Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio is the latest homophobic lawmaker to have an idiotic tweet completely blow up in his face.
Yesterday, Jordan took to Twitter to invoke the words of Ronald Reagan while criticizing Joe Biden.
“President Reagan: ‘The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help.'” he tweeted. “President Biden: ‘Help is on the way.'”
President Reagan: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help.”
President Biden: “Help is on the way.”
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) March 17, 2021
OK, there is sooooo much to unpack here.
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First, it’s a little weird that a sitting member of Congress (for the last 14 years!) doesn’t think it’s his job to be a public servant and help people. But aside from that, Jordan is currently at the center of a college wrestling gay sex abuse scandal that’s been haunting him for going on three years now.
Related: Rep. Jim Jordan’s college wrestling gay sex abuse scandal is once again coming back to haunt him
In 2018, Jordan was accused of not helping male athletes by ignoring allegations of sexual misconduct against the team doctor when he worked as assistant coach for the Ohio State wrestling team. Not only that, but he was also accused of aiding and abetting in the cover-up.
Related: Yet another college wrestler comes forward to accuse Rep. Jim Jordan of ignoring sexual abuse
Jordan, a staunch Trump loyalist and vehement homophobe, has long denied the allegations and swears that he never witnessed any abuse take place or participated in a cover-up, despite the school paying over $40 million in settlements to more than 160 victims.
The fact that he doesn’t think it’s a person in power’s job to “help” people in need is alarming, to say the least.
And now, the responses…
Idk.
I’d maybe go with “I’m Jim Jordan and I’m your new wrestling coach.”
🤷🏼♀️
— Ida Skibenes ❄️ (@ida_skibenes) March 17, 2021
More terrifying nine words. “Don’t worry about being sexually molested, Jordan will help!”
We see how you handle your jobs Gym, you did nothing for those kids, you did nothing for Americans. You actually voted AGAINST helping. And you’re a hack for quoting Reagan. @Jim_Jordan https://t.co/u3sUnOTwPl
— Titus (@TitusNation) March 18, 2021
If you are so against the government, why are you employed by it?
— Nathan Max (@natemax) March 18, 2021
Well, Reagan was wrong, so there’s that.
The nine most terrifying words are actually “I saw boys being abused and I did nothing.”
— Thom Bird (@ThomboyD) March 17, 2021
Thousands of people were dying of AIDS in the 1980s terrified & lonely as Ronald Reagan and his government abandoned them. https://t.co/xcAWPyLmfK
— Taniel (@Taniel) March 18, 2021
That's one thing that is consistent about #GymJordan. He refuses to help those he actually gets paid to serve.
— CarrieT ? (@UclaBruin1998) March 18, 2021
Thousands of Gay men, an entire generation, are dead because Ronald Reagan was terrified to say a word to help them! https://t.co/lseiZDU2S3
— JerseyCraig (@Jersey_Craig) March 18, 2021
Gee Gym, I think those Ohio State wrestlers would have welcomed your help, rather than having you ignore the abuse. 🙁
— Linda Childers (@lindarchilders) March 17, 2021
Reagan, famous for handling public health crises well https://t.co/if5DsaEMsV
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) March 18, 2021
The most terrifying words in the English language are, “I’m Jim Jordan and I’m your wrestling coach.”
— JRehling (@JRehling) March 17, 2021
When someone is in danger, Jim Jordan is still a fan of looking the other way https://t.co/frG7iOFuVx
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) March 18, 2021
If that’s what you believe then why are you in government?
Give up your salary and go away.
— Michael Drake (@mikedrake178) March 17, 2021
But help wasn’t on the way for those young men pic.twitter.com/DnRC6UvGwa
— Donald’s Pandemic (@MustweSuffer) March 17, 2021
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
Cam
Jordan has NEVER sponsored a bill through the house….in 14 years he has literally done nothing and been paid nearly $200,000 a year to do it.
Also, if these Republicans hate government so much, don’t run for office.
