of me, but because of — if Donald Trump is the nominee, if we win in 2024, we’ll be an extended generation to say we saved democracy, in a way.”
“Look — I got to stop myself here.”
Could it be that both Jordan and Trump are headed for the ash heap of American history? If so, that would certainly go a long way toward saving our democracy.
