Jordan to Garland: “Tyranny Is When The People Fear The Government”; Nadler, Jordan Spar Over Video

Jordan: The chairman just said the Trump DOJ was political and went after their opponents. Are you kidding me? Three weeks ago the National School Board association writes President Biden asking him to involve the FBI in local school board matters. Five days later, the Attorney General of the United States does just that. Does exactly what a political organization asked to be done. Five days.

We’ve sent, Republicans on the committee have sent the Attorney General 13 letters in the last six months. It takes weeks and months to get a response. 8 of the letters, we’ve got nothing. They just gave us the finger, said we’re not going to get back to you. And all our letters were actually sent to the Attorney General. For the first time during my years in public office, the first time, I talked to the good folks I get the privilege of representing in the fourth district of Ohio, folks all around the country. They tell me for the first time they fear their government. Jefferson said once, “tyranny is when the people fear the government.” We’re there. Sadly, we are there.

Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) got into an argument during a House Judiciary Committee hearing featuring Attorney General Merrick Garland over giving notice to show a video featuring parents at school board meetings. Nadler objected to Jordan showing the footage on the grounds that the Ohio Republican did not provide 48 hours notice to the committee before showing the video. When Jordan tried to respond to the decision, Nadler said “that’s out of order, this is not debatable” then later said he was following protocol set by a previous Republican chairman, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (Va.).

“What’s out of order is that there is no rule that requires a 48-hour notice, that’s what out of order,” Jordan said. “There is such a rule,” Nadler said, to which Jordan argued again that there is not. Jordan later tried to argue that the stipulation about providing 48 hours’ notice is not a rule but a piece of protocol. “It’s a video about parents at school board meetings,” Jordan said, becoming visibly frustrated. “Moms and dads speaking at school board meetings. And you guys aren’t going to let us play it?”

Nadler in response read the official stipulation that mandates the 48 hours’ notice. “Mr. Chairman, obviously you’re not going to let us play it and obviously you’re going to censor us, which is sort of the conduct of the left today it seems and Democrats today it seems,” Jordan responded.