Fox News "The Story with Martha McCallum" - Transcript Interview with Jim Jordan

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Congressman Jordan, thank you for being here.

REP. JIM JORDAN, R-OH: You bet.

MACCALLUM: Any comment on Senator Flake and the 30 other Republicans? More than that, I believe, who signed a Republicans for Biden document.

JORDAN: Well, he just told you why. The coziness of the swamp. He talked about Joe Biden who is a creature of the Senate, bipartisan, working with people in the swamp to make sure the American people get left behind.

That's not what President Trump is about, obviously. He is about standing up for the American families. He told you he was against the president. new NAFTA agreement. The new trade deal that he is working on. He told you he is against the president's administration policy. Decided that we actually need a border security wall to protect this country from the illegals who are crossing who were bringing drugs and trafficking, human trafficking.

So, I think Senator Flake told you why he is against the president. What I know is the American people support what this president has done in his first term and I think he is going to get re-elected in a big way in a few months.

MACCALLUM: So, you know, I know that you want to talk a little bit about the personal side of the president. We heard a lot of the personal side of Joe Biden last week. It was clearly the whole issue of being a decent person and being a man of character, which I would say really the backbone, the cornerstone of what they talked about over the last four days of their convention. What point do you want to make on that tonight? And what will we hear from you?

JORDAN: Well, I think the president said it best last night on your network on Steve Hilton show. He talked about the amazing potential of the American people. That's -- that's who he is fighting for. Doing what he said he would do. That's why the American people so appreciate this president. He is doing what he said. He's fighting for them. Not the swamp. Not the swam who wants to limit where American families their goals their dreams. Not the mob out there who wants to stop Americans from achieving the goals and the dreams that they have.

So, I think that's going to be a key theme throughout this convention. The amazing potential of the American people. And you are going to hear from a wide, from Alice Johnson to Dana White. You are going to hear from them in this convention. Those amazing American people who the president has been fighting for and delivering for.

MACCALLUM: Yes.

JORDAN: That's what you're going to hear about, and that's what this is about.

MACCALLUM: You know what I think? I mean, I remember I was on the floor of the convention four years ago. I remember Ted Cruz coming out there and he got booed. He wouldn't even say President Trump's name. A close freedom caucus ally of yours. So, boy, what changed? I mean, you all totally changed your opinion about President Trump.

JORDAN: No, no, the freedom caucus was formed. We talked about the countless number of American people, our mission statement. The countless number of American people who feel like this town is forgotten and not fighting for them. So, our mission has been the same as the president's.

We're here to do what we told the American people we were going to do. Fight for the forgotten men and women of this great country. Those families out there who are fighting every day, this president is fighting for them. We know -- and I think they see clearly.

It's evidenced by the independents and the polls, CBS poll which showed that independents are moving now towards the president, because they now see this contrast where the Democrats, the cancel culture mob where they want to go with.

We'll not denounce the mob that's attacking people in our cities. We'll not denounce this crazy policy of defunding the police. They see the difference between what the president has done and how he's fighting for American families where the Democrats and the hard-left want to take this country.

MACCALLUM: Yes. I mean, just one last thing before I let you go. You know, when you look at -- look ahead in this whole thing, you know, do you think that this is going to be tight. Obviously, all the polls showed Joe Biden ahead in most of the battlegrounds. Real quick. Ten seconds if you can.

JORDAN: I think, look, I know in our state the president is going to win. He may -- it may not happen (Inaudible). I think he's going to win by more. I think this president is going to win this race. I think he is going to win as strong and may be better than he did a few years ago.

MACCALLUM: Thank you. Representative Jim Jordan, we'll be watching tonight. Thanks for being here. Good to see you tonight.

JORDAN: You bet.

MACCALLUM: That's "The Story" of Monday, August 24, 2020. But it's not over. Ten o'clock, join Bret and me as we take on, take you through the RNC tonight.

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