MSNBC host Katy Tur challenged Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Friday to answer a question without using Hillary Clinton's name.

Tur initially asked the GOP lawmaker about President Trump's pardon of former Bush administration staffer Scooter Libby earlier in the day, with Jordan making a comparison to the former secretary of State in his response.

"Can you answer the question without using Hillary Clinton's name?" Tur asked. "Do you think it's looks a little bit suspicious for the president to pardon someone who's convicted of lying to the FBI and obstruction of justice when all of this stuff is going on?"

Jordan replied by saying that it was "suspicious and strange" that special counsel Robert Mueller was appointed after the firing of James Comey last year and was now looking into possible obstruction of justice in the dismissal of the former FBI director.

Tur then asked the lawmaker if he believed the Justice Department "was out to get the president."

Jordan invoked Clinton in his answer, arguing that there was a double standard between Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's treatment of Mueller's probe and the investigation into Clinton's use of a private email server as secretary of State.

"Ah, you used the Secretary Clinton name," Tur interjected. "I told you to answer without using 'Secretary Clinton.' "

"But you have to because that's what the American people see, they see two standards," Jordan replied.

Jordan is a fierce critic of Clinton, questioning her while she was secretary of State about the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya. He is also now among GOP lawmakers calling for a second special counsel to probe Clinton.

The former leader of the conservative Freedom Caucus told reporters Friday that he is considering running to replace retiring Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).