Finally, FINALLY. Wow, Moses Mikey actually kept his word. Maybe his dick was tired from all the waving he’s been using it for the entire length of the shutdown. Nope, he’s still Speaker. Boo. He didn’t have to be a dick, but we can bet his boss came down hard on him with something to the effect of “NO EPSTEIN,” and Mikey was afraid. From Raw Story:
Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) was officially sworn into Congress on Wednesday afternoon, putting an end to weeks of delay that caused intense controversy and pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). After her swearing-in ceremony, the House chamber erupted in applause, with Democratic lawmakers chanting “Adelita! Adelita!” She opened with a fiery speech condemning President Donald Trump and the GOP in Congress for enabling the chaos, vowing that the time had come to “hold Donald Trump accountable as the co-equal branch of government that we are.”
Oh, yes, it is! Democrats may not have a majority in the House (yet), but we have started roaring. Ok, folks of the Senate. Please do not waste this and let Republicans twist it into something good for *them*. It was bad enough that some caved on the shutdown. Still pissed about that. We may still be able to use it. And once again, make it a big deal about that vote that WILL be coming. *ahem* back to the House.
Grijalva, the daughter of the late progressive Rep. Raul Grijalva, is the first Latina to represent Arizona in the House of Representatives. She was elected to replace her father in a special election nearly two months ago; however, her swearing-in has been on hold for weeks, with Johnson claiming it could not take place until the federal government shutdown concluded.
He was so, so full of it. That started on the second day and kept going. No, no, can’t, leaving aside the fact that previous members have been sworn in when the House hasn’t been in session other times. But that was for Republicans, not Democrats. Anything for Republicans, nothing for Democrats. Coward.
Some observers, however, suspected that the real ulterior motive for Johnson was to prevent Grijalva from being the final vote to approve a discharge petition to compel the Trump administration to release the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case files, hoping to persuade Republicans who had signed the petition to take their names off. In her first speech as a member of Congress, she also vowed to sign the petition instantly, because “justice cannot wait another day.”
Yea, yellow-bellied coward, just like Trump. They are so afraid of anything Epstein. Well, if Trump hadn’t been bullshizzling left, right, up, down, and center, and Mikey was being a dick, we wouldn’t know there’s something to worry about. Much luck and much power to Ms. Grijalva! Welcome to the House.
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