“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.”
-George Orwell, author of 1984
This quote captures the hypocrisy of those who weaponize "free speech" as a shield for disinformation while attacking accountability and truth. It reflects the twisted inversion seen in Jim Jordan’s crusade: a man long accused of silence in the face of abuse now demanding a global platform to condemn others for “censorship.”
How the Hell Is Jim Jordan Allowed in Europe? – A Transatlantic Farce in the Age of Scandal, Censorship, and Hypocrisy
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Filed under: Free Speech, Scandal, and the Collapse of Western Decency
Let’s play a quick game:
What do you get when you combine a Trump-era culture warrior, a digital censorship conspiracy theory, and a decades-old sex abuse scandal?
Answer: Jim Jordan in Brussels—preaching to the EU about “freedom of speech” with the moral authority of a matchbook in a forest fire.
While Donald Trump was busy cozying up to Scotch whisky magnates and sealing a new trade deal with the EU (read: backdoor influence campaign), his most loyal pitbull—Congressman Jim Jordan—was on a different mission.
Jordan flew to Brussels to accuse the EU of silencing conservatives under the 2022 Digital Services Act (DSA), a law designed to reduce hate speech, disinformation, and illegal content online.
Yes, you read that right.
Jim "I-saw-nothing" Jordan—the man accused of ignoring rampant sexual abuse during his time as assistant coach at Ohio State—is warning Europe about dangerous silence and state censorship.
You truly cannot make this up.
“Censorship!” screams the man who looked away from rape
Jordan’s performance was vintage GOP grievance theater: a righteous American crusader taking on those villainous “European bureaucrats” and their “global censorship agenda.” In a blistering pre-trip House Judiciary report (authored by Jordan’s own team), he accused the EU of launching a war on free speech—targeting conservative views, “patriotic usernames” like @Patriot90, and even implying that European law might influence what Americans say online.
Of course, the irony here is richer than a Swiss tax shelter. Jordan—a man who, according to multiple former OSU wrestlers, turned a blind eye to serial abuse by team doctor Richard Strauss—now claims to be the global guardian of moral expression. Jordan has never been accused of abuse himself, but four wrestlers did name him in a lawsuit for allegedly ignoring it. He calls it “a political hit job.”
Right.
This is the man who wants to ban EU officials from entering the U.S. if they “censor protected speech” online. Ironic, considering he’s part of the same party that tried to cancel Colbert, ban drag queens, and erase books faster than a Texas school board on meth.
The GOP’s New Europe Strategy: Whine, Threaten, Repeat
Jordan’s Brussels tirade wasn’t a one-off. It echoed Trump’s Vice President, J.D. Vance, who in February told the Munich Security Conference that free speech was “under attack” in Europe—conveniently ignoring the fact that the U.S. has its own thriving censorship machine: powered by corporate monopolies, state legislatures, and a media ecosystem where saying “climate change” in a red state gets you fired faster than yelling “Fire!” in a theater.
Jordan claims the DSA targets “non-illegal speech”—stuff that's merely “controversial.” Like what, Jim? Holocaust denial? Hamas propaganda? The EU already made clear that its laws ban incitement to hatred, calls for violence, and Holocaust denial. Germany, for example, forbids swastikas. France bans racist speech. America? We let Tucker Carlson host prime time.
Jordan thinks this is “dangerous.” Europeans call it civilization.
EU to Jim Jordan: We Have the Right to Regulate Our Own Internet
A European Commission spokesperson responded with bemused clarity:
“We have the sovereign right to legislate for our digital space. That has nothing to do with censorship.”
In other words:
“Mind your own collapsing democracy, Jim.”
It’s not as if the EU is pretending to be perfect. Meta and X (formerly Twitter) are already being investigated for failing to combat hate speech and disinformation. The DSA doesn’t ban speech—it mandates transparency, accountability, and effective reporting channels. Platforms must remove illegal content. That’s it.
But in Jordan’s fever dream, this is global tyranny. A “woke European plot” to silence red-blooded American patriots.
His evidence?
A faked workshop scenario involving a fake user named @Patriot90, who got flagged for potential hate speech.
That’s the whole smoking gun.
Forget the fact that Facebook helped foment a genocide in Myanmar, or that X failed to remove Hamas propaganda even after warnings. Jordan’s priority is that some hypothetical conservative could be temporarily flagged in a workshop case study.
Why Is This Man Even Allowed in Brussels?
Here’s the kicker:
How the hell is Jim Jordan even allowed to show his face in Brussels, let alone lecture Europeans about free speech?
Let’s recap:
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Accused by multiple wrestlers of ignoring sexual abuse at Ohio State.
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Denies all knowledge, calls accusers “pawns.”
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Chairs a U.S. House Committee that’s trying to sanction foreign officials for protecting human dignity online.
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Promotes the same paranoid worldview that led to January 6.
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Aligns with a party that cancels drag brunches, school librarians, and AP Black History.
But sure. Let’s get mad about the EU banning Nazi memes.
A Trade Deal or a Trojan Horse?
Jordan’s trip coincided with Trump’s new EU trade agreement—a coincidence?
Maybe. But some fear it’s a Trojan horse, a way for the U.S. to pressure Europe into softening the DSA under threat of trade retaliation.
One U.S. lawmaker even said American companies were getting “frustrated” by EU demands for transparency. Translation: They don’t want to disclose how their algorithms work—even if those algorithms push genocide, extremism, or child abuse content.
So the GOP solution?
Threaten to blacklist EU “censors” from getting U.S. visas. Basically: sanction anyone who dares regulate Facebook.
Welcome to Freedom™
You know what’s really happening here?
It’s not about free speech. It’s about power.
The American far-right wants to export their culture war to Europe:
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Distract from domestic scandals.
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Undermine European laws.
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Boost tech monopolies.
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Pretend to defend “free speech” while banning books at home.
Jim Jordan’s European crusade is the logical endpoint of a political culture that sees accountability as oppression, regulation as tyranny, and journalists as enemies.
And in that sense, Brussels wasn’t the stage for a transatlantic dialogue.
It was the theater of the absurd.
Conclusion: A Nation of Gaslighters
Jim Jordan doesn’t care about Europeans, speech, or even the internet.
He cares about power without oversight, and the ability to shield the powerful from shame.
Let’s be clear:
This is a man who couldn’t protect young athletes in his own locker room. Now he wants to protect “Patriot90” from having their tweets reviewed?
America, we are not the good guys in this story.
Sources:
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EU Commission Press Briefings
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House Judiciary Committee Report, July 2025
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OSU Strauss Report, 2019
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F.A.Z. coverage, 2025
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Public records on Meta and X investigations under the DSA
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New York Times, “The GOP’s War on Censorship and the First Amendment” (2024)
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BBC, “Digital Services Act Explained”
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The Atlantic, “Jim Jordan and the Politics of Denial”
