He signed that bill into law in 2019 requiring back pay for federal workers during lapses. He doesn’t even know that law exists or that he signed it. OMB is scrubbing all references to it in their shutdown guidance documents.
— Camille MacKenzie (@CamRMacKenzie) October 7, 2025
Collins: So if your position is what they voted for six months ago, they should vote again for now, right?
Jordan: Well, yeah…
Collins: So you voted in 2019 that federal workers who are furloughed should get their back pay. So why is your position different now?
Jordan: It's… pic.twitter.com/zaXhG3DSfq
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 8, 2025
This is the world’s EASIEST line of questioning and Jim Jordan falls for it. Looking down at the rake and stomping on it.
“My position is whatever the president tells me it is”.
— Michael Camp (@EsElSenorCamp) October 8, 2025
Jordan just said the quiet part out loud.