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Jim Jordan Schooled On History After Invoking Founders To Swipe At COVID-19 Lockdowns
Josephine Harvey
·Reporter, HuffPost
Tue, December 29, 2020, 9:23 PM CST·4 min read
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) was offered a history lesson on Twitter after he fretted over stay-at-home orders imposed to limit the spread of the deadly coronavirus ravaging the nation.
“What would the Founders say?” the congressman asked on Twitter.
Amid spiking COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, several states have tightened restrictions, ordering businesses to close and asking residents to stay at home. In Jordan’s home state of Ohio, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has extended a nighttime curfew through Jan. 2 and suggested he might soon close bars and restaurants.
Jordan has repeatedly expressed skepticism about the severity of the pandemic. Earlier this month, he mocked the nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, for his plea that Americans avoid Christmas travel.
December has been the deadliest month of the pandemic yet for the U.S. More than 60,000 deaths have been recorded this month alone.
Critics noted that the Founders had in fact followed strict measures to stifle infectious disease outbreaks based on the science of their time.
During the American Revolution, George Washington worked to contain a smallpox epidemic by isolating anyone suspected of infection and limiting outside contact with his army. In 1776, when the British withdrew from Boston, Washington mandated that only soldiers that had already been infected be allowed into the city.
In 1796, in response to a deadly yellow fever outbreak, Congress passed the first federal quarantine law, which was signed by Washington. It authorized the federal government to help states enforce quarantines as necessary.
There’s more history below, courtesy of Jordan’s Twitter critics.
Amee Vanderpool
@girlsreallyrule
George Washington established quarantine guidelines, travel bans and isolated those infected with smallpox during the Revolutionary War-the colonists even passed a law in 1731 that made reporting the illness mandatory. Had they denied it, like you are, none of us would be here.
Rep. Jim Jordan
@Jim_Jordan
60 million Americans are subject to a stay at home order or curfew. 11 million are right here in Ohio. What would the Founders say?
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(((Ethan Bearman, 306 and 81 million)))
@EthanBearman
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Dec 29, 2020
The Founders passed An Act Related to Quarantine during the 3rd Congress in 1796, signed by PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON. It directed the feds to help states enforce quarantines. The Con Law study of Gibbons v. Ogden 22 US 1 (1824) would've enlightened you further.
Rep. Jim Jordan
@Jim_Jordan
60 million Americans are subject to a stay at home order or curfew. 11 million are right here in Ohio. What would the Founders say?
(((Ethan Bearman, 306 and 81 million)))
@EthanBearman
Also, Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905) would've also enlightened you to the state police powers, like Gibbons, in prioritizing health during emergencies and that individual liberty is not without limits.
Rep. Jim Jordan
@Jim_Jordan
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Dec 29, 2020
60 million Americans are subject to a stay at home order or curfew. 11 million are right here in Ohio. What would the Founders say?
Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald
@kurteichenwald
This is why we shouldn't elect wrestling coaches to be in congress if they have no passed a basic history and civics course first. Boston had a complete lockdown in 1778 after a smallpox outbreak. Many of the founders were there. They abided by it for months.
Rep. Jim Jordan
@Jim_Jordan
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Dec 29, 2020
60 million Americans are subject to a stay at home order or curfew. 11 million are right here in Ohio. What would the Founders say?
Mike Drucker
@MikeDrucker
Probably the same thing since a founder literally dealt with a pandemic
12:50 PM · Dec 29, 2020
Dr. Tara C. Smith
@aetiology
They would likely approve. Washington used variolation & isolation to protect his soldiers. Quarantine was common due to outbreaks of smallpox, measles, yellow fever, and more. They understood the seriousness of infectious disease & the nascent science behind its control.
Rep. Jim Jordan
@Jim_Jordan
60 million Americans are subject to a stay at home order or curfew. 11 million are right here in Ohio. What would the Founders say?
The Rude Pundit
@rudepundit
It would have taken you less than a fucking minute to google this shit and discovered that George Washington ordered quarantines during the small pox epidemic in the 1770s-80s.
Rep. Jim Jordan
@Jim_Jordan
60 million Americans are subject to a stay at home order or curfew. 11 million are right here in Ohio. What would the Founders say?
' 3:52 PM · Dec 29, 2020
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