So I get calling the Five Republican Caucuses The Five Families is a reference to the five families of the Mafia......but then he makes a leap that each of the Five Families controls a specific caucus within the Republican side of the House. In fact, this is completely laughable.
Seriously. Even before the FBI destroyed the American Mafia, they did not have power like this. And they did have quite a bit of power. The American Mafia is a shell of what it used to be.
The part about is Sicily is just completely made up. The Mafia started in the 1800s.
To think that JIm Jordan is actually talking about real Mafia is bonkers, it's an interesting story this guy is telling and maybe if we were all high, we would believe it.
Also a lot of American Mafia members were of Southern Italian descent, not Sicilian. For example, Lucky Luciano is Sicilian, but Al Capone's family was from near Naples.
The Godfather families are based on the real NYC families. The book came out a few years after the Valachi hearings where made man Joseph Valachi testified before Congress and named the five families. That's what Mario Puzo was using for his book.
So I get calling the Five Republican Caucuses The Five Families is a reference to the five families of the Mafia......but then he makes a leap that each of the Five Families controls a specific caucus within the Republican side of the House. In fact, this is completely laughable.
Seriously. Even before the FBI destroyed the American Mafia, they did not have power like this. And they did have quite a bit of power. The American Mafia is a shell of what it used to be.
The part about is Sicily is just completely made up. The Mafia started in the 1800s.
To think that JIm Jordan is actually talking about real Mafia is bonkers, it's an interesting story this guy is telling and maybe if we were all high, we would believe it.
Also a lot of American Mafia members were of Southern Italian descent, not Sicilian. For example, Lucky Luciano is Sicilian, but Al Capone's family was from near Naples.
The Godfather families are based on the real NYC families. The book came out a few years after the Valachi hearings where made man Joseph Valachi testified before Congress and named the five families. That's what Mario Puzo was using for his book.