About this transcript: This is a full AI-generated transcript of 'THE COUNTRY SAW IT': Voters 'witnessed' Biden's condition, Jordan says from Fox News, published June 2, 2026. The transcript contains 1,386 words with timestamps and was generated using Whisper AI.
"TRANSPARENCY IS APPARENTLY A PART-TIME VIRTUE. THE LEFT WANTS TO SEE TRUMP'S TAX RETURNS, HIS MEDICAL HISTORY, HIS GOLF HANDICAP. THEY WANT TO SEE CELL PHONE RECORDS FROM HOUSE AND SENATE MEMBERS, REPUBLICANS, THAT IS, NOT ALL OF THEM, JUST REPUBLICANS, BUT NOT BIDEN'S COGNITIVE CONDITION. JOE..."
[0:00] TRANSPARENCY IS APPARENTLY A
[0:02] PART-TIME VIRTUE.
[0:03] THE LEFT WANTS TO SEE TRUMP'S
[0:05] TAX RETURNS, HIS MEDICAL
[0:07] HISTORY, HIS GOLF HANDICAP.
[0:10] THEY WANT TO SEE CELL PHONE
[0:11] RECORDS FROM HOUSE AND SENATE
[0:12] MEMBERS, REPUBLICANS, THAT IS,
[0:15] NOT ALL OF THEM, JUST REPUBLICANS,
[0:17] BUT NOT BIDEN'S COGNITIVE
[0:19] CONDITION.
[0:19] JOE BIDEN IS SUING DOJ TO STOP
[0:23] THE RELEASE OF AUDIO AND VIDEO
[0:24] FILE FROM HIS INTERVIEW WITH A
[0:26] GHOST WRITER.
[0:27] I THINK THE GHOST ACTUALLY WROTE
[0:29] MOST OF THE BOOK AND APPARENTLY
[0:31] PREPPED HIM FOR HIS DEBATE, TOO.
[0:33] HERE'S FORMER FIRST LADY JILL
[0:35] BIDEN ON WHAT WAS LIKELY THE
[0:37] WORST DEBATE PERFORMANCE IN THE
[0:39] HISTORY OF HUMANKIND.
[0:41] I WAS FRIGHTENED BECAUSE I
[0:43] HAD NEVER, EVER SEEN JOE LIKE
[0:47] THAT BEFORE OR SINCE, NEVER.
[0:51] OR SINCE?
[0:52] YES, OR SINCE.
[0:53] WHAT HAPPENED?
[0:54] I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
[0:56] I MEAN, AS I WATCHED IT, I
[0:58] THOUGHT, OH, MY GOD, HE'S HAVING A
[0:59] STROKE AND IT SCARED ME TO
[1:01] DEATH.
[1:01] YOU WERE FRIGHTENED.
[1:03] IMAGINE WHAT THE REST OF US
[1:04] FELT LIKE.
[1:05] AND BY THE WAY, I'M PRETTY SURE
[1:07] YOU AND OTHERS WERE ACTUALLY
[1:09] ENCOURAGING HIM TO RUN DESPITE
[1:11] HIS INABILITY TO STAND TRIAL OR
[1:13] ACTUALLY COMPLETE A LUCID
[1:15] SENTENCE.
[1:16] HOW CAN YOU BE INCOMPETENT TO
[1:18] STAND TRIAL BUT YET COMPETENT TO
[1:21] BE PRESIDENT AND ACTUALLY PICK
[1:23] THE JUDGES THAT WOULD PRESIDE
[1:25] OVER THE TRIAL?
[1:26] JOINING US NOW IS CHAIRMAN OF THE
[1:28] HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, OHIO
[1:31] CONGRESSMAN.
[1:31] HE'S BEEN THE WORLD CHAMPION
[1:33] WRESTLER MORE THAN RICK FLAIR,
[1:35] JIMMY GORDON.
[1:36] HOW ARE YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN?
[1:38] I'M FINE, CHAIR.
[1:39] GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
[1:40] IF JOE BIDEN WAS LUCID ENOUGH TO
[1:43] CLEAR OUT DEATH ROW, WHY CAN'T WE
[1:45] LISTEN TO HIS INTERVIEW WITH THE
[1:47] GHOSTWRIDER?
