Posted on 10/08/2025 6:15:33 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A special election last month secured Representative Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) the 218 votes needed to force a vote on releasing all Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein. But Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva has still not been sworn in, and Massie suspects Speaker Mike Johnson has a specific reason for the delay.
Massie said in an X post he published Monday, “Contrary to what he says, Speaker Johnson is doing everything he can, including delaying the swearing in of the most recently elected member of Congress and spreading misinformation about the legislation, to block a vote in Congress on legislation to release the Epstein files.”
Grijalva told CNN on Monday that she doesn’t know when she’ll be sworn in and has not heard from Johnson’s office.
This kind of delay is not normal. Spectrum News reported:
Grijalva joined other House Democrats in pointing out that three other new members who voters elected in special elections in recent months were sworn in the day after their victories. Those include Florida Republican Reps. Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis, who replaced former Reps. Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz, as well as Democratic Rep. James Walkinshaw of Virginia. Fine and Patronis were both sworn in during what is known as pro forma sessions, which allows the House to quickly gavel-in on out-of-session weeks when it does not have other legislative business scheduled.
Democrats have been pressuring Johnson to swear Grijalva in. Representative Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) wrote a letter telling the speaker that Grijalva’s constituents have been “unnecessarily” deprived of representation, adding that his decision “calls into question if the motive behind the delay is to further avoid the release of the Epstein files.”
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It’s BS. Just swear her in.
What is delaying it doing, other than making him look like a vindictive ass hat.
WWTDD?
Where was Massie during the Biden years? Why the Epstein obsession now?
“… Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva has still not been sworn in, and Massie suspects Speaker Mike Johnson has a specific reason for the delay…”
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Of course, he first has to learn how to spell and pronounce her name correctly.
No, play hardball for once.
What exactly is he “playing”? It makes no sense and it makes him look like a petty bitch.
“Where was Massie during the Biden years? Why the Epstein obsession now?”
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Massie was busy bringing the expanding cost of government to the attention of people, and fighting Biden policies, just as he should have been.
Who cares, ALL the Democrats should be in prison for sexition
You miss the point. Where was he on the subject of Epstein back during the Biden administration. Why now and not 4 years ago?
Massis is a Greasy creep most times.
Has Johnson given a reason for the delay?
If it isn’t about the ‘Epstein Files’ then what is it?
LOL, hyperbole much?
“What is delaying it doing, other than making him look like a vindictive ass hat.”
Government is closed. Open the government and she’ll be sworn in the same day.
Congress isn’t “in session” when other special election winners are sworn in. It happens all the time.
He is being petulant.
The pettiness is childish.
Massie is a RINO asshat....
Nope
There is a special election on Dec. 2 to fill Mark Green's House seat which is likely to be won by the Republican candidate. So might as well wait until Dec. 3 and swear him and Grijalva in at the same time.
The claim is that Massie doesn’t have the Epstein votes without the person who hasn’t been sworn in. Not swearing her in gives Johnson time to try to break the GOP that are for Massie’s vote.
Is that why he isn’t swearing her in? Maybe
Maybe Massie and Johnson should talk about this privately instead of publicly. Assumes they’re on the same team, though.
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