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Inside Jim Jordan’s ‘Charade’ of a Hearing on Violent Crime in NYC

WHAT ABOUT THE GUNS?

A Republican-led hearing on violent crime in New York City barely mentioned guns at all. What gives?

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U.S. Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) points his finger, during a House Judiciary Committee hearing "Victims of Violent Crime in Manhattan" that examines how Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's policies may have led to an increase in violent crime
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Back when Jim Jordan was a collegiate wrestling champion, the strategy would have been called a double misdirection duck under.

As a Trump-adoring Republican congressman from Ohio and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Jordan’s initial misdirection on Monday was convening a hearing in New York to “examine how Manhattan District...

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