There may be no more strident Obama-hater in Congress than Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who spent the entirety of Robert Mueller’s testimony to Congress essentially demanding the former president be locked up for his crimes against the state.
So it wouldn’t be surprising for people to see a quote about Jordan bashing Barack Obama going viral on social. But he isn’t blaming the former president for his inaction during 9/11.
However, a fake quote of Jordan’s blaming Obama is all over Twitter.
https://twitter.com/realdanlyons/status/1155956845132914689
The tweet was made by author Dan Lyons, who was apparently joking.
https://twitter.com/realdanlyons/status/1156223237518442497
And yet, people bought it. It was even shared by prominent Trump-hating author Kevin Kruse.
Deleted a tweet with a fake quote from Jim Jordan.
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) July 30, 2019
In my defense, he does say a lot of ridiculous things.
Others tried to fact-check the fake quote, upset that it would spread fake slander.
https://twitter.com/bmangh/status/1156195097941331969
What an idiot ..Bush-Cheney was in office …NOT OBAMA -BIDEN!!SMH #LiarsGonnaLie pic.twitter.com/MQij6fjywo
— Tia (@Tia19526937) July 30, 2019
However, this accusation is not that absurd. While Jordan didn’t blame Obama for 9/11, a Trump supporter infamously blamed Obama for being on vacation during 9/11 in a Daily Show bit in 2016.
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