Jim Jordan pours cold water on Trump campaign retribution promises
By
Brady Knox
November 10, 2024 11:25 am
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) dismissed concerns that President-elect Donald Trump would enact retribution on his opponents.
In an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union, Jordan got into a heated exchange with host Dana Bash over Trump’s campaign rhetoric promising to be his supporters’ “retribution.”
“People talk about retribution; the retribution has been from the other side,” Jordan said. “I’ve been trying to stop retribution for the last… 10 years.”
Bash began to interrupt, saying she would get to that but that her question was about Trump’s vows to enact “retribution.” She asked if he would support Trump using the Justice Department to prosecute perceived enemies.
“He didn’t do it in his first term,” Jordan responded, after which he was interrupted and pressed as to whether he would support retribution in Trump’s second term. Jordan countered by presenting alleged examples of the targeting of political opposition by the Biden administration.
“I don’t think any of that’s going to happen, because we’re the party who’s against political prosecution,” he said when pressed as to whether Trump’s “retribution” would happen. “We’re the party who’s against going after your opponents using lawfare.”
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