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Pelosi Stepping Down, GOP Majority’s Messaging, Feinstein Fading

November 17, 2022 by GregC

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Join Jim and Greg as they once again cheer the impending GOP control of the House and today’s news that Nancy Pelosi will step down as House Democratic leader after 20 years. They also welcome the coming House GOP investigation of the Hunter Biden laptop and several related issues of possible corruption but they believe the first major press conference of the incoming majority should have been to lay out an agenda to lower our food and energy costs. And they wince as California Sen. Dianne Feinstein makes it clear she has no recollection of turning down the role of Senate Pro Tempore in the upcoming Congress.

Virus Likely from Lab, Lightfoot’s Heavy Footprint, Libs Scold Jordan

May 4, 2020 by GregC

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Join Jim and Greg as the evidence piles up that the coronavirus likely escaped from a lab in Wuhan and the Chinese lied about it for weeks. They also hammer Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot for vowing to arrest people at parties for getting too close to others. And they groan as Barack Obama and other liberals gripe in an ESPN documentary about Michael Jordan not being a political activist during his career.

Virginia GOP Candidate: Dem Scandals ‘Insult to Dumpster Fires’

February 19, 2019 by GregC

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Campaign season is revving up in Virginia with all legislative seats on the ballot this year and a prominent Republican challenger is warning Virginia of what Democratic control of the commonwealth would look like while blasting state leaders for their current racism scandals.

Over the past three weeks, all three of Virginia’s statewide elected leaders found themselves mired in scandal. Gov. Ralph Northam gave a radio interview that seemed to condone infanticide and then was discovered to have a photo on his page of a medical school yearbook that showed one person in blackface and another in KKK dress.

Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax is accused of sexual assault by two women, and Attorney General Mark Herring admitted to wearing blackface in college just days after declaring Northam needed to step down.

D.J. Jordan is a longtime public relations expert on Capitol Hill and beyond. He is running to unseat first-term Democrat Elizabeth Guzman in Virginia’s 31st district. He says the Democrats have covered themselves in disgrace.

“I would call our executive branch leadership right now a dumpster fire but I think that would be an insult to dumpster fires,” said Jordan. “As a black conservative, I’ve been saying for a long time that Democrats don’t hold any moral authority on the issue of race. I think the nation is now seeing that in Virginia with Gov. Northam and his scandal.”

Jordan is especially galled by the Northam revelations following Northam’s aggressive labeling of Republican rival Ed Gillespie as a racist in the 2017 governor’s race “for things that were definitely not even close to racism.”

“Our country will never move forward on the issue of race unless we stop weaponizing race issues and actually create a different culture where we respect and trust each other,” said Jordan.

But Jordan says he’s mystified at how Northam has not gotten as much grief over his late-term abortion comments.

“I am disappointed that Northam’s blackface controversy has gotten more attention than his support for late-term abortion and infanticide. Both of these issues in my opinion are connected. They are both an assault against human dignity – racism and abortion,” said Jordan.

Removing abortion restrictions was just one bill pushed by Democrats earlier this year. They also called for numerous gun control measures, a $15 minimum wage, and a repeal of right to work laws. Jordan says the narrow GOP majorities in the legislature stopped all of those measures, but it will be a different story if Democrats control the legislature next year.

“All of the crazy left-leaning bills that you have seen that are introduced that have been stopped would become law next year,” said Jordan.

That’s why Jordan is running to unseat Guzman, who he says is simply too far left to properly represent the district.

“Elizabeth Guzman is very, very liberal. Her policies are very far to the left. She takes a lot of cues and direction from the national liberal progressive movement, whether it be introducing a bill to prohibit plastic straws in the state of Virginia or whether it be her belief in Medicare for all,” said Jordan.

Jordan says he’s running to stop the socialist mindset from gaining the upper hand in Virginia.

“I’m running to defend freedom and opportunity in Virginia. I believe the principles that helped my father escape poverty in the Tidewater area of Virginia – and then he went on to build a small business for himself and provide a life for me. I feel like those principles are under attack in Virginia,” said Jordan.

Calling himself an “opportunity conservative,” Jordan says he wants to champion education and economic opportunity. He says his earlier service on Virginia’s State Board of Social Services proved to him that endless government programs do not solve poverty.

“I saw a lot of policies that helped low-income people, but I saw way more policies that actually hurt poor people because it created government dependency,” said Jordan.

Listen to the full podcast to hear more of Jordan’s opportunity agenda, why he thinks Republicans can find a receptive audience among black voters if they make the effort, and why he thinks the 2019 elections in Virginia will not resemble the Democratic waves of 2017 and 2018.

