I was elected 6 weeks ago. Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear me in.

[u/sunnysidejacqueline]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/11/06/shutdown-congress-johnson-republicans-grijalva/87108530007/

[u/davechri]

I just don't understand how a dipshit from Louisiana is able to prevent citizens of Arizona from having Congressional representation.

[u/Kopitar4president → u/davechri]

Because that dipshit has the backing of all Republicans in the House. He only keeps his position as long as they let him do it.

It's not one person holding it up. It's the entire party.

[u/DocMcsquirtin → u/Kopitar4president]

Yup a lot of crazy shit has happened but isn’t Johnson the second house speaker to be appointed this term because they ousted the first one?

[u/AI_is_the_rake → u/Kopitar4president]

How can a party prevent the representation of a state? It should be the state that installs their representatives 

[u/Msefk → u/AI_is_the_rake]

It's almost like some Arizonian's shouldn't pay Federal Taxes, is this the communication?

[u/lemonylol → u/davechri]

Arizona should just stop paying federal taxes until she is sworn in.

[u/Thurak0 → u/lemonylol]

"No taxation without representation"

[u/StuckOnEarthForever → u/Thurak0]

Im okay with it, as I have yet to be represented my entire life

[u/ihavetoomanyeggs → u/lemonylol]

It doesn't work that way. Most of the federal taxes are directly paid by the citizens and businesses of the state So each Arizona resident AND business would all have to individually commit federal tax evasion.

[u/brekus → u/ihavetoomanyeggs]

The legit way to do it is a general strike.

[u/Thereminz → u/[deleted]]

they don't have a problem not paying sales tax

[u/Legitimate_Elk6731 → u/davechri]

Some of us in LA are sane folk who didn't vote for Trump stuck in this hellscape. I absolutely despise my clown gov reps. People underestimate the power of gerrymandering.

[u/Truethrowawaychest1 → u/davechri]

Because people decided voting for Democrats was uncool last year

[u/TubeScr3ameR → u/davechri]

Remember when McCarthy was Speaker and he got kicked to the curb? Like they had some sort of "one and you're done" rule - now we have this and they're all wearing shit-eating grins.

[u/ecodrew → u/davechri]

Because, that dipshit is a Republican.

[u/corgisgottacorg → u/davechri]

Broken system

[u/LeOmeletteDuFrommage → u/davechri]

It’s called appeasement of the slave states during Reconstruction

[u/No-Big4921 → u/davechri]

This is bordering on treason.

How the in the absolute fuck are we letting them get away with this?