Jordan energizes party faithful at monthly GOP dinner
Oct. 7—LIMA — Jim Jordan is confident Republicans will retake control of the U.S. House of Representatives following the Nov. 8 general election.
"But we can't be over-confident," Ohio's 4th District congressman said Friday in urging party faithful to work hard in the final month of the campaign season.
Jordan, R-Urbana, was the guest speaker at the monthly noon luncheon hosted by the Allen County Republican Party. He said the upcoming election "is about throwing out of power the people who don't like America."
The congressman, who was greeted with a standing ovation by a large crowd on hand for the lunch, painted with a broad brush when talking about liberals in general and Democrats in particular.
"The Left is coming after your First Amendment rights, your Second Amendment rights, your due process rights," Jordan said. "And maybe the most alarming thing is how they're weaponizing government to come after we the people; weaponizing government to go after their political opposition."
Jordan said the country has been in a downward spiral since President Joe Biden took office.
"In a span of 22 months we went from a secure border to no border. We went from stable prices to a 41-year high inflation rate and from $2 gas to $5 gas. We went from safe streets to record levels of crime in every major urban area," he said.
Turning his attention to candidates on the ballot nationwide in the upcoming election, Jordan said electing Republicans in key Senate races in Pennsylvania, Georgia and other states is vital to the party's future.
He noted the Ohio Senate race between Republican J.D. Vance and Democrat Tim Ryan is "by far the most important race in the state. Do everything you can to help J.D. win this race. He's a good candidate. He is hitting his stride. We cannot take back the United States Senate if we lose a seat that's already in Republican hands."
Incumbent Republican Senator Rob Portman opted not to seek re-election.
If the GOP returns to the majority party in the U.S. House, Jordan stands to become chairman of the powerful Judiciary Committee. He said a primary focus of the committee would be "a full investigation into how politicized the Justice Department has become."
Another stated goal of Republicans, he said, would be to "get rid of a (Democrat-sponsored) bill that funds 87,000 additional IRS agents." While the bill does call for the 87,000 additional agents, independent fact-checkers say that auditing every single taxpayer with annual income over $1 million would require only 25,000 new IRS enforcement agents.
Jordan energized the party faithful by making vague references to ongoing investigations surrounding former President Donald Trump, whose name was never mentioned during Friday's luncheon.
"You see it firsthand how they're weaponizing government to come after we the people, weaponizing government to go after their political opposition. I mean, it is scary what's going on. So that's what's at stake over the next 30 days. Make sure you're talking to anyone and everyone to go out and just vote Republican.
"We've got the truth on our side. We've got the facts on our side. Let's go campaign hard and make sure our team wins."
