Rep. Jordan of Ohio wants the Olympics moved

[bmichaelh]

Gym Jordan wants Trump to move the Olympics from LA to a Red State.

https://www.rawstory.com/2028-olympics/

I do not think that is legal; I thought Olympics are awarded to cities and not countries.

Congress should help the people of California and stop playing politics.

[FSogol]

1. He just wants more access to the locker rooms. n/t

[Celerity]

42. ...

[Traildogbob]

51. 😂😂😂😂

Not at all surprised this is the first reply. It instantly popped in my mind, that will be a lot of damn showers, with so many flavors of genitalia for him to view.

[tanyev]

2. Yeah, if a city in a red state wants it they can submit a bid and proposal like everybody else.

Spoiler alert: A lot of cities that host Olympic games incur a lot of debt to do so, and don’t always bring in enough revenue to cover that debt.

[mopinko]

20. most cities lose money. la, tho, because they've done it several times,

has done well. youth sports there r endowed for the foreseeable future w money from past olympics.
it comes down to having existing facilities for big events. if u have to build it all from scratch, it’s bad.
wasnt always that way, but it’s gotten worse every time for a while. iirc lake placid was the start of that.

i rly wanted chgo to get it the year it went to rio. we had a great plan, and what was going to b built was going to remain to b used by us. but btn the lake, the sports teams and all the u’s here, there was little to build.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

3. It would help if Trump would move the Cuyahoga river from Ohio to Los Angeles.

If LA should decide not to host the Olympics, I think the IOC would have to find a new location. If it was up to Trump, he'd probably move it to Crimea, just to be annoying.

[allegorical oracle]

8. Didn't the Cuyahoga River catch fire at one time (pollution)? nt

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

16. Yes, but some darn libruls cleaned it up. It hasn't burned in years.

It's not nearly as interesting now.

[JustAnotherGen]

4. He's stupid

And so is,the journalist who asked him the question.

[Norbert]

5. Even if we could, how do you ready a city in 7 months.

If he had a 2nd brain cell, it would die of loneliness.

[allegorical oracle]

9. LA may also have a problem time-wise. The Games require a lot of housing. nt

[Wiz Imp]

22. 7 months? The LA Olympics aren't until 2028.

That's not to justify Jordan's idiotic statement.

[Initech]

47. And this has been in the planning stages for like over 10 years now.

There's no way in hell that Dallas or Miami has the infrastructure that's needed or required to hold the Olympics in the first place. And a lot of our venues are either new or undergoing renovation. LAX is making major renovations to handle the traffic that's required to support the Olympics. 7 months is totally fucking insane. He's just doing this to win favor points from Trump and his employer, Fox News.

[Wiz Imp]

49. Right. The 2034 Winter Olympics have already been awarded to Salt Lake City - that's 10 years in advance.

If a true catastrophe (such as a devastating earthquake) happened that jeopardized a city's ability to host the Olympics as scheduled, then I'm not sure what the IOC would do. But fires in LA, 3 1/2 years ahead of the games in no way jeopardizes the Olympics.

[ExciteBike66]

6. Omg, can you imagine the budget hole that would create in Alabama?

[Lemons UK]

7. CA would end up funding it anyway along with NY & other blue states.

[Srkdqltr]

10. Did he say where? What city in a red state has the capacity for it? Did he say?

I say, put up or shut up. I really hate these posts where they put something vague out with no real idea then people pounce on it as if it is actually something.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

11. The summer games are in 2028.

When in Sydney, Australia, we toured the Olympic Village, which is still in use for training and the apartments are rented out to residents there.

Gym Jordan is out of his gourd. Perhaps he should have focused on his Alma Mater playing in the National NCAA Title Game against Notre Dame on the 20th.

[Vinca]

12. The Olympics is none of his fucking business. Why wasn't this guy charged way back when?????

[Initech]

33. They just know Trump will get booed if he shows his face there.

And he deserves every second of it!

