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      9 months ago

      Same dude headed a no-joke attempted coup, is now a convicted rapist (and twice impeached, four time indicted, and so on), yet he’s still the top pick of these people. Fucking insane.

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    Another former OSU wrestler, who has only been identified as John Doe in the latest lawsuit against the university, said he believes Jordan “is qualified for the position” but was reluctant to endorse him.

    wat

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      He wasn’t even qualified to be an assistant wrestling coach (failing the primary duty of protecting his students from what he definitely lied about knowing about), he sure as fuck was never qualified to be a representative, he sure as double fuck isn’t qualified to be the chair of the House Judicial Committee and he’s, if possible, less qualified for Speaker than Kevin Mccarthy was.

      Hell, either of my two cats would do a better job and this one hides from visitors!

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        I would like the soon to be representatives name so I can write them in. I agree with their stance on visitors so my guess is all of the policies that strapping young thing makes will be great.

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          Her name is Charlotte and she’s a VERY good girl, though a bit on the gluttonous side. So maybe don’t let her chair the Treat Allocation Committee 😁🥰

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    Four of the former Ohio State University wrestlers who have accused Rep. Jim Jordan of failing to protect them from a sexual predator when he was the team’s assistant coach in the 1980s and '90s said Tuesday he has no business being the next speaker of the House.

    The wrestlers’ decisions to weigh in adds a new dimension to the speaker race, bringing in a controversial part of Jordan’s past that continues to hang over the Ohio Republican and staunch ally of former President Donald Trump.

    Jordan is the only declared candidate competing against House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., for the top job in Congress — a post that opened up after an internal GOP revolt ousted Rep. Kevin McCarthy.

    Strauss, who died in 2005, was accused of preying on hundreds of men who attended the university from the 1970s through the 1990s, mostly under the guise of performing medical exams like hernia checks, which require a doctor to examine a patient’s genitals.

    Ratliff, who along with Schyck and John Doe is part of the remaining lawsuit against OSU, said he plans to depose Jordan and have him testify under oath that he was unaware that Strauss was abusing students.

    Ohio State found itself on the defensive after a whistleblower, former OSU wrestler Mike DiSabato, came forward early in 2018 with allegations that Strauss molested him and some of his teammates during physicals.


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    Thank god the former OSU wrestlers came to chime in on the congressional situation. I would be completely lost without them.