{"id":2069367,"date":"2023-10-16T17:44:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T21:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ap-tries-to-use-liz-cheney-to-thwart-jim-jordans-speaker-bid-but-it-backfires\/"},"modified":"2023-10-16T17:46:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T21:46:33","slug":"ap-tries-to-use-liz-cheney-to-thwart-jim-jordans-speaker-bid-but-it-backfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ap-tries-to-use-liz-cheney-to-thwart-jim-jordans-speaker-bid-but-it-backfires\/","title":{"rendered":"AP&#8217;s attempt to use Liz Cheney against Jim Jordan&#8217;s Speaker bid fails."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fap-tries-to-use-liz-cheney-to-thwart-jim-jordans-speaker-bid-but-it-backfires%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=2069367&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--><h2>AP Tries to Use Liz \u2063Cheney to Thwart Jim Jordan&#8217;s Speaker Bid, But It Backfires<\/h2>\n<p>Jim Jordan couldn\u2019t have bought \u200dan ad that was better.<\/p>\n<p>The Ohio Republican mounting a bid to become the next speaker of the House was the topic of an\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/jim-jordan-house-speaker-republicans-0f759a46f63aa9daf9e6939e45799329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press piece<\/a> \u2062 on Monday \u2062that\u200c apparently\u200b aimed \u200cto scare GOP \u2063members with the prospect of a \u201cpolitical \u2062brawler\u201d taking the \u2063helm.<\/p>\n<p>But using Rep. Liz Cheney \u2063to do it was a bad, bad move.<\/p>\n<p>The article was\u2062 plugged by an AP post published on social media that looked at Jordan from a clearly leftist viewpoint:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rep. Jim Jordan becoming House speaker would help cement the far right\u2019s takeover of\u2063 the Republican \u200dParty and trigger conflict with Democrats over the size and scope \u200bof government. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dlRmJLFil5\">https:\/\/t.co\/dlRmJLFil5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200b The Associated\u200d Press (@AP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP\/status\/1713902715867160604?\">October 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cRep. \u200cJim\u200b Jordan\u200d becoming House speaker would help cement the far\u200d right\u2019s takeover of the Republican Party and\u2062 trigger conflict with Democrats\u2064 over\u2063 the size and \u200dscope of government,\u201d<\/strong> the news service\u2019s\u2063 post on X stated.<\/p>\n<p>Well,\u200b since \u201cconflict with Democrats over \u2062the size and \u2064scope of government\u201d is more\u200d or less the purpose \u200cof the Republican Party,\u2062 it\u2019s tough to see why\u200c that might be a problem.<\/p>\n<p>And while scare words \u2064like \u201cfar right takeover\u201d\u2062 might be code words in the establishment \u2063media to smear GOP members who actually have a spine, they\u2019ve\u200c been used for so \u2064long they\u2019ve lost \u2064whatever sting \u200cthey might have had. (\u201cFar right\u201d to the establishment media seems to be anyone more\u200d conservative \u200cthan \u200bJohn Kasich.)<\/p>\n<p>But the \u200breal \u2064tell was in the AP article itself, which sold\u200b itself \u2064with the sentence \u200b <strong>\u201cSome members \u200cof Congress \u2014 \u2064including some in his own party\u200b \u2014 label Jordan an extremist unworthy of the speakership, pointing to his active role in Trump\u2019s bid \u2062to \u2064stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election, as well as his refusal to \u2062honor \u2063a \u2064congressional subpoena about\u200b the Jan.\u2064 6 attack at the Capitol.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well,\u2064 that might be appropriately\u200d terrifying if the \u200dreporters had managed to\u2063 quote a source in Jordan\u2019s party in Congress that actually said those things. \u2062Instead, it turned to two Republicans who\u2064 are no longer \u2064in the\u2062 House \u2014 former\u2062 Reps. John Boehner of Ohio and \u2064Liz Cheney \u200dof Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p>To its credit, the article notes that Boehner was a \u2063political opponent of Jordan going \u2064back\u200d to Jordan\u2019s days \u200din the Ohio state legislature. It also notes that Jordan was\u200c one of the key conservatives who \u200chelped bounce Boehner out\u2063 of the speaker\u2019s job back in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>It also uses a quote from a Boehner interview with CBS in 2021 where\u200c Boehner said, <strong>\u201cI just never saw a guy who spent \u2062more time \u200btearing things apart\u200d \u2014 never building anything,\u200d never putting anything together.