Rep. Jim Jordan Suggests US Tax Dollars Were Used To Create COVID-19
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) says American tax dollars funded the creation of COVID-19. “They keep trying to tell us this thing came from a bat, to a pangolin, to a hippopotamus, to Joe Rogan, that’s how we got it, when we…
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) says American tax dollars funded the creation of COVID-19.
“They keep trying to tell us this thing came from a bat, to a pangolin, to a hippopotamus, to Joe Rogan, that’s how we got it, when we all know that all the evidence points to this thing came from a lab and our tax dollars, our tax money was funding this very virus that’s disrupted our lives, hurt so many small business owners over the last two years,” Jordan said during an appearance on Fox News.
Check out part of his interview below:
In May, Jordan, the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the ranking Republican on the House Oversight Committee, launched an investigation into taxpayer funding of the Wuhan lab in China.
In a letter, they addressed “mounting evidence the COVID-19 pandemic started in the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Chinese Communist Party covered it up.”
They wrote, “If U.S. taxpayer money was used to develop COVID-19, conduct gain of function research, or assist in any sort of cover-up, EcoHealth Alliance must be held accountable.”
Jordan and Comer continued, “It is incumbent upon grant recipients to ensure their work is performed within the scope of the grant, advances our national interest, and protects our national security.”
The Intercept obtained documents revealing U.S. grants funded COVID-19 research at the Wuhan lab. The documents reportedly detailed the “work of EcoHealth Alliance, a U.S.-based health organization that used federal money to fund bat coronavirus research at the Chinese laboratory.”