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Rep Jim Jordan Schooled by Historians for Suggesting Founding Fathers Would Oppose COVID Measures TheWrap 12/30/2020 © TheWrap Jim Jordan Jim Jordan, the Republican congressman from Ohio, was treated to some free history lessons on Twitter after he wrongly suggested on Tuesday that the Founding Fathers would have objected to measures like stay at home orders that are intended to limit the spread of COVID-19. 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? Jordan tweeted on Tuesday morning. Shortly after, historians very quickly pointed out that this isn t a hypothetical, there actually is an answer to Jordan s question: The way George Washington and other founding fathers responded to a smallpox epidemic that happened during the American Revolution.

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