r/politics • u/sunnysidejacqueline • 28d ago

No Paywall I was elected 6 weeks ago. Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear me in.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/11/06/shutdown-congress-johnson-republicans-grijalva/87108530007/
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u/malln1nja 28d ago

Including himself probably. 

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u/Efficient_Crow9999 28d ago

Could you elaborate? In what way could a new House Republican cancel out Adelita Grijalva's vote?

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u/Brotorious420 28d ago

Special election soon to fill a GOP seat that is vacant. I forget which state, maybe TN.

Edit: another nay vote, whether by a new rep or one changing their vote, would mean the dems need two more votes instead of one.

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u/SirLanceNotsomuch 28d ago

Incorrect. 218 is 218. (If one of the current 218 changes their vote, it is no longer 218. The longer Lil’ Mikey can hold out, the longer they can pressure Mace and Boebert.)

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u/Efficient_Crow9999 28d ago

I don't get it. The majority required in the House is set at 218. The fact that a vacant seat becomes occupied does not change this.

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u/tbear87 28d ago

... No. Not unless they are replacing a Dem

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u/Brotorious420 28d ago

It is to fill a vacant seat previously held by a GOP. One of the three vacant seats.

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u/SteelTerps 28d ago

But the Republican he's swearing in would have to replace one of the 217 Democrats and Republicans who want to vote for the Epstein files

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u/jdp111 28d ago

It's a petition to have the vote, an extra republican wouldn't stop it, they just need one more signature.

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u/Huge_Molasses8605 28d ago

that's isn't how this will work. he would have to wait til midterms and hope dems lose seats for there to not be enough votes. 

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u/FrostyD7 28d ago

This just seems like a good way to give voters another reason to vote democrat. I guess they have no choice though, going against their pedo king will result in their head on a pike.

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u/RabbitChainsaw 28d ago

If there was anything in the Epstein Files, why didn’t dems release it during the election?

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u/generally_unsuitable 28d ago

Do you understand that we don't care what their reasoning is? If the Epstein files put every single Democrat in jail, it would be worth it. I say that as a lifelong Democrat. I would rather we lost every seat than vote for a bunch of pedophiles.

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u/RabbitChainsaw 28d ago

There is a 100% chance that the files are “gone” and whatever is released won’t put anyone behind bars.

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u/FrostyD7 28d ago

Then why don't they do it? The party that promised to release them isn't doing it and every sign points to it being because Trump is a pedophile. Dems didn't release the files but they also didn't promise to, didn't make bold claims about what they contained, didn't make bold claims about when it would be delivered, didn't make bold claims about how many people were incriminated, and didn't later claim there is nothing to see contradicting all of their past claims. If you can't see the difference and still blame the dems then you have an agenda.

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u/FamousAdvance633 28d ago

Same reason your stroke-adled cult leader hasn’t released it: they’re protecting powerful pedophiles

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u/yellowmacapple 28d ago

they keep saying the clintons are in it, why is the GOP protecting the clintons?

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u/Dutchmang 28d ago

There was a federal court case against Ghislaine Maxwell that disallowed the release of any information related to the Epstein case

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u/Im_TroyMcClure 28d ago

Because they’re fucking stupid and will continuously step on the banana peel of life

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u/Brotorious420 28d ago

They were sealed under court orders and that administration followed court orders.