{"id":1571950,"date":"2022-07-26T14:55:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T18:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1571950"},"modified":"2022-07-26T15:07:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T19:07:35","slug":"fact-check-did-jim-jordan-call-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-dumb-during-a-recent-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-jim-jordan-call-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-dumb-during-a-recent-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Jim Jordan Call Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez \u2018Dumb\u2019 During A Recent Exchange?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-jim-jordan-call-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-dumb-during-a-recent-exchange%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1571950&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2020-07-29T225408Z_207764604_RC2A3I98GQ2W_RTRMADP_3_USA-TECH-CONGRESS-scaled-e1658255657917.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A video\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1932927930315083\/posts\/430737802430303\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1932927930315083\/posts\/430737802430303\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1658847851785000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1KUJ_6F_Iv1FDu-j8NeI8G\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan called Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez \u201cdumb\u201d during an exchange.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for Jordan refuted the claim. The video featured in the post does not show Jordan calling Ocasio-Cortez \u201cdumb.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez and 16 other members of Congress were arrested July 19 during a pro-abortion demonstration in front of the Supreme Court, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/19\/politics\/congress-members-arrested-abortion-protest-supreme-court\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a>. A video shared on Facebook claims another member of Congress recently called her \u201cdumb.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video, viewed over 15,000 times, features a headline that reads, \u201cYOU\u2019RE JUST DUMB!\u2019 JIM JORDAN SILENCES AOC in Congress in Epic Exchange\u201d and shows clips of Ocasio-Cortez, Jordan and other representatives.<\/p>\n<p>The video\u2019s headline is false. There is no evidence such an exchange between Jordan and Ocasio-Cortez occurred. Check Your Fact found no credible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=jim+jordan+aoc+dumb&#038;oq=jim+jordan+aoc+dumb&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57.4650j0j4&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news reports<\/a> suggesting an exchange of that nature took place. There are likewise no <a href=\"https:\/\/jordan.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press releases<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweets<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/politwoops\/user\/Jim_Jordan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">from Jordan<\/a> suggesting he called Ocasio-Cortez \u201cdumb.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis exchange did not happen,\u201d Russell Dye, a spokesman for Jordan, confirmed to Check Your Fact in an email. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/07\/20\/fact-check-jim-jordan-ocasio-cortez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Jim Jordan Tell Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez To \u2018Go Back To Bartending\u2019?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The video included in the post does not show the alleged exchange. Rather, it shows Ocasio-Cortez being interrupted by former Republican North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows during a 2019 congressional hearing, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?457414-1\/commerce-secretary-ross-2020-census\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">C-SPAN<\/a>. Another clip from the video shows Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene criticizing Ocasio-Cortez and the Green New Deal.<\/p>\n<p>The video also includes some clips of Jordan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?507879-101\/house-impeaches-president-trump-time-232-197&#038;event=507879&#038;playEvent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speaking<\/a> about impeaching former President Donald Trump. Another clip features an exchange between the Ohio congressman and Democratic Georgia Rep. Lucy McBath during a 2020 hearing in which former Attorney General Bill Barr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?473384-1\/attorney-general-barr-testifies-justice-department-mission-programs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">testified<\/a>.\u00a0Jordan does not call Ocasio-Cortez or McBath dumb in either clip.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time false claims about Ocasio-Cortez have circulated on social media. Check Your Fact recently <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/07\/22\/fact-check-ocasio-cortez-fake-arrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> a claim suggesting the congresswoman faked her recent arrest at the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan&#8217;s spokesman denied the claim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1571950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1571950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1571950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1571950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1571950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}