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Actually, Jordan helped\u200b put together the House \u200bFreedom Caucus, a group of conservative lawmakers that has been one of the brightest of the few bright spots in the government\u2063 for the American right.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s where the article \u200bcites\u2062 Liz Cheney, thought, \u200cthat it really shows its hand.\u200b It quotes a recent speech <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AccountableGOP\/status\/1710006943748932052?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cheney delivered<\/a> where she said:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIf the Republicans\u2064 decide\u2062 that Jim Jordan should be the \u2063speaker of the\u2064 House, there would no\u200b longer\u200c be any possible way to argue that a group of elected Republicans could be counted on to defend the \u2063Constitution.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This would be\u200b nonsense coming from any source, but from\u2064 Liz Cheney, it\u2019s outright laughable. This is the Liz \u2062Cheney \u2062who sat on \u200dNancy Pelosi\u2019s handpicked committee to \u2063investigate the Capitol\u2064 incursion of Jan. 6 and came to the utterly\u200d foregone conclusion that it was \u200dall former President Donald Trump\u2019s fault.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also the Liz Cheney who was routed in the Republican primary in Wyoming last year \u200bby a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/liz-cheney-received-call-directly-joe-biden-night-got-trounced-primary-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">humiliating spread<\/a> of 37\u2062 points.<\/p>\n<p>For the AP \u2064to pretend that she is speaking as\u2064 somehow as a member of Jordan\u2019s \u2064own party, just\u2064 because she calls\u2063 herself \u200da\u2062 Republican, is beyond misleading.<br \/>\nBut it basically backfired.<\/p>\n<p>As the social media <a href=\"https:\/\/twitchy.com\/samj\/2023\/10\/16\/ap-comes-out-against-jim-jordan-n2388586\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watchdog \u2063site\u2063 Twitchy<\/a> noted, \u201cOh sure,\u200c they\u200d think they\u2019re WARNING \u2063people about \u200chow horrific it would be \u200bto have an actual conservative as Speaker of \u2063the House but really all they\u2063 did with this was remind \u200bpeople on the Right WHY Jordan should take the spot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check out \u200bsome\u200d responses to the AP post here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In other words, it\u2019s the first\u2063 step Make America Great Again<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2062 Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LangmanVince\/status\/1713952762394714452?\">October 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I wouldn\u2019t call that \u2063\u2018far right\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonny Nomadic\u2062 (@JonnyNomadic)\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonnyNomadic\/status\/1713914012784574680?\">October 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I don\u2019t think you understand what being fiscally conservative means\u2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7o2evUIORa\">pic.twitter.com\/7o2evUIORa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pam \u2063D\u200b (@soirchick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/soirchick\/status\/1713953416076992656?\">October 16, \u20642023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thank you for endorsing \u2064Jim Jordan as speaker!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200cEric Hellwig (@Coach_Hellwig) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Coach_Hellwig\/status\/1713948012873982131?\">October 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s \u2064important \u200cto note that\u200b these aren\u2019t cherry-picked responses.<\/p>\n<p>Sure there are a few anti-Jordan posts in there, but the\u2063 vast, vast majority saw the AP post for what it was \u2014 a \u2063backhanded smear of a man who could\u200b well \u2064be elected speaker of the \u200bHouse on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s\u2063 far from certain that Jordan has the votes among the \u200cRepublican conference,\u200c and he needs virtually all of them,\u2064 given the sliver of a majority Republicans have \u2064in \u2064the chamber.