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or declining to offer an apology to the victim for calling this story a lie, telling cnn this. >> i never doubted the child. i was responding to a headline from your profession, the news profession, which happens all the time on twitter. >> reporter: and on capitol hill, another bizarre moment during a hearing about abortion where congressman eric swalwell asked questions to an anti-abortion activist. >> do you think a 10-year-old should choose to carry a baby? >> i believe it would probably impact her her life. so, therefore, it would fall under any exception and would not be an abortion. >> wait. it would not be an abortion if a 10-year-old, with her parents, made the decision not to have a baby that was the result of a rape? >> if a 10-year-old became pregnant as a result of rape, and it was threatening her life, then that is not an abortion. so it would not fall under any abortion restriction in our nation. >> that's obviously not true.
apology to the victim for calling this story a lie, telling cnn this. >> i never doubted the child. i was responding to a headline from your profession, the news profession, which happens all the time to twitter. >> reporter: and on capitol hill, another bizarre moment during a hearing about abortion where congressman eric swalwell asked questions to an anti-abortion activist. >> do you think a 10-year-old should choose to carry a baby? >> i believe it would probably impact her her life. so, therefore, it would fall under any exception and would not be an abortion >> wait. it would not be an abortion if a 10-year-old, with her parents, made the decision not to have a baby that was the result of a rape? >> if a 10-year-old became pregnant as a result of rape, and it was threatening her life, then that is not an abortion. so it would not fall under any abortion restriction in our nation. >> that's obviously not true. abortion is a procedure.
for what? questioning a newspaper story? that wasn't quite what it was. and that tweet by congressman jordan has disappeared. but cnn's manu raju was able to track him down for this follow-up question. >> why did you delete the tweet? >> well, because we learned that an illegal alien did this heinous crime, so we deleted the tweet. >> do you apologize to the girl and the family for suggesting it was a lie. >> i never doubted the child. i was -- i was responding to a headline from your profession, the news profession, which happens all the time on twitter. never questioned the child. >> maybe i didn't hear right. but explain what you said to the child. something tells me that maybe the blame the media or reference
>> because we learned that this illegal alien to this heinous crime. so we deleted the tweet. mike did you apologize to the girl in the family for suggesting that it was a lie? >> i never doubted the child. i was responding to a headline from your profession, the news profession which happens all the time on twitter. doubted joe biden which is usually a smart thing to do based on all the things that he says the are not accurate. but there was no evidence. washington post. wall street journal, the attorney general said the same thing so that's why. >> your questioning her story that she was raped. >> it came across as what joe biden had talked about and others had talked about we were never questioning the child. >> the incident occurred on may 12, and police were alerted to the girls pregnancy in late june. forced to travel across state
anyone surprised? yesterday, however, authorities in ohio announced the man they have charged with the rape has confessed. and it terse out the rape of the girl was reported to police in ohio two months ago. congressman jordan, or his staff, has since deleted his tweet and a number of news organizations that cast doubt on the story have corrected themselves or published updates as well. congressman jordan, however, an elected leader from ohio, has not. this is what he told cnn's chief congressional correspondent today. >> why did you delete the tweet? >> well, because we learned that this illegal alien did this heinous crime, so we deleted the tweet. >> do you apologize to the girl and the family for suggesting a lie? >> never doubted the child. i was responding to a headline from your profession, the news profession, which happens all the time on twitter. doubted joe biden, which is usual al smart thing to do based on all the things he says
that they lied? >> i never doubted the child. i was responding to a headline from your profession, news profession which happens all the time on twitter. doubted joe biden, which is a smart thing to do based on all the things he says that are inaccurate. but, you know, the washington post said that there was a story that they had no evidence, they hadn't seen the evidence. our attorney general said the same thing, so that's why -- >> your tweet came across as you were questioning her story that she was raped, that she had to go across state lines to get an abortion? >> not at all, it was what others had talked about. we would never question a child. >> congressman jordan could have just said look, i made a mistake, and i regret it. that is not something many politicians do today, and not something politicians who want to stay in the good graces of the former president do, they have to pretend to be tough guys, it is a persona jim jordan likes to adopt. you may notice he focuses on the immigration status of the suspect, that is something of
>> well, because we learned that this illegal alien did this heinous crime. so we deleted the tweet. >> do you apologize to the girl in the family for suggesting it was a lie? >> i never doubted the child. i was responding to a headline from your profession, the news profession, which happens all the time on twitter. i doubted joe biden which is usually a smart thing to do, based on all the things that he says that aren't accurate. but you know, they did a story that there is no evidence, they hadn't seen any evidence, the wall street journal did the, attorney general said the same thing. >> your tweet came across as if you are questioning her story? that she was raped and that she had to go across state lines to get an abortion? >> not at all, it came across as what joe biden had talked about, others have talked about. we never questioned the child. >> according to the police affidavit, the incident occurred on may 12th. and police were alerted to the girls pregnancy in late june. forced to travel a law across state lines, now that ohio bans
a law that's on the books because this can happen. and even after an arrest in a reported confession by the suspect, ohio's top law enforcement officer says he stands by everything he said, and when he was asked if he would apologize he replied, apologized for what's? questioning a newspaper story? it wasn't quite what it was. and that tweet by congressman jordan has disappeared. the cnn's manu raju was able to track him down for this follow-up question. >> why did you delete the tweet? >> well, because we learned that this illegal alien to this heinous crime. so we deleted the tweet. >> do you apologize to the girl in the family for suggesting that it was a lie? >> i never doubted the child. i was responding to a headline from your profession, the news profession, which happens all
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