That is what makes America great, U.S. Rep Jim Jordan said Thursday morning during a National Day of Prayer event at First Presbyterian Church in Norwalk. Jordan was a four-time state wrestling champion in Ohio and a two-time NCAA champion at the University of Wisconsin.
"Here we will honor the many lives lost to gun violence across America and demand change from our legislators," said senior Lexi Santiago, who organized the event. The march, which will be from noon to 1 p.m., will go from NHS to U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan's Norwalk office on Main Street.
Rep. Jim Jordan was among the Republicans who switched their votes Thursday allowing a healthcare bill to pass that includes steep premium hikes for older and sick people and slashes services. Jordan is a founder of the ultraconservative Freedom Caucus, a group of about 30 Republican congressman which helped torpedo Trumpcare - officially known as the American Health Care Act - in March believing it provided too many taxpayer subsidies to low-income people and increased the approximately $500 billion deficit.
The Huron County Republicans made it a clean sweep in the contested races in the November election. It was one of the top local stories of 2016.