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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Habitual Liar Turned Out to Be the Ultimate Truth Teller

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

By Elise Jordan

What Undecided Voters Think of the Liars' Club Campaign

The question on their minds is simple

By Elise Jordan

Hillary Clinton Can't Ignore the Cost of Her Foundation Scandal

'It's not only about what the Clintons did, but how they react'

By Elise Jordan

Donald Trump Loves Playing the Victim

He's what some experts might call an 'injustice collector'

By Elise Jordan

This Is How the Trump Campaign May Have Interfered With Russia Policy

An amendment on Ukraine was tabled during an RNC platform committee meeting

By Elise Jordan

Fear and Puking in Cleveland

Ted Cruz was the only Republican to leave Cleveland with his dignity intact

By Elise Jordan

How Melania Trump’s Plagiarism Happened

What I learned in the White House speechwriting shop

By Elise Jordan

Trump Takes Two Steps Forward, One Step Back on Abortion

Pence capitulates to voters Trump doesn't need and offends those he does: women

By Elise Jordan

Don't Expect Details From Donald Trump at the Republican Convention

After an attacker killed 84 people in France, and an attempted coup upended Turkey, national security will rightly be a huge focus of the Republican convention this week. Donald Trump's campaign billed the opening night...

By Elise Jordan

The GOP Can Lead on Criminal Justice Reform

Conservatives should attack wasteful policies protected by cronyism

By Elise Jordan

Meet the Tyrant Donald Trump Loves the Most

An Iraqi friend once told me a chilling story about why one of Saddam Hussein’s Baghdad palaces had a room stocked with new stereos. His son Uday would spot a woman on the street, have...

By Elise Jordan
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