January 12, 2021 01:49 PM UTC

Ed Perlmutter Has Had Enough of This Election Fraud Crap

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• by: Colorado Pols

Congressman Ed Perlmutter (D-Jefferson County) is making headlines today for challenging Republican Rep. Jim Jordan — an Ohio Republican and close ally of President Trump whom Trump is awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom — during a remote House Rules Committee hearing on a proposed resolution to encourage implementation of the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office:

“Please, we are trying to bring this nation back together”: Confrontation breaks out in House Rules Committee hearing as Rep. Jim Jordan continues suggesting parts of the election should be investigated, and initially declines to answer if Biden won fairly https://t.co/fOyKRem7Wc pic.twitter.com/WMTMPPfL9n

— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 12, 2021

Here’s the transcript of today’s exchange:

PERLMUTTER: I would just say, sort of from one lawyer to another, Mr. Jordan, in a cross-examine sort of way…isn’t it true that Joe Biden won the election?

JORDAN: [After a long pause] Um, yes, he’s going to be President. And I’ve never said, as the Chairman indicated earlier, that this election was stolen. What I have said…very clearly, is half of…

PERLMUTTER: Mr. Jordan! Mr. Jordan!

JORDAN: …half of the electorate, both Republicans and Democrats, have concerns, and we have called for an investigation…

PERLMUTTER: Mr. Jordan! Mr. Jordan! It was a simple question. Isn’t it true Joe Biden won…

JORDAN: Yes, he won, but there are serious problems with this election that deserve an investigation, and that’s what I’ve called for. And it’s not just Republicans who think that…

PERLMUTTER: Okay…

JORDAN: Countless numbers of Democrats think that this thing had problems, too. We’ve called for an investigation, but you guys won’t do it…

PERLMUTTER: Mr. Jordan! Mr. Jordan!

JORDAN: End of story. Nevermind the fact that a third of…you asked me a question and I’ve got to give an answer.

PERLMUTTER: I asked you a yes or no question! Please! We’re trying to bring this nation back together, Jim. Jeez! [Pols emphasis]

[pause]

I really just want to bring this back together. I don’t like these resolutions. I support them. We had damage, injury, to this nation…the likes of which we haven’t seen for centuries. And I just want the people to know from somebody who is in a leadership position, as you are, that Joe Biden won the election. Kamala Harris won the election. They’re President-elect, Vice President-elect, and they will be inaugurated into the position of President and Vice President on January 20th. Yes? [Pols emphasis]

JORDAN: You know who has said that? The President of the United States has said that…

PERLMUTTER: Okay. That’s all…

JORDAN: But you guys…want to impeach this President. You want to look at the 25th Amendment.

After a moment of talking over each other, Perlmutter continues…

PERLMUTTER: Look, I’m not trying to bark at ya.

JORDAN: [laughing sarcastically] Well, you could have fooled me.

PERLMUTTER: No. I’m not barking at ya. I just need to have a declarative statement from you so that we can potentially get through the next week without more violence.

JORDAN: Okay.

PERLMUTTER: That’s all I’m asking ya.

JORDAN: Okay.

PERLMUTTER: I mean, you and I have been here together for a long time.

All we can say is this: Thank God there are still some adults left in the room (and we’re not talking about Jim Jordan).