Elise Jordan

Jordan is a TIME columnist, an NBC News/MSNBC political analyst and a co-host of the Words Matter podcast.

Recent Articles

I’ve Worked in Republican Politics. The Party’s Voter Suppression in the Midterms Has Been a Disgrace

To tolerate this disenfranchisement is to be complicit in the worst of this nation’s past, writes Elise Jordan

By Elise Jordan November 15, 2018

I’ve Supported the Second Amendment My Whole Life. It’s Time for Reasonable Gun Control

Congress and the gun lobby will lose support if they don't act

By Elise Jordan March 31, 2018

I'm a Republican. What on Earth Is Wrong With My Party?

I am a Republican in the era of Donald Trump, and I am emotionally depleted by the constant cruelty of the President of the United States. I’ve told myself repeatedly that I am done being...

By Elise Jordan January 14, 2018

Roy Moore Is a Predator Whose Candidacy Proves Our Moral Decline

We are living through a time of stunning cultural divide, an imploding political moment pitting the defense of values against the preservation of symbols. Consider that 14 years ago, a certain Republican Congressman from Florida...

By Elise Jordan November 10, 2017

Trump's Stubbornly Loyal Base Can't Ignore What Comes Next

The spiraling investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia presents a political risk to the president, but not the one you might think. Having spent time listening to Trump supporters all over America over...

By Elise Jordan November 3, 2017

Roy Moore Is Doing Bernie Sanders Progressives a Big Old Favor

A body of water and more than 4,000 miles separate Alabama and Great Britain, but two events occurring within twenty-four hours on both sides of the pond provide a roadmap for the American political landscape....

By Elise Jordan September 29, 2017

There Has Never Been 'Normal' Under President Donald Trump

Forget about normal. That's a long gone concept in the era of President Donald Trump

By Elise Jordan June 30, 2017

Airstrikes Don't Mean Trump Is Suddenly Compassionate or Strategic

'By cheerleading Trump’s impulsivity, pundits provided the president with the incentive to continue to shoot first'

By Elise Jordan April 10, 2017

A White House Devoid of Integrity

At the dedication of his Library, President Ronald Reagan, then 80 years old, reflected on the pendulum swings he had seen in his lifetime, such as the rise of big government and totalitarianism. “I also...

By Elise Jordan January 30, 2017

A Habitual Liar Turned Out to Be the Ultimate Truth Teller

Many Americans don't care about 'rich white people problems'

By Elise Jordan November 11, 2016
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