‘You Gotta Be Kidding Me!’ Jim Jordan Gets Defensive When Pressed About Trump’s ‘Memory Lapses’

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) became defensive on Tuesday after CNN host Laura Coates asked him to “concede” that President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both have issues with “memory lapses.”

During a discussion on former Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert Hur’s investigation into Biden, Coates said, “There was a fixation it seemed on the idea of Biden’s mental acuity or his memory. I found that striking because you saw some of your colleagues on the other side of the aisle pointing out that Trump also share some memory lapses, he also does make mistakes.”

She then asked Jordan, “Do you concede that both have a similar issue?”

“Oh, come on. Come on. I mean, everyone makes mistakes in life,” replied Jordan, adding:

We’re human beings for goodness sake. But there is no way you can say President Trump– he’s as sharp as they come, his memory is as strong– I was just with him over the weekend. I know– and the American people can see it for themselves. They’ve seen these examples of President Biden forgetting things. I mean, all kinds of examples that– we actually played the press conference that President Biden gave in response to when Mr. Hur’s report came out and showed that where, you know, again, I think it was maybe one of the worst press conferences I’ve ever seen. So to say there’s a comparison there made no sense.

He continued:

Look, I take no satisfaction in saying that. President Biden’s the president of our country. You want our president to have his full faculties, but he obviously doesn’t and the country knows it, and it doesn’t matter how many times Democrats say something different, the country can see for themselves and they understand it, and that is something that Mr. Hur pointed out. He said, “Joe Biden is a forgetful old man and that is one of the reasons, key reasons that I didn’t bring charges,” and it’s why we’ve asked for the actual audio tapes, not just of Joe Biden’s interviews, but all the witnesses Mr. Hur talked to.

After Coates replied that there were clips of Trump “not knowing the dates of his marriage” and “confusing the names of world leaders,” and suggested there was a double standard with criticism towards Biden, Jordan protested, “Laura, come on. Come on.”

He argued:

I mean, there were three people who have run for president the last three cycles – Secretary Clinton, President Biden, and President Trump – all three have been accused of mishandling classified information. Only one is getting prosecuted! Hillary Clinton took a hammer to cell phones, to BleachBit, to laptops and computers. I mean, you gotta be kidding me! The idea that there’s not a double standard and the Justice Department isn’t going after President Trump, I think is laughable to disagree with that. Anybody can see it.

Hur was grilled by House Democrats on Tuesday over sections of his report which detailed Biden’s “poor memory.”

“You made a choice. It was a political choice. It was the wrong choice,” said Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA).

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