‘Let’s Do What We Said, Let’s Repeal Obamacare’

March 20, 2017 by GregC

Republican leaders are hoping to pass their health care replacement plan on Thursday, but the conservative sponsor of legislation to fully repeal the Affordable Care Act says the current GOP preserves far too much of the current system and must be rejected.

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is also a co-founder and former chairman of the House Freedom Caucus and has introduced legislation to fully repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as the ACA or Obamacare. Jordan is vigorously opposed to the current version of American Health Care Act, arguing this is not what Republicans promised voters since 2010.

“We’re not repealing Obamacare. Even people who are for it, like Charles Krauthammer, has said it’s Obamacare-lite. It keeps the Obamacare structure and that’s not what we told the voters. If you don’t repeal Obamacare, you’re never going to bring down the cost of insurance for middle class and working class families,” said Jordan.

“So it is really that basic. Let’s do what we said. That’s what they sent us here to do. Let’s actually repeal Obamacare. A clean and complete repeal is what we’re after. This doesn’t do it,” said Jordan.

The American Health Care Act, or AHCA, is vigorously endorsed by President Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc. Ryan argues the plan does fulfill the promise to repeal and replace Obamacare.

Jordan laid out several areas he insists are key differences between a complete repeal and what the GOP plan does.

“We didn’t tell voters we were going to repeal Obamacare but we were going to keep some of the taxes in place, which the speaker’s plan does. We didn’t say we were going to repeal Obamacare but take the Medicaid expansion and extend it for several years, which the speaker’s plan does,” said Jordan.

“We certainly didn’t say we’re going to repeal Obamacare and start this new program of refundable tax credits and repeal Obamacare and get rid of the mandate but keep this 30 percent surcharge that we tell insurance companies you have to levy on people who don’t maintain continuous coverage,” said Jordan.

The most disturbing issue for Jordan is Republicans getting ready to own a massive health care reform that he believes will not lower the cost of health insurance.

“This is just Obamacare in a different format, and because of that it will not bring down the cost of insurance. It will not bring down premiums. Therefore, middle class families are still going to see the ridiculous high levels they’ve seen over the last several years,” said Jordan.

Jordan and several other members of the House Freedom Caucus are demanding a full repeal of Obamacare, just as the GOP-controlled Congress did in 2015 before the legislation was vetoed by President Obama.

“The one thing we know about our plan is it’s passed before,” said Jordan.

So why won’t leaders bring up that same bill?

“They’re saying some people may not vote for that, which is amazing to me. During election time you can do one thing, but once you get in office and it actually counts you can’t? That’s what drives voters crazy,” said Jordan.

Jordan also doesn’t buy the GOP leadership’s three-step approach to reform, which includes this bill, letting Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price roll back many of the regulations in the current law and then passing market-based reforms in a separate bill that will likely require 60 votes to clear the Senate.

“That’s a joke,” said Jordan.

“We know phase two is going to get tied up in court. You saw what the courts have done on President Trump’s executive order on the travel ban. You’ve seen how he reworked it and came back with something we know is consistent with the law. And where is that right now? It’s tied up in court. So to think the left is not going to take Obamacare and tie it up in court is just ridiculous,” said Jordan.

As frustrating as it has been for full repeal proponents to plead their case with leadership, Jordan says the difference between conservatives and Democrats on the issue is like night and day.

“They view success as signing people up for government, Medicaid or Obamacare. We define success as let’s put in place the policies that make insurance affordable so that people can pick the plan that meets their needs. That’s what we’re trying to get accomplished,” said Jordan.

While Trump is vociferously supporting the GOP plan, Jordan is hopeful the president will be able to broker changes to the legislation that will rid the law of crippling insurance regulations dictating what has to be in all policies, allow for market based reforms that will drive competition and lower costs and repeal other burdensome regulations by statute.

Jordan, who met with Trump along with other Freedom Caucus members, says the White House has been far more accommodating than Republican leaders in Congress.

“We appreciate the outreach the White House did being willing to work with us. Our leadership initially talked about this binary choice, take-it-or-leave-it approach, which I don’t think is helpful. Since then I think they’ve been more open to talk with us, probably driven by the fact they don’t have the votes,” said Jordan.

With a vote planned for Thursday, Jordan suspects a scramble is underway to find more support for the AHCA.

“One thing I learned a long time ago is when leadership is out there saying they have the votes, that means they probably don’t have the votes. Based on what I know from our members of the Freedom Caucus and some other people, I believe they do not have the votes, so we’ll see how negotiations go this week,” said Jordan.

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