(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . He protected a pedophile and called a child rape victim a liar. The GOP now wants him to lead. [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-13 Big news for the so-called “anti-groomer” party. The worst person in the world is more likely than not to be elected their new leader in the House. To put someone like Gym Jordan in charge of your party is depravity at the highest level. There is nothing worse on this planet than the rape of a child. Jordan was in charge of the students, and he was responsible for their safety. He f***ing KNEW they were being sexually assaulted, and he didn’t do a damn thing. Three former wrestlers told NBC News that it was common knowledge that Strauss showered regularly with the students and inappropriately touched them during appointments, and said it would have been impossible for Jordan to be unaware; one wrestler said he told Jordan directly about the abuse. DiSabato, whose allegations against Strauss prompted Ohio State to open its investigation, called Jordan a “liar.” “I considered Jim Jordan a friend,” DiSabato said. “But at the end of the day, he is absolutely lying if he says he doesn’t know what was going on.” In 2019, an independent report from OSU found that Dr. Strauss, who died by suicide in 2005, had sexually abused "at least 177 male student-patients" for two decades. In 1994, when a boy came forward to say that Strauss pleasured himself in front of him in a shower, Jordan just shrugged it off. “Yeah, that’s Strauss,” Jordan told him. Yeah, that wacky pervert. What are you gonna do? How about call the police, you ass!! You would think that at the very least, Jordan would want to atone for his behavior. Instead, when a 10-year old was raped and needed an abortion, Jordan called her a liar on Twitter. When the rapist was caught and confessed, Jordan, instead of apologizing, doubled-down and said he had no regrets for his abysmal tweet attacking the child. That should have been the end of his political career. In today’s GOP, attacking rape victims who need abortions I guess is considered a stepping stone. Of course, there’s plenty of other reasons to not want to elevate Gym Jordan to Speaker. The Democrats have already pointed out plenty. Sure, he’s a right-wing extremist who supported the insurrection to overthrow our government. Sadly, that’s not a disqualifier because the GOP is no longer a normal party. Sure, there’s the fact that he’s never been able to pass ONE.SINGLE.BILL. in his entire 16-year pathetic career that’s he’s only been able to hold thanks to one of the most egregious gerrymanders in the entire U.S. But when has being an effective politician been important to the GOP’s base these days? And sure, he’s been called a “political terrorist” by his own party, has complete fealty to Trump, and has all but promised to shut the government down if he gets in the Speaker role because that is what Trump wants. The Democrats have pointed all of this out again and again. For some reason, they don’t want to talk child rape. I get that it’s an uncomfortable subject. I also get that some Democrats, (not all, but some) are probably hoping Jordan gets the nod. I accept that it would be good for Democrats if he gets elected to this position, because it will all but guarantee a Democratic takeover next year. It will show once and for all that the GOP can’t ever be trusted with power, and will once again demonstrate that Republicans won’t be able to perform the most basic function of government, which is to keep it running. Yet I don’t want to see him win. This is beyond what is good for our party. Although Jordan would be a boon for Democrats and a complete disaster for the GOP, and although would pick up every Biden seat held by a Republican who got threatened into voting for him, I care about my nation too much to let this happen. A Jordan speakership means costing the nation tens of billions during what will become yet another GOP shutdown, and it also means a lot of innocent people will be hurt. Yet the worst thing that will happen if Jordan is somehow elected is that every American would see that one major party is plainly and painfully stating that victims of child rape simply don’t matter. These are real child sexual assault victims, dammit. Not the fake imaginary ones you make QAnon movies about or falsely accuse LGBTQ + people of attacking. For any Republican politician, if you can’t find it in your heart to condemn these real acts of violence against children, at the very least you can prevent the monsters and those who protect them from being your leaders. That’s not too much to ask, is it? [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/13/2199291/-He-protected-a-pedophile-and-called-a-child-rape-victim-a-liar-The-GOP-now-wants-him-to-lead?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/