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represent. Adelita Grijalva Democrats (D-AZ) who waited seven weeks to be sworn into Congress take aim at House Speaker Mike Johnson (LA Republican) A quick ceremony for Tennessee’s new Republican congressman.
Johnson was sworn in as a member of the House of Representatives. Matt Van Epps (R-TN) Trump-backed candidate wins special election Thursday over progressive state lawmaker by nine percentage points Aftin Bain (Four).
Grijalva, who famously waited nearly 50 days to be sworn in, posted a C-SPAN video of Johnson and Van Epps to
Grijalva won a special election on September 23 to fill her late father’s seat, but Johnson refused to seat her in the House of Representatives until the government shutdown, which lasted until November 10.
Her supporters claim Johnson pushed Grijalva to formally step down because she vowed to cast the 218th vote needed to free the bill. Jeffrey Epstein document. Johnson’s delays prompted a lawsuit from the Arizona attorney general, saying the speaker had a duty to act.
When questioned, Johnson disparaged Grijalva on Fox News, saying: “She doesn’t know how things work here. We’re going to have her sworn in as soon as we get back to our regular session.”
Johnson later told CNBC, “In the meantime, she can work for her constituents. She has hired staff. I noticed they are constantly making stunt videos outside her office, knocking on doors and pretending the door is closed. That shouldn’t be the case. She should be there taking calls from constituents and doing her job.”
Grijalva posted a video on social media showing how she actually cannot As Johnson said, get to work.
“Look what happened,” Grijalva says at the beginning of the video. “We have access to the office. Look at this cool printer. I can’t print from it, though, because I don’t have a government email.”
She continued, “Look at all these cool laptops. Guess what? I can’t unlock them.”
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