[themaguffin]

13. Nobody can move the location except the committee. How fucking stupid

[newdeal2]

14. Red state meaning Trump's friends in Russia? China? North Korea?

[Macrophylla]

15. Republican says words...

The press breathlessly report it.
Any distraction will do.

How about we stop consuming this crap and better yet how about not aiding them in propelling their propaganda?

[malaise]

17. Fuck him

That is all. The US doesn’t own the IOC

[SARose]

18. Dallas?

Do you know how friggin hot it gets in Dallas in the summer?

Heck the whole state of Texas is like hell in the summer! 😂

We have mosquitoes as big as bald eagles here. No thanks!

[Wiz Imp]

24. Not to mention that the large cities in red states which could theoretically support the Olympics

such as Dallas, are all BLUE cities in Red States.

[ITAL]

27. Maybe in October

Mexico City was in mid to late October. If it wasn't for the fact that NBC would freak out because it'd be during football season (and veto it), Dallas or Houston could probably hold a Summer games some day. But because the US TV Networks have too much invested in the NFL, any US summer games would be June-August.

That basically takes out any southern city.

[LeftInTX]

30. Mexico City actually has a mountain climate. Summers are cooler than most of the 48 states.

The elevation of Mexico City ranges from 7,350 ft-12,890 ft




The average highs/lows are
July 76/55
Aug 76/56
Sept 75/56


Mexico City has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen climate classification Cwb), due to its tropical location but high elevation. The lower region of the valley receives less rainfall than the upper regions of the south; the lower boroughs of Iztapalapa, Iztacalco, Venustiano Carranza and the east portion of Gustavo A. Madero are usually drier and warmer than the upper southern boroughs of Tlalpan and Milpa Alta, a mountainous region of pine and oak trees known as the range of Ajusco. The average annual temperature varies from 12 to 16 °C (54 to 61 °F), depending on the altitude of the borough. The temperature is rarely below 3 °C (37 °F) or above 30 °C (86 °F).[98] At the Tacubaya observatory, the lowest temperature ever registered was −4.4 °C (24 °F) on 13 February 1960, and the highest temperature on record was 34.7 °C (94.5 °F) on 25 May 2024.[99] Overall precipitation is heavily concentrated in the summer months, and includes dense hail.

Snow falls in the city scarcely, although somewhat more often on nearby mountaintops. Throughout its history, the Central Valley of Mexico was accustomed to having several snowfalls per decade (including a period between 1878 and 1895 in which every single year—except 1880—recorded snowfalls[100]), mostly lake-effect snow. The effects of the draining of Lake Texcoco and global warming have greatly reduced snowfalls after the snow flurries of 12 February 1907.[101] Since 1908, snow has only fallen three times, snow on 14 February 1920;[102] snow flurries on 14 March 1940;[103] and on 12 January 1967, when 8 centimeters (3 in) of snow fell on the city, the most on record.[104] The 1967 snowstorm coincided with the operation of Deep Drainage System that resulted in the total draining of what was left of Lake Texcoco.[100][105] After the disappearance of Lake Texcoco, snow has never fallen again over Mexico City.[100]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_City

[ITAL]

35. I still think October would work for Texas

Only....they'd never happen in October which takes out most southern cities. I suppose maybe they could hold them in late May/early June, but that would be awfully early (and even then the temperatures might be too much). Anything from mid-June through mid-September would be too hot for any of the outdoor stuff. Even if you held just about everything in the evening/night hours (impracticable) it'd be at the boundary of being too hot for many events.

[LeftInTX]

36. It's still hot in October. At least in South Texas it is. And it's very humid.

[ITAL]

37. I travel to see family in Northern Texas every year

And it's usually pretty comfortable. You'll never get rid of the chance for hot weather of course, but it's typically upper 70s to low 80s for a high. That's pretty perfect for a Summer games to be honest. Tokyo was hotter than that (Paris was too I think).

