Jim Jordan Is Rooting for Krysten Sinema and Joe Manchin to Gut the Build Back Better Act

Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics
Jim Jordan Is Rooting for Krysten Sinema and Joe Manchin to Gut the Build Back Better Act Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin. (photo: Stefani Reynolds/NYT)

GOP Rep. Jim Jordan told "FOX & Friends" on Friday morning that he is rooting for Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema to "hold firm" in their opposition to President Biden's "Build Back Better" budget bill.

REP. JIM JORDAN: I don't think there'll be any Republican in the Senate or the House votes for this crazy piece of legislation. And frankly, let's hope Senator Sinema and Senator Manchin hold firm, and they don't allow this thing to pass because we know it's going to exacerbate the inflation problem we talked about. It's part of the Democrats' crazy, crazy economic plan. Their economic plan has basically been ‘lockdown the economy, spend like crazy, pay people not to work.’ And now for everyone who has been working, oh, they're getting ready to raise your taxes. Such a deal.

So let's hope this thing doesn't pass because it'll make matters worse. And right now, the country gets it – 71 percent of the country thinks we're on the wrong track. In my time in politics, I don't know if I've ever seen wrong-track numbers that high. Frankly, the real question is, who are the 29 percent who think we're on the right track? So let's hope it doesn't pass, and no Republican is going to vote for this crazy bill.

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