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BumRushDaShow

(164,312 posts)
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 06:46 PM Thursday

'Must Be Nice': House Dem Mike Johnson Delayed Swearing In for 7 Weeks Reacts to Quick Ceremony for New GOP Member

Source: MEDIAite

Dec 4th, 2025, 1:26 pm


Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), who waited seven weeks to be sworn in to Congress, took aim at House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for his quick ceremony for a new Republican congressman from Tennessee.

Johnson swore in Rep. Matt Van Epps (R-TN) Thursday after the Trump-backed candidate won a special election by nine points against progressive state lawmaker Aftyn Behn (D). Grijalva, who famously waited nearly 50 days for her own swearing-in, posted a C-SPAN video of Johnson and Van Epps to X, writing, “Less than 48 hours after winning… must be nice.”

Grijalva won a special election to fill her late father’s seat on Sept. 23, but Johnson refused to integrate her into the House until after the government shutdown, which lasted until Nov. 10.

Her supporters claimed Johnson kept Grijalva officially out of office because she had vowed to cast the 218th vote needed to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. Johnson’s stalling prompted a lawsuit filed by Arizona’s attorney general that argued the Speaker was obligated to act.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/must-be-nice-house-dem-mike-johnson-delayed-swearing-in-for-7-weeks-reacts-to-quick-ceremony-for-new-gop-member/






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'Must Be Nice': House Dem Mike Johnson Delayed Swearing In for 7 Weeks Reacts to Quick Ceremony for New GOP Member (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Thursday OP
Holy roller mike UpInArms Thursday #1
I wouldn't... GiqueCee Thursday #2
Mike Johnson wears hypocrisy like aftershave. no_hypocrisy Thursday #3
splash it on--yes he does riversedge Thursday #6
Yeah... 2naSalit Thursday #7
He bathes in it, fully aware of how he makes everyone around him nauseous IronLionZion Thursday #13
Rules for thee, but not for me. maxsolomon Thursday #4
Terrible headline PatSeg Thursday #5
Grindr Mike is as un-American as it gets. Botany Thursday #8
Hopefully in Jan. of 2027 Johnson will be Buddyzbuddy Thursday #9
2027 Aviation Pro Thursday #11
Thank you, wishful thinking. Buddyzbuddy Yesterday #14
I heard it on news radio BidenRocks Thursday #10
Conniving little gnome, isn't he? Bayard Thursday #12
(1) Water is wet. (2) The sun sets in the west. oasis Yesterday #15
One thing about trump whores like Johnson: Paladin Yesterday #16

GiqueCee

(3,147 posts)
2. I wouldn't...
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 06:56 PM
Thursday

... shake hands with "Moses" Mike before I'd had the shots. What a sanctimonious piece of shit.

2naSalit

(99,345 posts)
7. Yeah...
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 07:25 PM
Thursday

That nasty cheap stuff that you can smell long before he get across the room and lingers for a while after he leaves... and then you have to go wash your hands to get it off you. Like oobleck.

Botany

(76,081 posts)
8. Grindr Mike is as un-American as it gets.
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 07:26 PM
Thursday

He doesn't give a shit about how it looks
as long as he services the rich and the
Republican powers that be.

Buddyzbuddy

(1,992 posts)
9. Hopefully in Jan. of 2027 Johnson will be
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 07:27 PM
Thursday

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told by the new House speaker, whomever that might be, "yeah, I'm going to need you to move down to the basement."

Paladin

(32,137 posts)
16. One thing about trump whores like Johnson:
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 08:07 AM
Yesterday

They usually end up paying a heavy price for their rabid loyalty. Looking forward to Johnson facing the consequences, just as soon as possible. He needs to forfeit his political career and spend lots more time, watching porno flicks with his son.

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