<\/p>\n<p>But the point\u2064 is, Jordan has been one of \u200cthe most \u2064consistently conservative members of the House since\u2063 he entered\u200b Congress in 2007 after <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Jim_Jordan_(Ohio)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defeating an incumbent Democrat<\/a> by\u2062 a\u200d margin of 60\u2064 percent to 40 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The AP also goes to some lengths to dwell \u200don a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-ranking-priest-resigns-over-grindr-data-linking-him-to-las-vegas-gay-bathhouse\/\" title=\"High-Ranking Priest Resigns Over Grindr Data Linking Him To Las Vegas\u2019 \u2018Gay Bathhouse\u2019\">sexual abuse scandal<\/a> at Ohio State University\u2063 when Jordan \u200dserved as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-police-arrest-suspect-in-fatal-shooting-at-catholic-university\/\" title=\"D.C. Police nab suspect in deadly shooting at Catholic University.\">assistant wrestling coach<\/a> in\u2064 the \u20621980s and 1990s. The abuse involved a team doctor who died in 2005, as NBC \u200breported last week, when it looked like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jim-jordan-loses-speaker-nomination-closely-contested-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jordan\u2019s chances<\/a> at \u200bthe speakership were dead.<\/p>\n<p>Much as liberals like to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ap-tries-to-use-liz-cheney-to-thwart-jim-jordans-speaker-bid-but-it-backfires\/\" title=\"AP's attempt to use Liz Cheney against Jim Jordan's Speaker bid fails.\">rehash long-ago sex scandals<\/a> when they \u200ddon\u2019t involve Democrats, that isn\u2019t likely to \u2063affect Jordan\u2019s prospects.<\/p>\n<p>The article also highlights Jordan\u2019s \u200crole defending Trump during the Russia \u201ccollusion\u201d hoax that bedeviled\u2063 his presidency, nothing \u200dthat Jordan \u201d used his platform on the House Judiciary Committee to rail against the \u2064probe as\u200b politically motivated and to attack the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/public-radio-reporter-arrested-for-firebombing-police-cars\/\" title=\"Public Radio \u201cReporter\u201d Arrested For Firebombing Police Cars\">law enforcement officials<\/a> who supervised it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Given what\u2064 we\u2062 know now about\u2062 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/poll-finds-majority-americans-believe-fbi-officials-prosecuted-promoting-false-trump-russia-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia \u2064\u201ccollusion\u201d hoax<\/a> and the political motivations \u2063at its\u200d heart,\u200b there are few finer things a news outlet could say about a Republican lawmaker.<\/p>\n<p>It also spends some time on Jordan\u2019s \u200cactivities \u200cin the fallout of the 2020 presidential election, \u2064which Jordan\u200d supported former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Trump awarded\u2063 Jordan the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-jim-jordan-awarded-medal-freedom-confronting-dems-impeachment-witch-hunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Presidential Medal of Freedom<\/a> before he left \u200boffice.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no way of knowing as of Monday \u200bafternoon if Jordan will win the support of all the House Republicans. As Fox\u200b reported Friday, he won\u200d the nomination by a far-from-unanimous 124-81 vote against Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>But one thing is rock-solid true:<\/p>\n<p>Citing Liz Cheney\u2019s criticisms as \u200da reason \u200dto vote against Jordan for\u200d speaker is\u2064 the best thing the AP could have done \u2064to convince Republicans to support \u200chim.<\/p>\n<p>If Jim Jordan had been trying to\u2062 buy \u2062an\u2063 ad from AP, he couldn\u2019t have gotten a better one.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>A \u200bNote from Our Founder:<\/h3>\n<p>Every morning, we at\u2063 The Western\u200b Journal wake\u2063 up and pursue our mission of giving you the important\u200d information you need about what\u2019s happening in America.<\/p>\n<p>We \u2062can\u2019t\u200b do that without your help.