House GOP mocked after crowning a ‘political terrorist’ who likes to 'tear things apart'

MS NOW’s Jen Psaki mocked House Republicans for picking Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as their next leader, saying the party has “learned nothing” from its losses.

The move came after the biggest Republican losses in the House of Representatives since Watergate, with Democrats picking up over 40 seats and leaving Republicans in the political wilderness for the time being.

They're not likely to leave that wilderness with Jordan at the helm, Psaki said.

Psaki noted that a fellow Republican once labeled Jordan a “political terrorist.” She aired a clip in which former House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) accepted that label. “I just never saw a guy who spent more time tearing things apart,” Boehner said of Jordan, a fellow Ohio Republican, adding that he never built anything.

She also aired Jordan’s comments on the Iran war — one of the key issues that sunk Republicans in the midterms. He said gas prices were dropping before the conflict and that he’d like them lower, but that "that's life" and achieving the war’s aim means a temporary increase he believes Americans can accept.

Psaki jokingly praised his skills as a "messaging guru" and called the defense bizarre.

Additionally, Psaki cited rankings from the nonpartisan Center for Effective Lawmaking, saying Jordan placed "dead freaking last" among Republicans in the previous Congress at advancing legislation. She said no bill he sponsored has become law — because "instead, he has spent the bulk of his time in congress chasing crazy conspiracy theories and enabling trump's worst impulses."

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