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On the recordSeptember 19, 2024
Mr. Speaker, let me get this straight. Some crazy guy on the left tries to assassinate President Trump, and it is Republicans' fault? That is what we just heard. Next thing they are going to say is, oh, some crazy guy on the left tries to assassinate President Trump, and it is President Trump's fault. Oh, wait a minute. They said that, too. This is ridiculous. We have a bipartisan bill that Representative Lawler went to Democrats to work with them on, something that everyone knows needs to happen, and what does the ranking member do? He says it is Republicans' fault. What do Democrats do? What does the left do? They say it is President Trump's fault. You cannot make this stuff up. After all that President Trump has been through, they go to that. After they spied on his campaign, after Mueller, after impeachment, after they raided his home, after they tried the crazy 14th Amendment idea that the best way to beat him is not let him play the game, not let him go on the ballot--thank goodness the Supreme Court decided 9-0 that was bogus. That is what they do. I wasn't even going to talk. I was going to let Mr. Lawler, who has done the work on this, handle all this. His remarks were totally bipartisan, not partisan at all. I was just going to let this good piece of legislation that is going to go on suspension--everyone is going to vote for it--just let it happen, but no, they cannot help themselves. It is ridiculous. Mr.…
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Jim Jordan
Republican · Ohio

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