Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) blamed Democrats for the approval rating of Congress falling to a mere 10 percent in a new Gallup poll.
Speaking to host Stuart Varney on Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Co.,” the Ohio Republican blamed the minority party for the record-long government shutdown in the fall. That stalemate stemmed from Democrats seeking an extension to pandemic-era subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act, which is yet to gain passage.
Then, Jordan slammed the Biden administration’s immigration policies and criticized Democrats for holding off on funding the Department of Homeland Security. The department has operated without funding for more than two months, as Democrats have sought reforms to immigration enforcement procedures in the wake of federal officers fatally shooting two American citizens, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, in Minneapolis earlier this year.
“So, of course people are going to be frustrated with the crazy things Democrats propose and the crazy things they do,” Jordan remarked.
The Gallup poll, conducted April 1-15, found that 86 percent of the 1,001 respondents disapproved of how Congress is handling its job, tying a record high set on four other occasions — December 2011, February 2012, November 2013 and November 2015.
The legislative branch has not, in fact, had a higher approval than disapproval rating in more than two decades, according to Gallup polling. The last time Congress had a disapproval rating below 60 percent was May 2009.
Jordan, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, later noted that passing legislation is a “cumbersome process,” but he again faulted Democrats for why Americans have soured on Congress.
“That’s just part of the way the founders designed this amazing thing we call America with its checks and balances, the best government ever,” he told Varney. “But it still sometimes is messy. So, I get that in a general sense.”
“But specifically, it’s the crazy Democrat policies that I think are driving the position that Americans have about Congress,” he added.
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