[SARose]

39. Prime hurricane season

And hot and humid.

[madinmaryland]

19. Sorry, Gym. Toledo already has the Mud hens and can't take anything more.

[City Lights]

21. Cry yourself to sleep, Jimbo.

Stomp your feet. Hold your breath until you're blue. Suck your thumb. Curl up in the fetal position. Pound sand. The Olympics aren't moving to a red state. Period.

[spanone]

23. He just craves relevancy of which he has none.

[underpants]

38. and MAGA has passed him by.

[Rebl2]

25. I didn't

realize the US government had anything to do with where the Olympics take place. I thought it was the Olympic committee that makes that decision on which country and city the Olympics take place.

[eppur_se_muova]

44. Yeah, who knew ? Not Uglican Cogressthings, apparently. nt

[LeftInTX]

26. Knowing Trump, he would want them at Mar-a-Lago

[keithbvadu2]

41. Good idea! Get him personally involved. Screw it up royally.

[LeftInTX]

43. He would turn it into golf and country club event..LOL

[Raven123]

28. No Red State cities put in a bid.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

29. Well, I would like him to quit Congress

I like my idea better!

[Biophilic]

31. It got him his 60 seconds of fame today. We'll have to wait to see what he wants tomorrow.

I am learning to deeply hate these guys.

[Initech]

32. And this Californian says go fuck yourself to the hottest circle of hell, Gym Jordan!

[JI7]

34. Is Gym going to make sure the locker rooms are safe ?

[valleyrogue]

40. He can't do anything. L.A. is a done deal. n/t

[PlanetBev]

45. We can do it!

People were all freaked out about the 1984 Olympics in LA, and how terrible it was going to be. It went very well, even with the LA legendary traffic.

[Xolodno]

46. Guess he's never heard of the IOC? And is not subject to the US government?

Just when you think they can't dig any further in the hole of stupidity, they find another shovel.

There isn't a single city in the USA that can get ready in three years and it will put them heavily into debt.

In LA, the biggest hurdle is trying to decide which stadium or venue and for what sport. Add to that, the city is using this opportunity to increase and advance its public transportation options. LA is also one of the few cities that has hosted the Olympics and made money.

[milestogo]

48. This whole red state/ blue state thing is bullshit.

There are people of both parties in every state. The economy of one state does not deserve to suffer because of its voters. And if the Olympics needs to be moved because of the fires that's one thing, but it should not be moved on the basis of American politics.

[Johonny]

50. The infrastructure for the games is built

And Being built and has been for years. You don't just host the fucking Olympic games on the fly.

The whole idea shows how stupid Jim is.

[Wiz Imp]

52. For the record, Los Angeles was the only city in the entire world to bid for the 2028 Olympics.

Only 2 US cities have bid for the Summer Olympics and failed in the past 50 years
New York City 2012
Chicago 2016

right wingers were even famously giddy when Chicago's bid failed because it was supported by President Obama.

US cities have hosted the Summer Olympics 4 times (LA in 2028 will be #5)
St. Louis 1904
LA 1932
LA 1984
Atlanta 1996

It should be obvious that only a handful of cities in the entire US are truly capable of hosting the Summer Olympics and almost all cities in the US would have no desire to.

[Jacson6]

53. The Olympics are designed by Contract Law. DJT just can't cancel it & move it.

Too bad.

[RainCaster]

54. Let's move it to OH! Let Gym's state go broke doing the build out

Yeah, I know its an impossibility, but I still like the idea of Gym Jordan and his state full of mouth-breathers trying to host the Olympics.

[Blue_Tires]

55. ALT HEADLINE: JORDAN TROLLS FOR ATTENTION, MEDIA OBLIGES

[alarimer]

56. Sure. Like any red state has the infrastructure.

Red state Olympics:

Watermelon seed spitting contest
cornhole
Catfish noodling
Fishin'
mud wrasslin'