[1:48] NO, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
[1:49] LOOK, I THINK IN SOME WAYS
[1:51] JILL BIDEN IS JUST BEING LIKE
[1:53] ANY SPOUSE.
[1:55] SHE'S TRYING TO HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.
[1:57] SHE'S TRYING TO SAY HE WAS JUST
[1:59] FINE, ALTHOUGH THAT DEBATE WAS
[2:00] SO BAD, I THOUGHT HE WAS HAVING
[2:01] A STROKE.
[2:02] BUT HE WAS FINE AFTER US.
[2:04] I THINK SHE EVEN SAID IN THAT
[2:05] INTERVIEW THEY WENT TO TWO OTHER
[2:07] EVENTS THAT SAME EVENING AND HE
[2:08] WAS GREAT.
[2:09] SO SHE'S TRYING TO HAVE IT.
[2:12] THE COUNTRY SAW IT, THEY NOT ONLY
[2:14] SAW IT THAT NIGHT, WHICH AS YOU
[2:16] SAID I THINK WAS MAYBE THE WORST
[2:17] DEBATE PERFORMANCE I'VE EVER SEEN.
[2:19] YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS KIND OF SAD
[2:20] FRANKLY WHEN YOU'RE WATCHING IT,
[2:21] LIKE THIS IS OUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF,
[2:22] THIS IS OUR PRESIDENT AND THIS IS
[2:24] HIS MENTAL STATE RIGHT NOW.
[2:25] THAT WAS A CONCERN.
[2:27] BUT THERE WERE ALSO AS YOU POINT
[2:28] OUT SOME HUMOROUS, YOU MENTIONED
[2:31] PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HANDICAP.
[2:33] I REMEMBER THE LINE THAT I
[2:34] THOUGHT WAS SO FUNNY WAS WHEN JOE
[2:36] BIDEN SAID HE WAS AN 8 HANDICAP.
[2:39] I THINK HE SAID, ARE YOU KIDDING
[2:40] ME?
[2:41] I'VE SEEN YOUR SWING, THERE'S NO
[2:42] WAY YOU'RE AN 8 HANDICAP.
[2:43] SO, YEAH, I THINK THE FIRST LADY IS
[2:45] TRYING TO HAVE IT EVERY WAY SHE
[2:46] POSSIBLY CAN.
[2:47] AND, OH, BY THE WAY, PROBABLY
[2:48] TRYING TO SELL SOME BOOKS, WHICH,
[2:50] BY THE WAY, WAS THE REASON THAT
[2:52] JOE BIDEN WAS TALKING TO THE GUY,
[2:54] MR. ZWANITZER, WHO WE WANT THE
[2:56] TAPES OF, WE WANT THE CONVERSATION,
[2:57] WE WANT THE TAPES, HE WAS TALKING
[2:59] TO HIM BECAUSE HE WAS TRYING TO
[3:00] SELL BOOKS.
[3:01] HE HAD 8 MILLION REASONS TO KEEP
[3:03] CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS, AND IT WAS
[3:05] THE $8 MILLION ADVANCE HE GOT
[3:07] AFTER BEING VICE PRESIDENT, THAT'S
[3:09] WHY HE KEPT THOSE DOCUMENTS SO HE
[3:11] WOULD BE ABLE TO WRITE THAT BOOK.
[3:12] WE WANT THE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN
[3:14] HIM AND THE GHOST WRITER WHO
[3:16] ACTUALLY WROTE THE BOOK.
[3:17] YOU KNOW, JIMMY, IN
[3:21] BIDEN'S DEFENSE, I THINK THERE IS
[3:22] AN EIGHT IN HIS HANDICAP, I JUST
[3:25] THINK THERE'S A TWO OR THREE IN
[3:26] FRONT OF THE EIGHT.
[3:27] I THINK HE JUST GOT CONFUSED.
[3:29] THERE IS AN EIGHT IN IT, IT JUST
[3:31] MAYBE 28.
[3:32] ALL RIGHT.
[3:33] YOU HAVE DONE A REMARKABLE JOB OF
[3:37] MAKING SURE NOBODY KNOWS THAT YOU
[3:39] ACTUALLY WENT TO LAW SCHOOL, BUT I
[3:41] KNOW THAT YOU DID, SO I'M GOING
[3:42] TO ASK YOU A LEGAL QUESTION.
