Dem lays into Jim Jordan for spending $20M on hearings to appease 'MAGA base'
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerry Nadler (D-NY) called out Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) for trying to appease the "MAGA political base" by spending $20 million on hearings to investigate the Biden administration.
At a hearing on Thursday, Jordan complained that Attorney General Merrick Garland had not turned over audio tapes of an interview with President Joe Biden in an investigation that did not lead to a prosecution.
"Mr. Chairman, $20 million taxpayer dollars," Nadler retorted. "Chairman Jordan, who consistently opposes government spending on everything from feeding children to education and health care, has spent $20 million taxpayer dollars this Congress to investigate his various conspiracy theories."
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"And what exactly has he delivered to the American people on their $20 million investment?" he asked. "Exactly nothing. No evidence that the conspiracies are true. No indictments. No impeachment."
According to Nadler, Jordan would be "fired" from any company if he spent $20 million without results.
"And the chairman knows that if he doesn't come up with something to show for the $20 million he spent, the MAGA political base may stay home next November," he continued. "So he and Chairman [James] Comer are scrambling in a desperate attempt to look like they have accomplished something."