Some people never learn, and that’s most certainly the case with Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), who seems to have a need to try and troll anyone he disagrees with.
That’s the case with a tweet Jordan sent which reads:
“Do you feel safe in cities controlled by the Left? Cities that defunded the police? Cities that ignore police staffing issues? No. No. No.”
That was simply more than Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) could take, so he fired back at Jordan with a reminder of his colleague’s ugly past.
“I feel safer than a wrestler in a locker room with you.”
For those who aren’t familiar with the checkered past of Congressman Jordan, a 2020 report from CNN explains:
Tito Vazquez says he still remembers the day three decades ago when, as a wrestler at Ohio State University, the doctor he’d gone to see about a bloody nose insisted on examining his genitals. He also recalls how one of his coaches dismissed his immediate complaint.“‘I have nothing to do with this,’” Vazquez quoted the assistant coach saying, as he effectively ended the conversation and went on with wrestling practice.
That coach, Vazquez says, was Jim Jordan, now an Ohio congressman and an influential voice in Republican politics, perhaps best known for his pugnacious defense of President Donald Trump during the recent impeachment proceedings.
Vazquez is one of six former OSU wrestlers who told CNN in recent interviews that they were present when Jordan heard or responded to sexual misconduct complaints about team doctor Richard Strauss. Eight others say Strauss’ inappropriate behavior was an open secret in the athletic department and that Jordan, among others, must have known about it.
Others also took their turn reminding Jordan that he’s not exactly the right person to be criticizing others.