[3:45] IS THERE ANY LEGAL ARGUMENT THAT
[3:47] IF HE WAS NOT OF SOUND MIND, SOME
[3:50] OF HIS DECISIONS AND ACTIONS
[3:52] OF HIS DECISIONS, LIKE CLEARING
[3:54] OUT DEATH ROW, COULD BE VOID.
[3:59] NO, THERE'S NO LEGAL ARGUMENT
[4:01] AGAINST IT, AND FRANKLY THERE'S
[4:02] NO LEGAL ARGUMENT FOR THEM TO
[4:03] PREVENT US FROM GETTING ACCESS
[4:04] TO THESE TAPES, WHICH WE'VE BEEN
[4:06] TRYING TO DO FOR TWO YEARS.
[4:08] AND I THINK THE KEY IS, REMEMBER,
[4:10] AND YOU KNOW THIS, TREY, WE HAVE
[4:11] AUTHORITY OVER THE LAW AND THE
[4:13] SPECIAL COUNCIL LAW.
[4:14] WELL, ON ONE HAND YOU HAD JACK
[4:16] SMITH WHO SAID WE'RE GOING TO
[4:17] CHARGE PRESIDENT TRUMP, WE
[4:19] THINK HE MISHADLED CLASSIFIED
[4:20] PRESIDENT TRUMP, WE'RE GOING TO
[4:22] CHARGE JOE BIDEN, EVEN THOUGH WE
[4:25] KNOW HE DID, EMITS THAT IN HIS
[4:27] REPORT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHARGE
[4:28] HIM BECAUSE HE'S AN OLDER
[4:30] GENTLEMAN WHO WILL APPEAR
[4:31] SYMPATHETIC TO A JURY BECAUSE
[4:33] HE CAN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING.
[4:34] SO MAYBE WE NEED TO FIX THE
[4:36] SPECIAL COUNCIL LAW AND NEVER
[4:37] FORGET MR. ZWANITZER, THE GUY
[4:39] WHO WROTE THIS BOOK, HE TRIED TO
[4:41] DESTROY THE EVIDENCE, HE TRIED
[4:43] TO DESTROY THE TAPES, AND WE
[4:45] ACTUALLY HELD HIM IN CONTEMPT,
[4:47] OUR COMMITTEE DID.
[4:48] SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY
[4:49] REASON WHY THEY'RE GOING TO
[4:50] COURT AND TRYING TO STOP US
[4:51] FROM GETTING ACCESS TO THE BEST
[4:53] INFORMATION FOR THE AMERICAN
[4:54] PEOPLE AND THE BEST
[4:55] INFORMATION FOR THE UNITED
[4:56] STATES CONGRESS TO HAVE AT
[4:57] OUR DISPOSAL WHEN WE MAY WANT TO
[4:59] CHANGE HOW THE SPECIAL COUNCIL
[5:00] STATUTE AND THE SPECIAL
[5:02] COUNCIL LAW ACTUALLY OPERATES.
[5:03] SO I DO THINK WHEN YOU STEP
[5:05] BACK, THAT'S THE BIG DIFFERENCE
[5:06] HERE.
[5:07] PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO WAS AS
[5:09] SHARP AS COULD BE, SAME AGE AS
[5:10] JOE BIDEN BUT HIS HEALTH IS IN
[5:12] GREAT CONDITION AND HIS MENTAL
[5:13] ACUITY IS AS STRONG AS EVER
[5:15] VERSUS JOE BIDEN AND THEY WERE
[5:16] TREATED DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE OF
[5:17] THAT.
[5:18] I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT MAKES
[5:19] SENSE.
[5:20] AGAIN, IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS
[5:22] I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE GET
[5:23] THIS INFORMATION.
[5:27] ALL RIGHT, CHAIRMAN, HERE
[5:29] WAS JILL BIDEN'S ORIGINAL
[5:31] REACTION TO THE DEBATE AND THEN
[5:33] I'LL ASK YOU ABOUT IT ON THE
[5:34] OTHER SIDE.
[5:36] YOU DID SUCH A GREAT JOB.
[5:38] YOU ANSWERED EVERY
[5:39] QUESTION.
