'Reprehensible': Internet roasts 'sketchy wrestling coach' Jim Jordan over abuse comment

Congressman Jim Jordan went on TV over the weekend to declare President Donald Trump's innocence in connection with Jeffrey Epstein's child sex abuse conspiracy, but onlookers had a lot to say about the lawmaker's own past.

Jordan, a Republican lawmaker from Ohio and a staunch ally to Trump, used the government's release of edited transcripts of conversations with Epstein's partner as evidence that Trump is innocent.

In part, Jordan said, "This confirms what we all knew: President Trump didn’t do anything wrong. This transcript confirms that. There’s nothing there based on this interview with [Ghislaine] Maxwell."

The brutal takedowns came quickly.

MeidasTouch wrote, "It’s not the first time Jim Jordan has covered for sexual abusers. The Republican Party is no longer functioning as a political party. It’s a child sex trafficking and sexual abuse ring. Reprehensible."

Navy veteran Jared Ryan Sears said, "So the guy who looked the other way while the players he was coaching were sexually abused is commenting on the statements of an incarcerated, convicted sex trafficker about her friend, another sexual predator, who happens to also be the only person who can give her a pardon? What world are we living in?"

Colorado Moderate said, "So we’re just going to trust the proven liar over the victims and their families? I want Chairman Trump to release the full list so we can see all the Dems and GOP members who touched children."

Liberal commentator Brian Tyler Cohen said, "If you can trust anyone when it comes to exposing pedophilia, it’s Jim Jordan."

Ex-prosecutor Ron Filipkowski said, "This man is an expert on looking the other way on sex abuse incidents. I absolutely cannot believe they brought this guy on to talk about this subject."

PatriotTakes, which tracks right-wing extremism online, noted, "Sketchy wrestling coach clears Trump."