"...it's totally condescending, patronizing, misogynistic, and really telling of where he is..."

[Miles Archer]

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) questioned what the Justice Department might be doing with the Jeffrey Epstein files while Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear her into the post.

Johnson told Fox News that Grijalva has keys to her office and can be doing her job and taking calls, prefacing it with the southern phrase, "bless her heart," and saying "she doesn't know how it works" in Congress.

*****

MSNBC host Alex Witt asked Grijalva, "You know what you're doing, right? ... The bless your heart part. I mean, it could be taken seriously or kind of condescendingly. What do you say?"

"No, it's totally condescending, patronizing, misogynistic, and really telling of where he is. I mean, I think that people can see what's happening here, and his push to obstruct me getting sworn in and why he's doing that is because I will be the 218th signer to the Epstein files," said Grijalva.

https://www.rawstory.com/adelita-grijalva-epstein-files/

[Irish_Dem]

1. The MAGAs always have this psychopath, narcissistic smirk going on.

As they lie, bully, threatened, intimidate others.

Johnson has the face of a choir boy and the heart of the devil.

[joshdawg]

2. johnson has a very punchable face.

But then, so do most of the other smarmy republicans.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Yes most bullies do.

[ananda]

9. The devil wears a suit and tie and goes to church.

Don't you know the Devil wears a suit and tie
I saw him driving down the sixty one in early July
White as a cotton field
And sharp as a knife
I heard him howlin' as he passed me by
Well the Devil wears a suit and tie
I saw him driving down the sixty one in early July
White as a cotton field
And sharp as a knife
I heard him howlin'
As he passed me

Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Colter Wall

[Abstractartist]

12. True

They are fake patriots and fake Christians.

Strictly for the power, money, and illegal activities.

I would not be surprised if the speaker is in the Epstein files.

[slightlv]

15. And they're all members of the he-man, woman hating club.

the one essence they can't stand is what a woman is, inside and out. We're mirrors of what they could never be, so they keep trying to erase us.

[Javaman]

4. he can swear her in and still have the government shut down. LOL

one is certainly not exclusive to the other.

tiny johnson is a moron.

because, if the shut down ever ends, I have my doubts, he'll have to swear her in then anyway.

so as I stated above, tiny johnson is a moron

[bronxiteforever]

5. Throw Mike Johnson, the "Louisiana Sleaze"

out in 2026.

[Blues Heron]

6. Moses Mike is one of the greasiest, most loathsome toads to ever slither out of the bayou

[spanone]

7. Little mikey johnson can go fuck himself.

[MLWR]

8. Moses Mikey has a Napolean (small man) complex.

[johnnyfins]

10. World's creepiest youth pastor

[azureblue]

11. in the south -- Saying "bless her heart"

means " I'm dealing with an idiot". It's a put down.

[Miles Archer]

13. Yep. And...

...it means Johnson either thinks he's being "cagey," or knows people know what it means and just doesn't care, because condescension is his intent. Probably both. He's a smarmy little worm.

[FakeNoose]

17. Good description

... but I also think he's taking marching orders from the antichrist. How does Mike Johnson live with himself?

[IcyPeas]

14. I think Mikey is looking a little stressed

Listen to how he describes the No Kings protest (it's a 1 minute 14 second video)...

[Diamond_Dog]

16. You can bet if she was a Rethuglican

She’d have been sworn in immediately. This is just more sleazy partisan rule breaking that they always get away with.

[Aristus]

18. Anyone who thinks "Bless your heart" means something good has never been to the South

or met a Southerner.

Or at least, a Southerner who would use that expression.

I never will in a million years. It's the hallmark of Southern hypocritical and superficial politeness.

[Escape]

19. Johnson's refusal to swear her in...

..is a preview of Republican intentions from here on out.

When they are in power, Rules are for Fools. If the Democrats are actually able to win a majority of the House or Senate in '26, who will enforce the transition of power?

[travelingthrulife]

20. So he's in charge of the House and pretending that she can play representative without being

sworn in? Probably how it's done in MAGAland.

[OLDMDDEM]

21. I read somewhere that any federal judge can swear her in. Am I wrong on this?

[Wednesdays]

22. Some attorneys here said it's not that simple

It has to be a judge specifically appointed to the task by the Speaker, at a time and place specified by the Speaker.