One of the most
powerful positions
in the U.S. government is
Speaker of the House.
The speaker has full control
over what the House votes on,
 and they're second in line
to be president.
And on top of that, they even
get their own private bathroom.
No one else in Congress has
that, except Ted Cruz. Right?
But that's just because he
pulls his pants all the way down
when he pees,
and no one wants to see that.
So, right now, right now,
the House speaker is Paul Ryan.
But he's quitting in January,
because he wants
to spend more time
with his
backwards hat collection.
And now people try to tell him
that a backwards hat collection
was just a regular
hat collection worn backwards,
but he wouldn't listen--
this country is so divided.
But anyway, Ryan leaving
means House Republicans
will need to choose
a new leader,
and while they have
many options,
there's one name that's getting
more attention than most.
Congressman Jim Jordan
says he will run
to replace the retiring Paul
Ryan as Speaker of the House.
Jordan is
a staunch Trump ally...
Congress has got to do
a better job,
and that's why I want to be
the next Speaker of the House.
We got to focus on doing
what we told the American people
we were gonna do:
delivering on healthcare,
delivering on border security,
on immigration,
and all those other issues.
If you become the speaker,
I mean, look,
I will support you for speaker.
Whoa.
A Sean Hannity endorsement.
Yeah. You know, even if you've
never heard of Jim Jordan,
you know that if Sean Hannity
rolls with someone,
-they're not a great person.
-(laughter)
Yeah. If Hannity started
hanging out with Paul Rudd,
I'd be like, "There's something
buried in Paul Rudd's backyard.
We should check that out."
Now, even before Jordan
announced his run for speaker,
he was already in the news
for trying to impeach Deputy
Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
Right? Who's in charge
of the Mueller investigation.
Some people say Jordan is doing
that to protect President Trump,
but personally, I think
he wants to impeach Rosenstein.
Because a few weeks ago, he
 owned Jim Jordan at a hearing.
Did you threaten staffers on the
House Intelligence Committee?
Media reports indicate you did.
Media reports are mistaken.
Sometimes,
but this is what they said:
"Having the nation's number one
law enforcement officer
"threaten to subpoena your calls
and e-mails
is downright chilling."
Did you threaten to subpoena
their calls and e-mails?
No, sir, and there's no way
to subpoena phone calls.
Well, I mean, I'm just saying.
(laughter)
(cheering and applause)
He was just like...
"No, sir, there's no way
to subpoena phone calls.
Mwah."
Do you know
how humiliating it is
to get smacked down on C-SPAN?
'Cause you realize now
there's retired librarians
across the country
who were watching that like,
"Goddam, that bitch
got dunked on."
But while Jordan tries to get
rid of Rosenstein,
he may need
to watch his own back,
because before he was
in Congress, he worked
as an assistant wrestling coach
at Ohio State,
and we're just now learning
that one of his trademark moves
may have been enabling
sexual abuse.
More than 100 Ohio State alumni
have now come forward
with firsthand accounts
of sexual misconduct
by a former university doctor.
 The case has gotten a lot
 of attention recently
 after Ohio Republican
 Congressman Jim Jordan
 was accused of knowing about,
 but not reporting,
 abuse committed by Strauss
 while Jordan worked
 as an assistant wrestling coach
 at Ohio State.
 Jordan has denied
 any knowledge.
Wow, turning a blind eye
to rampant sexual abuse
of the kids you're supposed
to be protecting.
I'm sorry, it doesn't get more
scumbag than that.
And if these allegations
are true,
then Jim Jordan is basically 
Joe Paterno, part two.
Which sounds like a sequel
nobody would want to see.
It's like Titanic, Part Two.
It would be so awkward because
Rose would open the door
and see Jack, and she'd be like,
"Jack, you're alive."
He's be like, "Yeah, and I've
been measuring doors,
"and I'm pretty certain
I could have fit.
I, uh...
I'm-I'm pretty certain."
Now, look, obviously,
these are just allegations,
but Congressman Jordan's defense
doesn't sound very convincing.
I mean, I never saw,
never heard of,
never was told about
any type of abuse.
Take a listen to, uh, DiSabato,
from one of the statements
he made earlier this week.
I know Jim knew about, uh, the--
what I call
the deviant sexual atmosphere
-that we were exposed to.
-How do you know?
-How do you know? -Well, uh,
we all had conversations.
It was something that we would
discuss on a regular basis,
mainly with nervous banter,
locker-room banter.
Conversations in a locker-room
are a lot different
than, um, allegations of abuse
or-or reported abuse to us.
Wait, wait. Hold up, hold up.
So they basically told Jordan
about the abuse,
and he didn't think it counted
because they were in
a locker-room?
Like, what is it with these guys
and locker-rooms?
Oh, it just feels like nothing
you say matters in there.
Like, you know what I feel like
I'm gonna do?
I'm just gonna start carrying
a locker-room around with me.
Just... Yeah, then I can say
whatever I want.
I'll just be in the streets
like, (bleep) the police.
And they'll be like,
"What did you say?
I'll be like,
"Nah-uh, locker-room.
Locker-room."
(applause)
And now, believe it or not,
believe it or not,
a lot of House Republicans
are standing behind Jim Jordan.
Yeah, maybe, maybe it's because
they've already seen much worse.
Back in the 2000s,
a man named Dennis Hastert
was the Republican
House Speaker,
and he later admitted
to molesting children
when he was a wrestling coach.
And he was convicted for paying
hush money to cover it up.
So at the very worst, Jim Jordan
is an upgrade from that.
And frankly, I think that's what
he should run on.
NARRATOR: Dennis Hastert
 was an admitted pedophile.
 He abused multiple young boys
 and tried to hide his horrific
 actions with payoffs.
 -Jim Jordan is only accused 
-(patriotic music plays)
 of enabling sexual abuse.
 And the victims
 weren't children.
 He is the progress we need.
 Jim Jordan,
 not as bad as a pedophile.
