On Thursday night (December 23), Congresswoman Madeleine Dean appeared on MSNBC’s The Reidout, hosted by Joy Reid.
Dean represents the 4th Congressional District, which includes most of Montgomery County, including more than half of Lower Merion and all of Narberth.
While speaking with Reid, The Congresswoman shared her thoughts about the possibility of Jim Jordan becoming Chair of the House Judiciary Committee. He is currently the ranking Republican on that committee. If the GOP wins control of the House in 2022, Jordan would probably take over as Judiciary Committee chair.
Dean said of Jordan, “He is not a serious legislator, he is a serious performer, but he’s not a serious legislator, and he’s not a serious American. He doesn’t care about democracy. He doesn’t care what happened on Jan. 6 and the lies that led up to it that he participated in. And he’s running quite scared.”
She added, “You notice on my committee on our Judiciary Committee how glib he is at spewing lies. And when he is asked about his participation in January 6, when did he speak to the president, you spoke to him often. Surely on January 6, you recall when that was?
“He stammers, he can’t figure it out,” Dean said. “He’s running very, very scared. We have to make sure that the truth comes out. The Jan. 6 committee is doing extraordinary work, has interviewed more than 300 witnesses, people who know something. And what I have said to Jim Jordan or anybody else, like (House GOP) leader (Kevin) McCarthy or the former chief of staff (Mark Meadows) is, ‘You should say I will offer you everything I know. I’ll give you my phone. I’ll give you my documents. I’ll give you my emails, because I know that we suffered the most extraordinary attack on our democracy, and it must never happen again.”
Watch the full segment on MSNBC here.