Swear in Congresswoman-Elect Adelita Grijalva!

Democrats have had multiple members of the House of Representatives die this term. There is some concern about people hanging on too long. Senator Dianne Feinstein was flagged a few years ago. 

A sad case is the D.C. delegate, who was the subject of multiple articles recently spelling out that she is no longer fit to serve. She doesn't want to go and has not conclusively said she won't run for re-election. 

D.C. needs strong representation, and she is unable to supply it. She is approaching 90 and is physically unfit. Just to remind, D.C. should be treated equally. Current mistreatment underlines the importance of statehood. It would have three representatives in Congress now as a state and other protections.  

Adelita Grijalva (D-Arizona) won a special election last month after her father died. Now, the Speaker of the House is refusing to allow her to be sworn in. 

Democrats tried to have it done during a pro forma session, as it was done earlier this year with two new Republican members. Speaker Mike Johnson alleged that they would swear her in as soon as she wanted, but that was a lie. 

Johnson wants to wait until the House is back in regular session. Other new members were sworn in immediately. This has led to claims of monkey business, even from Marjorie Taylor Greene. 

(Greene has started to appear saner more often than usual. People are assuming she is thinking of running for president in 2028. I wouldn't be surprised.) 

Note that she used the typical trollish "Democrat member" phrasing. Is it simply by instinct now? The term is "Democratic." It's an adjective. 

She signed the discharge petition to force the release of the Epstein files. If the votes hold, Grijalva would be the necessary vote. Of course, Johnson denies that it is the reason. Surely not!

Johnson did give three White male lawmakers who won special elections this year their oaths of office on the House floor less than 24 hours after polls closed in their elections. One of those lawmakers was Walkinshaw, who joined the House in early September. The other two, Florida Republicans Reps. Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis, got sworn in during a 12-minute session in which no other real business was conducted.

Grijalva, who cannot serve her constituents until she is a formal member of Congress, earlier noted that she didn't want to assume it was some sort of conspiracy. But then weeks passed. If not the Epstein files, what is it? Because she is a Latina? 

This is the sort of gratuitous bullshit that leads people to assume things. I think even if she were sworn in during a pro forma session, the discharge petition would only be put in place when normal business returns. I'm not completely sure, but it seems logical.

Either way, that would be a limited delaying action and more trouble than it is worth at this point. The whole thing just seems to be a gratuitous partisan move. Any other inferences are well deserved. 

Trump appointees, including Attorney General Pam Bondi, are using their congressional appearances to rant and rave. Republicans are acting like shitheads.

Partisan politics -- let's be fair -- can result in some of that. But Republicans are going the extra mile. 

The people elected Adelita Grijalva. They deserve to have their choice sworn in. Stop being a dick.