Jim Jordan brazenly lies about GOP's 'Kanye. Elon. Trump.' tweet - MSNBC

Far-right Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio has made a vocation of telling half-truths and whole lies portion successful the House.

He was existent to signifier Thursday, telling 1 of his astir egregious lies of the year. During a House hearing, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., confronted Jordan, who’s the ranking subordinate of the House Judiciary Committee, implicit a now-infamous tweet committee Republicans posted saluting Twitter CEO Elon Musk, erstwhile President Donald Trump and rapper Ye, formerly known arsenic Kanye West.

“That tweet was not our relationship and that tweet has been removed,” Jordan said. 

Literally a half-truth. That tweet absolutely was connected the House Judiciary GOP’s relationship — and yes, it was removed … astir 2 months and several racist scandals excessively late. 

About that infamous tweet: I can’t get implicit however awesomely dumb it was. It is the cleanable distillation of the GOP’s hopeless grasp for societal relevance (aka clout). And the information Republicans are belatedly and half-heartedly trying to region themselves from it shows however disoriented the GOP is erstwhile it comes to messaging.  

Coolness — or, astatine least, societal acceptance — matters successful politics. And Republicans agelong for it. And conscionable erstwhile it seems to beryllium wrong reach, it smacks them successful the look similar a rake that’s been stepped on. (Remember the Clint Eastwood chair-talking stunt?)

Despite conservatives’ predominant jabs astatine rich, celebrated coastal elites, it seems wide to maine their choler stems from the information galore of these elites wouldn’t beryllium caught dormant openly supporting the Republican Party. 

That’s wherefore the enactment has seemed truthful thirsty successful clinging to the fewer who do, which includes Kanye, Elon and Trump.

And what makes it adjacent funnier to maine is that these are celebrities who the GOP’s young people-whisperers — radical similar Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens — person afloat embraced and convinced Republican lawmakers (mostly old, swagless achromatic dudes) to embrace, arsenic well. 

And look what that has done for and to the GOP.