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During a recent appearance on Fox News Sunday, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) challenged media narratives criticizing the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce government spending.

When host Shannon Bream raised concerns about federal workers’ reactions to agency changes, noting reports of distraught employees and disrupted offices, Jordan responded by highlighting what he viewed as sensationalized media coverage.

“Shannon, I grabbed this headline: National parks in chaos after today’s Washington Post story,” Jordan replied. “Here’s the first paragraph, California National Park, the Trump administration fired the only locksmith on staff. Next sentence. He was fired. He was the sole employee with keys and institutional knowledge needed to rescue visitors from locked restrooms. Now if that isn’t — I mean, that’s the best you can do? The real question is, how do visitors get locked in restrooms? I mean, this is how ridiculous some of this thing is.”

The Ohio Representative expressed skepticism about the necessity of maintaining certain government positions, particularly referencing the national park locksmith story as an example of what he considered overblown media coverage.

“So maybe there have been some mistakes made, but I think the intensity and the focus on getting rid of the wasteful spending,” he continued. “The one guy who can unlock people who somehow get locked in a restroom at a national park? This is ridiculous. So the arguments, I think, you’re seeing from the left are pretty darn, pretty darn crazy. When you think about, oh, we’re spending money for the crazy things of a trans-comic opera in wherever. I mean, come on, so.”