PPE Johnson said he'd swear in new House Democrat 'as soon as she wants.' Now Republicans are backtracking
Speaker Mike Johnson is not planning to allow Democrats’ newest congresswoman-elect to be sworn-in until her party agrees to end the government shutdown, despite telling CNN earlier Tuesday that he would swear her in “as soon as she wants.”
“We will swear in Rep.-Elect [Adelita] Grijalva as soon as the House returns to session when Chuck Schumer, Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego decide to open up the government,” a leadership aide said Tuesday.
The move amounts to an extraordinary power play to deny a sitting member a seat.
While the leadership aide contended “it’s a customary practice in the House to swear in members when the chamber is in legislative session,” Johnson swore in Florida GOP Reps. Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine during a pro forma session earlier this year.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/speaker-johnson-said-d-swear-224345115.html
PPE - Pious pedophile enabler
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just sayin'
("lying no good fucking republicon!" )
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