When he brings down the gavel Monday for a House Judiciary Committee hearing being held on the topic of crime in Manhattan, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) may wish he had never conceived of what is clearly a publicity stunt, according to a political analyst.
Matthew Dowd told MSNBC host Ayman Mohyeldin on Sunday morning that as Jordan continues his accusations against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for what he calls his “pro-crime, anti-victim policies,” the congressman had better expect his own sordid past to be fair game for Democrats on the committee.
Specifically, Dowd noted, is the lingering questions about Jordan’s involvement in the sexual assault of wrestlers at Ohio State University while he was a coach of the team. Jordan never reported any of the attacks on student-athletes.
“The facts is, not only does Columbus have three times the crime rate that New York City has, the actual hometown and where Jim Jordan is from has a higher crime rate a small town has a higher crime rate than New York City in the course that eight of the top ten crime rate states in America are red states,” Dowd began.
That led to Dowd referencing Jordan’s past:
“And, the other thing, I’ll just add: if he really wanted to find out answers to the unanswered questions about crime, then hold it on the Ohio State University campus and ask about the sexual abuse scandals that occurred while he was the wrestling coach. That would be a more formal and more interesting thing to find out undiscovered information.”
Monday’s hearing should be fascinating in all sorts of ways.
