Incoming House Minority Leader Jim Jordan (R-OH) is a stalwart conservative whose mastery of government oversight has helped expose abuses of power.
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mastery → income → power
As chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and a former ranking Republican on the Oversight Committee, Jordan was the tip of the spear on some of the most significant scandals of the Obama and Biden eras, including the weaponization of the FBI against Donald Trump during his campaign; the rise of George Soros-backed local prosecutors who simply don’t enforce laws they disagree with; and the impact of illegal immigration.
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they → include → immigration
In 2024, he and his staff exposed a “disinformation” racket called the Global Alliance for Responsible Media that pressured advertisers to boycott The Daily Wire and other media that questioned government narratives.
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that → expose → narratives
Through extensive document review and testimony, his sleuthing led to the group’s dismantling.
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sleuthing → lead → dismantling
His vigilance against what he called the “censorship industrial complex” could stand in the way of Democrats’ efforts to convince corporations to do their bidding.
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he → call → bidding
A former wrestling coach first elected in 2006, Jordan was a co-founder of the House Freedom Caucus, the body’s most conservative wing–a group of uncompromising rabble-rousers that was a thorn in the side of leaders like John Boehner.
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that → elect → Boehner
It was a ragtag bunch consisting of the likes of Louie Gohmert, Ron DeSantis (now governor of Florida), and Mark Meadows (who went on to be Trump’s chief of staff), characterized by a distrust of authority–including, and even particularly, the Republican House leadership that Jordan will now lead.
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Jordan → consist → that
Over the years, Jordan increasingly gained the respect of the party’s more institutional members, without giving up his right-wing bona fides.
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Jordan → gain → fides
They found him not just a showhorse seeking media clips, but a workhorse who cared deeply about government policy.
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who → find → policy
In 2023, Jordan nearly became speaker after a revolt toppled Kevin McCarthy.
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revolt → become → McCarthy
He initially lost the Republican nomination to Steve Scalise, then won it after Scalise withdrew, but failed to secure a majority in three House floor votes.
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Scalise → lose → votes
Now, he’ll preside over a House GOP that is considerably smaller, but also more conservative, with many members from moderate districts booted from office this month.
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members → preside → office
He’s significantly to the right of the Senate’s Republican leadership, where his counterpart is John Thune.
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counterpart → ’ → leadership
Oversight and Judiciary are not just two of the House’s most important committees, but two of the largest, with politicians from across the spectrum vying for attention.
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politicians → vie → attention
Herding those cats will come in handy as Jordan seeks to unify the House GOP in an environment in which Democrats will have the majority in both the House and the Senate.
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Democrats → herd → House
If a Democrat president wins in two years, oversight will form a core part of Republicans’ efforts, making Jordan’s background all the more important.
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background → win → efforts
With his signature informal appearance–a dress shirt with no jacket–and his zeal for exposing injustice, Jordan became a rebel with a cause.
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Jordan → expose → cause
In 2017, when House leadership declined to hold a hearing on a cybersecurity scandal involving fellow members of Congress, Jordan and other Freedom Caucus members held a rogue hearing, with this reporter testifying.
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reporter → decline → hearing
This reporter found himself on the other side of the dais from Jordan again this year, as the lawmaker probed a Daily Wire series exposing Medicaid fraud in his home state of Ohio.
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lawmaker → find → Ohio
“I always point out the left has a template.
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left → point → template
The left will tell a lie: ‘We are actually providing services to elderly Ohioans.’
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We → tell → Ohioans
Big media will report, ‘oh, this is wonderful.’
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this → report → ?
Big tech will amplify the lie.
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tech → amplify → lie
You tell the truth.
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You → tell → truth
They call you racist,” he told me in the Oversight hearing.
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he → call → hearing
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