One wrestler, Dunyasha Yetts, said that Mr. Jordan on one occasion confronted the doctor with the team’s head coach about being too “hands on” with the students, and on a second occasion disregarded a comment that he had made about the doctor’s inappropriate behavior. That second episode was corroborated by two other wrestlers who witnessed it. [Read the Ohio State University investigation report.] His conservative constituents, by dint of the gerrymandered contours of his district, were all but predestined to support him. But in the rural western towns of the district, admiration for Mr. Jordan takes on a profound intensity, built on a foundation of personal experiences with him and an unshakable belief in his integrity.

Source: New York Times June 02, 2019 15:45 UTC