The Arizona Democrat will be the 218th signature on a discharge petition on the Jeffrey Epstein files. Will this lead GOP leaders to delay her swearing-in?

The brewing fight over Adelita Grijalva’s congressional swearing-in and the Epstein files | The Arizona Democrat will be the 218th signature on a discharge petitio... | www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— CHBstills (@chbstills.bsky.social) 2025-09-30T06:07:15.534Z

If they can hold it up for a few days, what's to stop them from holding it up for two years?

that our national media, that the Republican colleagues of Democratic members of Congress, that the supreme court, and tens of millions of Republican voters, all of whom would swear their commitment to democracy, are not clamoring for Speaker Johnson to immediately seat the Congressperson. Maybe they are busy sorting their socks.

Did she get one?

Mandamus is an extraordinary remedy that can't be used to force an official to take action that is discretionary. And while swearing in a newly elected member after a special election isn't totally discretionary, the timing of it is not dictated by law and while sometimes the swearing in occurs quickly (and even during a recess) there also is precedent for waiting until the House is back in session -- indeed, Johnson did that twice with repub special election winners last year.

what's the point of an election if you don't
get to serve your full term (or maybe even
at all).

This is so crazy.

Her election was on September 22. The House doesn't technically need to be in regular session to swear someone in. But in this case, with the House not in regular session, there's not a significant impact of delaying because no regular votes are being taken. Yes it delays the vote on releasing the Epstein files, but only by a few days and assuming it passes the House, will move onto the Senate where it will likely sit with no action for a long time.

I'm not defending the Republicans. This is petty and vindictive shit which we've come to expect from Republicans. But ultimately, the impact is minimal.

The House returns to session on October 7. She should be sworn in then. She can't legally be blocked for being sworn in and Johnson has said she will be sworn in when the House returns to regular session on October 7. The shutdown will not impact that.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5529055-republicans-grijalva-swearing-in-house/

So they have time to threaten the lives of the members, especially the Republicans, who won't tow Trump's line. That's why the delay matters.

Democrats aren't going to change their mind no matter the pressure. And if Boebert, Greene or Mace are going to flip, I'm sure they've already made that decision.

I also read that the earliest would be October 7. Facts are sometimes inconvenient.

In the meantime, Johnson is simply trying to exploit a technicality that allows him to delay for a short time. Sure it's a scummy thing to do, but in the long run, the impact is minimal.

but her victory won't be certified for several weeks even though she won by a blowout.

Johnson could hold up her swearing in on a technicality.

Could swear her in, and leave Johnson completely out of the loop.

... don't need no stinkin' Writ of Mandamus! Rules aren't written to inconvenience Republicans! They're written to hamstring Democrats! Just ask Moscow Mitch!

Loss of representation, I'd think.

Answer. Republicans have to cheat.

See below:

https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/she-won-part-x-vr-systems-151-fake

In Florida in 2024 thousands of ballots were rejected when the computer marked that
the voter had not provided I.D. but in fact they had provided I.D. but the computer flipped
to say they had not provided an I.D..

My tinfoil hat prediction is 2 things

1) they will never come back in session, the gov shuts down and the orange asshole rules himself king

2) they come back in session and tiny johnson never swears her in.

Neither one of them is going to happen.

Democrats might even have the votes.

The legislative and administrative branches are almost completely kaput.
The judicial branch has seen better days, but it's really trying to hang on.

I’ll let an expert respond. - looking it up

were sworn in the day after the election before the results were certified. Waiting for certification is not unreasonable in a close election, but all the Special elections have been blowouts.

Johnson is using a technicality that the House is not in Regular session as an excuse to delay. They return to Regular Session on October 7 and Johnson has already said she will be sworn in on that date.

They just won't swear in any Democrat who gets elected.

It won't matter whether it's legal because no one will stop them.

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He's a cornered rat.

What does the cornered rat fear?