Jim Jordan of Ohio during the January 6 Capitol riot.
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The Daily Beast cited the story in its recap of excerpts it obtained from the book. After the riot, Cheney spoke with Gen.
Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, whom the
Beast says Leonnig and Rucker “depend on in their reporting.” They relay an account of Cheney’s telling of the incident involving Jordan in which she says:
That fucking guy Jim Jordan. That son of a bitch… While these maniacs are going through the place, I’m standing in the aisle and he said, “We need to get the ladies away from the aisle. Let me help you.” I smacked his hand away and told him, “Get away from me. You fucking did this.”