On the sidelines of the annual conference of the National Rifle Association, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) signaled unequivocal support for former President Donald Trump.
“I’m 100 percent for President Trump,” he said in an interview with Fox News in Indianapolis on April 14.
“No one has demonstrated that they will do what they said and get things done like he did. And he did it with everyone in that town against him. And that’s what I still respect about President Trump, and I’m for him all the way.”
Jordan said of the other candidates: “I like all of them. I’m friends with them. I just talked to Vice President Pence, great guy. Governor DeSantis, a great guy, when we formed the Freedom Caucus, there were nine of us, he was one of the nine.”
But Jordan still maintained he was “100 percent” for Trump, and said that out of the other presidential candidates in attendance at the NRA conference, Trump would best protect Americans’ Second Amendment rights.
“Why I support President Trump so strong is because you’ve got to have people who respect the Second Amendment, respect the First [Amendment], and respect the Constitution,” Jordan said.
“I always tell folks, the Second Amendment’s right next to the first for a reason—it’s darn important. And we need to understand that, and not let the left continue to chip away because ultimately they want to get rid of it,” he added.
“You can’t meet [the Democrats] in the middle because we just fundamentally disagree. Our Constitution fundamentally disagrees with where they want to go. And again, I think people with common sense and logic understand that these tragedies are terrible,” Jordan said, referring to recent mass shootings in Kentucky and Tennessee.
“We wish they never happened. But the answer is not to take firearms away from law-abiding American citizens.”
Trump, who was president for a term after winning in 2016, is running for a second term in 2024.
Jordan has been a strong supporter of Trump. In recent weeks, the congressman has slammed Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr.‘s indictment against Trump as election interference. Trump on April 4 pleaded not guilty to the 34 felony charges in the indictment.
By April 6, Jordan subpoenaed a former Bragg deputy—Manhattan prosecutor Mark Pomerantz—who had pushed for the indictment against Trump. In response, Bragg sued Jordan on April 11, alleging a “campaign to intimidate,” and sought for a restraining order, which was rejected on the same day. The next hearing on the matter is scheduled for April 19.
