One piece I read said if Jordan were to get Speaker, he'd be next in line for the presidency. Yikes!
Anyway I'd forgotten how involved Jordan was in trying to overturn the election....
Starting in August 2020, Jim Jordan's coordinated effort to shape Trump supporters' belief in a stolen presidential election and January 6 as the "ultimate date of significance" to overturn the election.
www.justsecurity.org
- Suggested Democrats will try to steal the election (starting Aug. 22, 2020)
- Suggested and directly alleged the election was stolen (starting Nov. 5, 2020)
- Endorsed Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell’s call to investigate Dominion and Smartmatic (starting Nov. 15, 2020)
- Called for immediate congressional investigations of alleged election fraud (starting Nov. 18, 2020)
- Endorsed state legislators’ picking their own electors (starting Dec. 7, 2020)
- Said Trump should not concede (starting Dec. 7, 2020)
- Started public call to object to certification on Jan. 6 (starting Dec. 13, 2020)
- Supported call for “special counsel” to investigate alleged election fraud (starting Dec. 10, 2020)
- Called Jan. 6 the “ultimate date of significance” (Dec. 16, 2020)
- Met with President Trump and small group of House Republicans to coordinate plans to object to certification on January 6 (Dec. 21, 2020)
- Raised Trump supporters’ expectations by saying he hoped a majority of Congress will object on January 6 (Jan. 5, 2021)
- Helped lead the effort to vote against certification on January 6 (starting Dec. 13, 2020)
- Called for Trump supporters to remain peaceful, but does not say to disperse (Jan. 6, 2021 3:02 PM)
- Made false claims about Speaker Pelosi and security preparations for January 6 (starting Feb. 15, 2021)
- Revealed for the first time that he spoke with President Trump on Jan. 6 (July 28, 2021)