Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, joins 'Fox & Friends' after the attorney general's heated hearing on Capitol Hill.
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For months you have tried to
for months, you have tried to
get the attorney general to come.
He is here.
Why dont you let him speak and
answer the question
time after time.
Gavel.
If you want the attorney
general to come at least let him
answer the questions and the
accusations made against him.
The gentlemans rudeness is
not recognized.
Rudeness is on the other
side.
Time after time, you refused to
let the attorney general of the
United States answer the
questions posed to him
Steve. Your rudeness is not
recognized.
Unbelievable,
bring in the guy screen right,
Jim Jordan, Republican from Ohio
House Judiciary Committee,
ranking member
Jim Good Morning to you
good Morning, Steve
Steve. Can you please explain to
me Ainsley and Brian,
why the Democrats thought they
would look terrific if they
would ask Bill Barr a question
and then four seconds later cut
him off.
There is no explanation. As I
said in the hearing yesterday,
you have been trying to get the
attorney general here.
Let the guy talk,
but they wouldnt. Let us
complete our video,
they wouldnt. Let him answer
questions
Steve. They pulled the plug on
the video
it wasnt all the way
through
we had more to show
they wouldnt. Let him answer the
questions
and there was a point where they
werent going to. Let him take a
restroom break thats how rude
they were to the attorney
general of the United States of
America, because they have been
out to get this guy. As I said
in my opening statement ever
since he used the word spying
and called it what it was, they
have been so much out to get him.
They filed allergies of
impeachment against him three
weeks ago.
Brian people on channels,
peaceful protests, are upset that
you took them out of context.
If people didnt see the video,
if you guys were busy during the
day yesterday,
you opened up to say these are
not peaceful protests.
I will show you the difference.
You talked about the done family
and we saw them talk about the
death of the dad in that family,
the husband in that family.
At the same time, we saw
everything burning,
whats your answer to those on
other channels. That said, you
took them out of context.
Well, how can you take them
out of context?
They are standing out of the
camera saying its a peaceful
protest,
Steve, a fire
fire burning,
maybe its a peaceful fire
ridiculous for them to say that
thats why we showed it.
They keep saying peaceful
protest.
As the attorney general said. Why
wont they condemn the mob?
Why wont the mainstream press?
Why wont Democrats condemn the
mob?
Why wont they speak out against
this crazy defund? The police
policy thats, causing the harm
of three officers, went blind
were blinded this past weekend
because of the mob in Portland,
so thats. What were concerned
about
the attorney general is doing a
great job as attorney general.
Is he doing a great job trying
to protect federal property and
enforce federal law?
Why wont the Democrats help?
Why wont they speak out against
it and talk about how crazy it
is to defund the police,
Ainsley, so Nancy Pelosi? She
had this to say:
listen.
He was like a blob.
He was just a henchman for the
President of the United States.
Instead of the attorney general
of the United States of America
Ainsley, she is saying. Is he a
henchman- and he said yesterday
Barr said yesterday- that the
president expects me to exercise
my independent judgment to make
calls the way to make calls, I
think, are right
and thats exactly what I have
done.
He said that he insists that he
acts independent of the
president.
Nancy Pelosi is saying: is he a
henchman and a blob?
There is a double standard there.
What if someone called a woman, a
blob
whats your response,
no
its terrible,
but this is the same individual.
Who said that the President of
the United States is an
imposture back during
impeachment.
The guy who is sixty three million
Americans voted for. She called
an imposture.
I dont take what she says about
people in the administration
very seriously.
Bill Barr, as I said earlier, is
doing a good job.
He is committed to the rule of
law.
He said something else.
Yesterday, thats so important.
He said he is tired of the
double standard,
the one set of rules for the
political elite.
If your name is Comey Clapper
Brennan, you get one set of
rules and us regular folks get
another set
thats. Why Durham is doing an
investigation to find out what
happened?
I thought that was another great
line so consistent with
administering the rule of law
and having equal justice under
the law.
Steve lets switch gears just a
moment. Big tech, although not
twitter, going up on Capitol Hill
today to talk a little bit about
how some in Congress feel they
are censoring points of
viewpoint. Donald Donald Trump Jr
Twitter was suspended twelve hours
yesterday after he shared a
video about Hydroxychloroquine.
Here. Is he talking about this?
If they are censoring, my
account, they are censoring
others.
When I posted that video I
didnt say this is the gospel
you I said wow this a must
watch
seems very contrary to the
narrative that they have been
force. Feeding us for a little
while
twitter takes me down for that.
But twitter has no problem,
saying that coronavirus
disinformation spread by the
chinese government does not
violate their rulings.
I just put something out there
that challenged the narrative,
because I have a large platform
im, canceled
Steve and just like you said a
moment ago on the other topic,
there is a double standard.
There is definitely a double
standard:
they censor conservatives,
big tech, censor conservatives,
its not that we think thats
the case. That is the fact,
those arecase-
those are the facts.
Twitter allowed a tweet from
IRAN
in the tweet. He talks about
striking a blow against the
United States.
They allow that but Censor Don
Jr and censor the president.
This is crazy.
They are going to hear about
that today. In the hearing about
this double standard,
I point out. There were four
members of Congress Shadow
banned just two years ago.
You think about four hundred and thirty five in the house
and one hundred in the state
only four gates, Nunes Meadows
and Jordan.
They said it was just a glitch.
What did you put in the
algorithm,
its, not a glitch?
If I had a nickel for every time
they said the word ditch
Brian. This is not interesting,
fascinating or aggravating.
This is going to affect the
election
Jeff Bezos Joe Cook and
for Bezos the first time
this is going to be
extraordinary
for Google. They are suppressing
conservative writers. You had
Breitbart on saying they gave
this warning a year ago.
The average american not into
politics like this is going to
be searching different articles
to get perspectives,
wondering why you cannot get
conservative points of view
right or wrong.
That, I know, is wrong.
Yeah,
you are right, Brian,
particularly in an election
year.
We have a filibuster of examples
that well points out today in
the hearing that have happened
in just the past few months.
Here we are ninety seven days before the
election.
The impact it could have on the
election process is profound.
So that is why this is so
important that we
Brian you got to score points
today.
You cant talk at each other.
You have got to score points
today.
I think we have got to show
whats going on and how that
could impact the election.
I think thats critical,
Ainsley congressman thanks for
being with us.
You bet
thank you all.
Transcript generated on 2020-08-01.