Quote:House Democrats marched angrily to Speaker Mike Johnson’s office Tuesday, demanding that he immediately swear in Arizona Democrat Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva.

But there was just one problem, Johnson wasn’t even there.

Members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus, joined by several colleagues from the broader Democratic Caucus and Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva herself, marched through the Capitol on Tuesday night, chanting “Swear her in!” and “What is he afraid of?… Epstein! ”as they made their way to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office.

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In a video posted to X, Grijalva herself recorded a message outside Johnson’s office:

“Hi, friends. Adelita Grijalva, your congresswoman-elect. I’m here in D.C., standing right outside of Speaker Johnson’s office. I was certified today. Certified. That means the governor, the attorney general, and the secretary of state have all said yes, she won. And now they’re asking Speaker Johnson, demanding that he swear me in.”

“So that’s why I’m here. I came with a lot of my colleagues from the Democratic caucus and the women’s caucus. They all joined me in asking, demanding that I get sworn in. Going to be here for two days. Speaker Johnson, you want to swear me in?”

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Grijalva released the following statement:

“Today’s certification simply confirms what the voters made clear 21 days ago: we won this election decisively by more than 40,000 votes,” said Representative-elect Grijalva. “I want to thank Governor Hobbs, Attorney General Mayes, and Secretary Fontes for fulfilling their duties and standing up for the more than 800,000 Arizonans who currently do not have a voice in Congress. They did their jobs, now it’s time for Speaker Johnson to do his.

I also want to thank Attorney General Mayes for her letter; I will continue to be in close contact with her as we explore legal options if the Speaker continues to drag his feet.

“Speaker Johnson has exhausted every excuse to delay my swearing-in. I am simply asking him to abide by the same precedent he set when he swore in his Republican colleagues within 24 hours of their special elections and during pro forma sessions earlier this year. Any further delay reveals his true motive: Speaker Johnson is stalling because he knows I will be the 218th signature on the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.

“The cost of his obstruction is the silencing of over 800,000 Southern Arizonans who deserve to have a voice in Congress. It is also robbing them of the essential constituent services they count on every day, especially during this Republican government shutdown.”

While Democrats shouted outside his empty office, Speaker Johnson was at the White House Rose Garden as Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated by a radical far-leftist.

Critics blasted the Democrats’ stunt, noting that their own party caused the current government shutdown, and that no new taxpayer-funded procedures, including swearing-in ceremonies, should proceed until Congress restores government funding.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson responds to the news Democrats stormed his office last night to force an illegal swearing in of a liberal Representative while also berating Capitol officers:

"They STORMED my office...they BERATED a Capitol police officer, screamed at him!"

"A few members of Congress went into the little foyer of my office and tore down a sign that I had up, and just engaged in all sorts of political stunts and antics."

"He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement as we see all around the country, the Democrats and everyone in that party screaming, assaulting ICE officers. They did it right here in the Capitol last night."

"They've been [playing games] every day now and it shows their desperation. It also shows a very strong contrast between the party that is working for the people and trying to keep the government open - and do the right thing - and the party that is engaging in all this nonsense."

(10-15-2025 11:27 AM)banker Wrote:  They’re like little children, adults (outside of theater groups) simply don’t act like that, especially at work.

Quote:Roughly two-dozen House Republicans on Wednesday stormed a closed-door deposition in secure House Intelligence Committee spaces to rail against the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry, a political stunt ratcheting up the GOP complaints about the process that delayed Wednesday’s scheduled deposition for five hours.

(10-15-2025 11:30 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(10-15-2025 11:27 AM)banker Wrote:  They’re like little children, adults (outside of theater groups) simply don’t act like that, especially at work.

You mean like these guys?

Quote:Roughly two-dozen House Republicans on Wednesday stormed a closed-door deposition in secure House Intelligence Committee spaces to rail against the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry, a political stunt ratcheting up the GOP complaints about the process that delayed Wednesday’s scheduled deposition for five hours.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/23/politics/republicans-storm-impeachment-inquiry-deposition-laura-cooper

(10-15-2025 11:32 AM)bearcat65 Wrote:  

(10-15-2025 11:30 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(10-15-2025 11:27 AM)banker Wrote:  They’re like little children, adults (outside of theater groups) simply don’t act like that, especially at work.

You mean like these guys?

Quote:Roughly two-dozen House Republicans on Wednesday stormed a closed-door deposition in secure House Intelligence Committee spaces to rail against the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry, a political stunt ratcheting up the GOP complaints about the process that delayed Wednesday’s scheduled deposition for five hours.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/23/politics/republicans-storm-impeachment-inquiry-deposition-laura-cooper

Aren't you the one constantly b1tching about whataboutism?

(10-15-2025 11:35 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(10-15-2025 11:32 AM)bearcat65 Wrote:  

(10-15-2025 11:30 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(10-15-2025 11:27 AM)banker Wrote:  They’re like little children, adults (outside of theater groups) simply don’t act like that, especially at work.

You mean like these guys?

Quote:Roughly two-dozen House Republicans on Wednesday stormed a closed-door deposition in secure House Intelligence Committee spaces to rail against the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry, a political stunt ratcheting up the GOP complaints about the process that delayed Wednesday’s scheduled deposition for five hours.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/23/politics/republicans-storm-impeachment-inquiry-deposition-laura-cooper

Aren't you the one constantly b1tching about whataboutism?

Constantly, no. And this is not a whatabout. Whatabouts are usually interjected to excuse one's actions. I'm not excusing either side.

(10-15-2025 11:30 AM)MonarchManiac Wrote:  I may not have the whole story here...what is the argument for not swearing her in?

(10-15-2025 11:32 AM)bearcat65 Wrote:  

(10-15-2025 11:30 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(10-15-2025 11:27 AM)banker Wrote:  They’re like little children, adults (outside of theater groups) simply don’t act like that, especially at work.

You mean like these guys?

Quote:Roughly two-dozen House Republicans on Wednesday stormed a closed-door deposition in secure House Intelligence Committee spaces to rail against the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry, a political stunt ratcheting up the GOP complaints about the process that delayed Wednesday’s scheduled deposition for five hours.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/23/politics/republicans-storm-impeachment-inquiry-deposition-laura-cooper

Aren't you the one constantly b1tching about whataboutism?

(10-15-2025 11:40 AM)shere khan Wrote:  

(10-15-2025 11:30 AM)MonarchManiac Wrote:  I may not have the whole story here...what is the argument for not swearing her in?

Because she is prog filth i hope.

Frick em.

(10-15-2025 11:52 AM)andybible1995 Wrote:  The more I hear about the Epstien files, the more I think it's all a bunch of BS.

(10-15-2025 11:57 AM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(10-15-2025 11:52 AM)andybible1995 Wrote:  The more I hear about the Epstien files, the more I think it's all a bunch of BS.

I'm long past giving a frick. We'll never know anyway.