<\/p>\n<p>America has been on the receiving end \u200bof false narratives. \u2063The purpose of these false narratives\u200b is to make you feel powerless. \u2064The Western Journal empowers you by breaking these false \u200dnarratives.<\/p>\n<p>But I wouldn\u2019t be honest \u200bwith\u2063 you\u2062 today \u200cif\u200d I didn\u2019t let \u2063you know that the future\u2063 of The Western Journal\u2062 is in jeopardy without your help.<\/p>\n<p>Silicon \u200cValley and \u200dthe Big Tech tyrants have done everything they can \u200dto put\u200d The Western Journal out of business.\u2064 Our faithful donors and subscribers have kept us going.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve never chosen to donate, let me be honest: We need your help today.<\/p>\n<p>Please don\u2019t wait one minute. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\">Donate right now<\/a> \u2013 our\u200c situation in America is dire.\u2064 Our country \u2063hangs\u200b by a thread, and The \u200bWestern \u200bJournal stands\u2062 for truth in this difficult\u2063 time.<\/p>\n<p><b>Please stand\u200c with us\u200c by \u200cdonating \u200ctoday.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Floyd G. Brown<br \/>\nFounder of The Western \u200dJournal<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does the media&#8217;s biased reporting contribute to the division and erosion of trust\u2064 in our society<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Attack, \u2063a\u2064 committee that was clearly biased and driven by a political agenda. This is the Liz Cheney who\u2063 voted to impeach former President\u2064 Donald Trump, an action\u200c that was widely criticized and seen as a betrayal\u2064 by many Republicans. And this is the Liz Cheney who\u2062 is \u200cmore interested in \u2064virtue signaling \u200bto the liberal \u200cmedia than in\u200c defending the principles and values of the \u200dRepublican Party.<\/p>\n<p>Using Liz Cheney to try and discredit Jim Jordan only serves to undermine \u2062the \u200bcredibility of the Associated \u200dPress. It shows that they are willing to rely on biased sources \u2063to push their \u2062own \u200cagenda, rather than providing unbiased and objective reporting.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Jordan is a strong conservative voice in Congress, and he has consistently\u2062 fought to uphold the values of\u2063 limited government,\u2063 individual liberty, and fiscal responsibility. \u200bHe has been a staunch defender of President Trump and has been at the \u200dforefront of efforts to expose the corruption and bias within the \u2063FBI and Department of Justice. He is exactly the kind\u2064 of leader that the Republican\u2063 Party needs in these challenging times.<\/p>\n<p>But\u200c rather than engaging \u2062in a substantive debate \u2063about \u2062the merits\u2062 of Jordan&#8217;s bid\u200d for speaker, the Associated\u200b Press and other media outlets \u200bprefer to\u2062 resort to\u2063 personal attacks and character assassination.\u2064 They try to\u200b paint Jordan as an extremist and a \u200btroublemaker, instead of recognizing his\u2063 dedication \u2062to \u2062his constituents and his unwavering commitment to conservative principles.<\/p>\n<p>This\u2064 kind of dishonest and biased reporting only\u200b serves to\u2063 further divide our nation and erode trust in the media. \u2062It is\u200c a disservice \u200bto the American people, who deserve factual and unbiased information in\u200d order\u2063 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-governor-encourages-people-to-call-police-on-neighbors-violating-covid-orders\/\" title=\"Oregon Governor Encourages People To Call Police On Neighbors Violating COVID Orders\">make informed decisions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the Associated Press&#8217;s attempt to \u200cuse Liz Cheney to thwart Jim Jordan&#8217;s bid for speaker of the House has backfired. It only exposes the \u2062bias and \u2064agenda-driven reporting of the media, and it does nothing to undermine Jordan&#8217;s qualifications and commitment to conservative principles.\u200b Instead of resorting\u200d to personal attacks, it is time for\u200c the \u200bmedia to focus on substantive issues and engage in honest and\u2063 objective reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Jordan&#8217;s ad couldn&#8217;t be more perfect. The Ohio Republican, vying for House speaker, was featured in an AP article aiming to intimidate GOP members with the idea of a &#8220;political brawler&#8221; leading. However, Rep. 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