​WASHINGTON – Rep. Jim Jordan refused to say whether it was right or wrong for President Trump to say China should investigate Joe and Hunter Biden.

“George, you really think he was serious about thinking that China is going to investigate the Biden family?” Jordan told ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on “This Week.” “I think he’s getting the press all spun up on it.”

On Thursday, as he departed the White House, Trump said, “Likewise, China should start an investigation into the Bidens.”

Jordan, a top ally of Trump’s in the House of Representatives, was asked multiple times by Stephanopoulos whether it was appropriate for a president to make such a request.

“He was just making a statement to underscore how wrong it is, what took place here with Hunter Biden getting his deals that he got, that’s what he’s doing,” Jordan said of Trump.

Hunter Biden had foreign business dealings in both China and Ukraine while his father was serving as President Obama’s vice president.

No impropriety has been unearthed, but the political optics look bad for the senior Biden, who is vying for the Democrats’ 2020 presidential nomination.

Jordan, the only Trump ally to defend the president on the Sunday shows this week, said Trump had been “tougher than anyone” on China, suggesting that meant his request for the country to launch an investigation wasn’t serious.

The Ohio lawmaker also pointed to similar statements made by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).

“He’s pretty good at getting everybody fired up,” Rubio had said. “I don’t think it’s a real request.”

“Again, I think he did it to gig you guys,” Rubio told reporters.

Stephanopoulos asked Jordan why he couldn’t make a value judgment about Trump’s request.

“I don’t think he really meant go investigate. Do you think China’s going to investigate him? We know they’re not,” Jordan replied. “I just don’t think that’s what the president was really saying.”