Max
but the paycheck and benefits for doing nothing…
Mister P
Reagan was wrong and Jordan is wrong. There is a lot the government can do to help people. Private corporations certainly are not going to help people.
fur_hunter
Jordan is a total S cumbag…Piece of $H!T…..A SS Hole. RepubliKKKans only care about their pocketbooks and their corporate donors.
cuteguy
Hypocrite, party of one. I mean party of Jordan. I mean party of Q’anon. I mean party of Trump. All the same garbage
maddog
Don’t forget the free health care that Jordan gets….while he votes against health care for people laid off due to COVID
fur_hunter
HEY…….Not only FREE healthcare…but FREE retirement…at taxpayer expense. And their retirement is a LOT MORE than my SS check.
darklight413
It always amazes me how republicans always pick the absolute worst of society to represent them. Or, maybe that’s just who they are.
barryaksarben
That Ronnie statement was a bad joke then and a has not aged well at all. Has our government ever screwed up when it was trying to help? YES. but 90% of the time it has helped fix what has gone wrong. Look to FDR for a real president. He came in at one of our lowest ebbs and turned this country from a depression frozen wasteland into the greatest country on earth with the healthiest middle class ever seen but it took some time and effort. He tried things and yes some did not work but he didnt quit and found things that did. He was NO SAINT as no one is but there has never been a republican except for Lincoln who has ever done a tiny bit of good for this country and Jym Jordan is helping that streak stay alive
Creamsicle
The other Roosevelt did some good things. He was forced to create the FDA after Upton Sinclair published The Jungle. (Even though Sinclair was really writing about the poor working conditions in the meatpacking industry) Theodore Roosevelt also established the National Parks system. I am not a Republican, but I have to admit that the party has done beneficial things since Lincoln, but the modern Republican party would be unrecognizable to both Lincoln and Roosevelt. Republicans were the progressive party until the parties realigned ideologically in the 1960s, after the Voting Rights Act was passed.
Fahd
Quoting Ronald Reagan – lol – as if Reagan ever understood the meaning behind the lines he delivered. The Democrats better start working much much harder to ensure they retain control of the House in the next election. Considering this guy and some of the other QAnon wackos, the thought of a Republican majority in the House makes me sick to my stomach.
ted72
Oh Gum Jordan, you did nothing, we all know… Hope the investigation catches up to you. I’ll offer thoughts and prayers for you when that happens
Ginger Tom
When you think for any length of time about Gym Jim Jordan you come to the inescapable conclusion that having not a shred of human conscience is an indispensable prerequisite for a Republican politician of the stature of Gym Jim.
LMG
Too bad that puss head Gym Jordan didn’t open his loud mouth when those wrestlers came to him for help. But what can you expect from this vagabond creep whose only contribution to any subject is nothing but sturm and drang. A most despicable individual.
Tombear
This Jordan moron refuses to call the attack on the Capital an isserection. With elected members like Jordan China and Putin are not as bad to the American people like Jordan is!
avesraggiana
I don’t know…something about him screams “CLOSET CASE!!!”…bet he’s a big ole bottom too.
winemaker
So what else’s new here?, The same pretty much can be said for all politicians who’re supposed to work for the American people but do little or nothing but pursue their own personal agenda’s all while getting big bucks to sit on their asses all while the American people get the ‘finger’ .and end up with SQUAT. And the real outrage, some of these slugs in both parties have been in congress for years and people keep voting for them as if new election campaign promises are like the word of God, truthful. .A perfect example of this are dianne feinstein and nancy pelosi; these old hags have done ZPPO i to improve San Francisco, their congressional district that awhile ago earned the appropriate moniker the ‘doo doo’ capital of the USA sad to say. These so called public servants have done little to nothing for anyone but themselves ( take a good look and smell at California i for as real as progressivism gets) yet are both worth hundreds of millions of dollars each for basically doing nothing. Gee where do i apply for the job?
gregr
who’re isn’t a legitimate contraction. Are you trying to say who are or who were? It looks like whore anyway.
Creamsicle
I never understood why that Reagan line is so popular. Just from a rhetorical perspective, it’s a weird statement. The nine most terrifying words? Okay, what are the ten most terrifying words then? What about the eight most terrifying words? Did Reagan just have a fondness for constructing terrifying sentences? Was his real passion horror fiction and he settled for actor turned president when it didn’t work out?
GayEGO
We all know what a scumbag Jordan is by his remarks. He should not be in our government.