Lauren Windsor reported last night that Jim Jordan told her that Trump is not only running for president, but will announce he’s running “any day now”:
BREAKING: Jim Jordan told me tonight in Iowa that Trump will announce he’s running “any day now.” A big GOP operative in the state later announced to the crowd that Trump will travel here imminently. pic.twitter.com/T50ocfqnP5
— Lauren Windsor (@lawindsor) September 3, 2021
That’s pretty big news.
But Jordon’s spox clarified that he never told Winsor that Trump would be announcing soon:
Apparently Jim Jordan's spokesperson has claimed he did not tell me tonight that Trump is imminently announcing his run for 2024. We can't both be right. See for yourself, video coming tomorrow… stay tuned 🤠 pic.twitter.com/9vozlOsBxJ
— Lauren Windsor (@lawindsor) September 3, 2021
Fast forward to today and Windsor has now released the video of Jordan’s comments:
EXCLUSIVE–>
Jim Jordan: President Trump, he's gonna run again.
Pete: You think so?
Jordan: I know so. Yeah, I talked to him yesterday. He's about ready to announce after all of this craziness in Afghanistan… pic.twitter.com/Ndogdm7Ipl— Lauren Windsor (@lawindsor) September 3, 2021
Honestly I think Jordan’s spox is right. Jordan did say “He’s about ready to announce after all of this craziness in Afghanistan…”, but I don’t think he meant that literally. I read that to mean that Trump is chomping at the bit because of how badly Biden destroyed Afghanistan, not that he’s going to announce “any day now”.
Nonetheless, it is big news that Jordan confirmed that Trump is running, saying that he knows it’s true because he just talked to Trump yesterday about it. However, I suspect Jordan didn’t count on anyone recording him saying it.