Liz Cheney Takes A Sledgehammer To Prospect Of Jim Jordan Serving As House Speaker After McCarthy's Ouster
Speaking at an event on Wednesday in Minneapolis, co-sponsored by the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) spoke about the possible speakership of Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH).
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00:00 Now, let me say one more thing about what's happening now in the House.
00:09 Reports are that there's going to be a speaker's race now that will involve Jim Jordan.
00:18 Now, there's a lot I could say about Jim Jordan, but in all seriousness, Jim Jordan
00:42 knew more about what Donald Trump had planned for January 6th than any other member of the
00:51 House of Representatives.
00:53 Jim Jordan was involved, was part of the conspiracy in which Donald Trump was engaged as he attempted
01:02 to overturn the election.
01:06 Jim Jordan, if you think about the extent to which people have now said, "Well, it was
01:14 Speaker Pelosi's fault that Donald Trump's mob invaded the Capitol, that the security
01:20 wasn't sufficient enough."
01:23 The person who knew, there were probably more than just Jim, but there was a handful of
01:28 people of which he was the leader, who knew what Donald Trump had planned.
01:33 Now, somebody needs to ask Jim Jordan, "Why didn't you report to the Capitol Police what
01:40 you knew Donald Trump had planned?"
01:43 You were in those meetings at the White House.
01:50 And if the Republicans decide that Jim Jordan should be the Speaker of the House, there
01:57 will — and by the way, I don't think that's going to happen, I think he'll lose — but
02:02 if they were to decide that, there would no longer be any possible way to argue that a
02:11 group of elected Republicans could be counted on to defend the Constitution.
02:15 [ Applause ]