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Rep. Jim Jordan Says Trump Was ‘Right on Target’ For Discussing Executing Clinton Campaign Aides.

The GOP just gets worse and worse.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readFeb 15, 2022
Erin Schaff for The New York Times

Frankly, I am sick and tired of rehashing the 2016 election. Whether it’s coming from Hillary Clinton who absolutely refuses to let it go or take any responsibility for her historic loss, or Donald Trump who still continues to claim Clinton’s campaign treated him unfairly, I just wish we could all forget about it. At this point it feels like it’s all nothing more than a distraction. A convenient way to divert attention away from the broader, deeply systemic issues that continue to plague the nation.

That said, leave it to the right wing to force people to discuss 2016 yet again.

Alexandra Ana with Business Insider writes:

“GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio said former President Donald Trump’s statement in which he suggested executing Hillary Clinton campaign aides was “right on target” on Sunday.

Jordan, a staunch Trump ally, was reacting to the 45th president’s Saturday statement on a new court filing by the special counsel John Durham, reported by Fox News…

…In his Saturday statement, Trump said the filing “provides indisputable evidence” that the Clinton team spied on his campaign and presidency “in…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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