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(881 posts) Wed Oct 16, 2013, 10:25 PM Oct 2013

"PRAISE BE TO GOD!" House stenographer 'Holly' rushed off floor and into an elevator... [View all]

Said Diane Reidy, the House stenographer before being hauled off the floor by security.

Getting more info from Twitter...

UPDATE:

RT @toddzwillich: "Praise be to GOD!" House stenographer Diane Reidy is rushed off the floor and into an elevator...

Sean Lengell @SeanLengell

Staff stenographer disrupts House vote, shouts "he will not be mocked" and "this nation is not under God" after escorted off floor

RT @SuzyKhimm: Apparently the House stenographer had a breakdown and started raving "God bless America" and had to be dragged off the floor.

RT @Bencjacobs Stenographer removed shouting about God not being mocked and the free masons

SOUND OF THE INCIDENT: https://soundcloud.com/toddzwillich-1/floor1-101612-wav

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"PRAISE BE TO GOD!" House stenographer 'Holly' rushed off floor and into an elevator... [View all] BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 OP

Talk about a WTF moment. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #1

huh? fer real? HooptieWagon Oct 2013 #2

Wait, WHAT? markpkessinger Oct 2013 #3

I wondered what that was... wild. Ellipsis Oct 2013 #4

"God will not be mocked" markpkessinger Oct 2013 #5

Huh? NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #6

ThEY ARE EVERYWHERE DainBramaged Oct 2013 #18

IT'S STARTING! IT'S THE RAPTURE!!!!11 NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #23

A fan of Cruz, the anointed one, to take the wealth of the wicked for the righteous, Gawd's will to freshwest Oct 2013 #46

Took the word salad right out of my mouth! NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #47

Yikes. Manchurian stenographer? tanyev Oct 2013 #7

Any clips? Crap I missed it. Gin Oct 2013 #8

k warrior1 Oct 2013 #9

Here's the audio right now NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #10

Good thing she still gets Obamacare and it covers mental illness Motown_Johnny Oct 2013 #11

No kidding. Arugula Latte Oct 2013 #17

She has to wait til January 1st. grantcart Oct 2013 #19

Good thing preexisting conditions are covered. Motown_Johnny Oct 2013 #52

That is One Wacky House! Suburban Warrior Oct 2013 #12

That is one stenographer who needs to be fired. She cannot be trusted to kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #13

Which House member promoted her job application? FSogol Oct 2013 #15

The staff has been under a lot of pressure bottomofthehill Oct 2013 #24

+1000 Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 #30

I agree. Poor woman needs help. cilla4progress Oct 2013 #58

I had just turned off C-Span after Sen. Schumer finished speaking & just missed it. pacalo Oct 2013 #14

Do you want to listen to it? Here's a link to the sound file: NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #16

is there video? napkinz Oct 2013 #20

Yes, I saw it using your link up above. pacalo Oct 2013 #26

What was that all about? nt Hutzpa Oct 2013 #21

TEOTWAWKI but ILIWIWUITMABOIP! BWAHAHA! freshwest Oct 2013 #48

Since I'm too fucking drunk to make sense out of that Hutzpa Oct 2013 #49

Don't worry! TRANSLATION: freshwest Oct 2013 #51

Fresh, you win the internet. Hutzpa Oct 2013 #61

They have truly lost their minds. nobodyspecial Oct 2013 #22

I'm sure this has been stressful hootinholler Oct 2013 #25

Well...that was interesting!!! nt greytdemocrat Oct 2013 #27

I recognize that it is a serious flaw in me.... renie408 Oct 2013 #28

... BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #29

DUzy! pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #32

LOL MSMITH33156 Oct 2013 #33

Bwaa! Arugula Latte Oct 2013 #62

Poor thing blogslut Oct 2013 #31

THIS is what happens when you use lies and crazy-talk to mask your real agenda. arcane1 Oct 2013 #34

Yes, they are just using these poor people sammytko Oct 2013 #40

Yes, this is the kind of collateral damage the crazy RW could care less about. bluesbassman Oct 2013 #44

Audio mockmonkey Oct 2013 #35

I hope she is able to get help. mysuzuki2 Oct 2013 #36

Wow. Poor ting went bonkers I guess. What exactly does a stenographer of the house do? lonestarnot Oct 2013 #37

Kinda weird....saw the whole thing live....and still, not sure what it was all about. a kennedy Oct 2013 #38

Definitely had a mental breakdown. joshcryer Oct 2013 #39

Needs to be fired! nt Logical Oct 2013 #41

God dammit, I miss all the good stuff. krispos42 Oct 2013 #42

Nothing a little Thorazine can't fix. L0oniX Oct 2013 #43

i saw jon stewart once in the mid 2000s, at my old college... he was doing a joke about easter when dionysus Oct 2013 #45

Alrighty then. Solly Mack Oct 2013 #50

If we had to listen to and record the shite that has gone on in the House, Are_grits_groceries Oct 2013 #53

watch from beginning of vid. looks like all her enablers were ready to shepherd miss bazaire away. Sunlei Oct 2013 #54

Fascinating. Delphinus Oct 2013 #55

The Freemasons? What is it, 1852? hatrack Oct 2013 #56

If she had shouted 'All'hu Akbar!' it would have been reported veeeeery differently. ehrnst Oct 2013 #57

+1 Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #59

The first thing I thought when I read about this... ljm2002 Oct 2013 #60

video has come out ... napkinz Oct 2013 #63

Does anyone know how these people get their jobs? joeybee12 Oct 2013 #64

that's a good question napkinz Oct 2013 #65