[5:46] CHAIRMAN, HE WAS UNFIT TO RUN.
[5:48] ANYONE WITH A SET OF EYEBALLS
[5:50] WATCHED STATCHER IN THE DEBATE.
[5:52] IN FACT, THEY PULLED THE PLUG ON
[5:54] HIS RUN ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS
[5:56] CLEAR HE WAS GOING TO LOSE.
[5:57] IT WASN'T BECAUSE HE HAD AN
[5:59] AWFUL DEBATE PERFORMANCE.
[6:00] THEY KNEW HE WAS GOING TO LOSE
[6:02] THEREFORE THEY KICKED HIM TO THE
[6:03] CURB.
[6:05] EXACTLY RIGHT.
[6:06] UNDERSTAND THAT I ALWAYS SAY
[6:08] THE LEFT HAS A TEMPLATE, TREY.
[6:10] THE LEFT WILL TELL A LIE.
[6:12] AGAIN, FOR FOUR YEARS, ONE OF
[6:14] THE LIES THEY TOLD US WAS
[6:16] JOE BIDEN IS JUST FINE.
[6:17] THE LEFT WILL TELL A LIE.
[6:19] BIG MEDIA WILL REPORT THE LIE.
[6:21] BIG TECH WILL THEN AMPLIFY THE
[6:22] LIE.
[6:23] WHEN YOU TELL THE TRUTH, THEY
[6:24] CALL YOU NAMES.
[6:25] ANYTIME ANYONE CALLED OUT THIS
[6:26] PARTICULAR LIE, JOE BIDEN IS
[6:27] NOT FIT FOR OFFICE, WE DON'T
[6:28] KNOW IF HE'S SHARP ENOUGH HIS
[6:29] MENTAL ACQUITY.
[6:30] ANYTIME SOMEONE, OH, YOU GOT
[6:31] ATTACKED BY THE LEFT.
[6:32] UNTIL THEY FINALLY REALIZE
[6:34] THIS DEBATE PERFORMANCE, WE
[6:36] CAN NO LONGER STICK WITH THIS
[6:37] LIE.
[6:38] WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO THROW
[6:39] HIM TO THE CURVE AND BRING
[6:40] SOMEONE ELSE IN.
[6:41] BUT THAT IS TYPICAL OPERATING
[6:42] PROCESSION.
[6:43] YOU CAN PICK WHATEVER ISSUE IT
[6:44] IS.
[6:45] THE LEFT WILL TELL A LIE.
[6:46] BIG MEDIA REPORTS IT.
[6:47] BIG TECH AMPLIFIES IT.
[6:48] YOU TELL THE TRUTH, THEY CALL
[6:49] YOU NAMES.
[6:50] EVENTUALLY OUR POSITION WILL BE
[6:51] PROVEN ACCURATE AND THEN THEY
[6:52] WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT LIE.
[6:54] DIDN'T WORK HERE FOR PRESIDENT
[6:56] BIDEN BECAUSE THERE WAS THAT
[6:57] DEBATE PERFORMANCE WHERE THE
[6:59] WHOLE COUNTRY COULD SEE FOR
[7:00] THEMSELVES.
[7:01] WELL, JIMMY, I KNOW YOU WERE
[7:02] TENACIOUS.
[7:05] I KNOW YOU WERE NOT GOING TO
[7:07] LET GO.
[7:08] IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO
[7:10] THE GHOST THAT HELPED HIM WRITE
[7:11] THE BOOK, LET ME KNOW.
[7:13] IN THE MEANTIME, I WANT YOU TO
[7:15] GET THE AUDIO AND VIDEO SO WE
[7:17] CAN SEE WHAT THE PRESIDENT WAS
[7:18] REALLY LIKE.
[7:19] I WONDER IF SOME OF THOSE
[7:21] DECISIONS WERE MADE BY A
[7:23] LUCID MAN.
[7:24] CHAIRMAN JIMMY JORDAN FROM THE
[7:26] GREAT STATE OF OHIO, PLEASE
[7:28] GIVE YOUR LOVELY WIFE POLY OUR
[7:29] BEST AND TAKE CARE.
[7:30] YOU BET.
[7:33] SAME TO YOU, TREY.
[7:34] THANKS.