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Jim Jordan: “The Southern Poverty Law Center was creating the crisis…”

Featuring: Jim Jordan, Republican | U.S. House Ohio, District 4

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Chairman Jim Jordan Demands Answers on SPLC's Instigators

Published | Video Starts at 02:41

But I think you hit the nail on the head, Dagan. Remember when Rahm Emanuel had that now Famous line, he said, you know, never let a crisis go to waste. While The Southern Poverty Law Center was creating the crisis, they were manufacturing the crisis. I mean, remember, they were, they had people that were these in quote, informants who were paid by them or were part of this Charlottesville thing several years ago, which the Democrats used against President Trump. (02:41–02:47)

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Asserts that the Southern Poverty Law Center was manufacturing crises.

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