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Republican House Speaker BUSTED By Brutal Fact-Check As Swearing In Scheme Collapses
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8:11Now PlayingRepublican House Speaker Mike Johnson crumbles after instant fact-check by reporter over his government shutdown lies in scheme to resist swearing in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva to continue avoiding an Epstein files vote. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Speaker Johnson continues to resist swearing in Democratic Rep.elect Grijalva
"Speaker Mike Johnson is resisting calls to swear in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, saying Monday that he will administer the oath of office to her after the Senate votes to reopen the government.
As Democrats decry the almost monthlong delay, Johnson has maintained that he is "following the Pelosi precedent" -- when three Republicans who had won special elections during recess waited until the House returned to session before then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi swore them into office.
Grijalva won her special election on Sept. 23 -- four days after Johnson dismissed lawmakers following House passage of the clean continuing resolution to fund the government. Since the last vote in the House, Republicans have canceled 14 days of legislative business -- including four days this week -- as the impasse drags on.
"Rep. Grijalva won her race in the I think it was the last week of September after we had already gone out of session, so I will administer the oath to her, hope on the first day we come back [to] legislative session," Johnson said in a news conference Monday. "I'm willing and anxious to do that.""
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