House GOP efforts to investigate every crevice of the Biden administration have turned a bright light on an underappreciated Republican odd couple: Jim Jordan and James Comer
The duo might appear not to work on paper: Though they vote together most of the time, they’re hardly in lockstep — breaking in recent years on the farm bill and marijuana banking legislation. Notably, Jordan supported Trump-backed challenges to the 2020 election and ignored a subpoena from the Jan. 6 select committee; Comer has highlighted that he voted to certify President Joe Biden’s win, despite his district going overwhelmingly for Trump in 2020.
Comer quipped that Jordan, known for his rapid-fire dialogue, “gets more words per minute in than I do.” And he clarified that he doesn’t see himself as Jordan’s competitor, comparing the Ohioan to fellow Buckeye State native LeBron James while describing himself as “the kid lucky to be on the team.”
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer confers with House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan as the Oversight panel holds an organizational meeting at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 31, 2023. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo They have set up some clear lines of delineation: Jordan is handling a sweeping investigation into the Justice Department and the FBI, two prime targets for Republicans who grew increasingly antagonistic toward the federal law enforcement agencies during the Trump years. Comer, meanwhile, is digging into the botched U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, hunting for government waste broadly and digging into how trillions of dollars in coronavirus aid were spent.
And while Comer has publicly talked about impeachment, both of Biden himself and of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas while on national TV, he’s careful in the halls of Congress to volley questions back in Jordan’s direction.
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