Lawsuits Try to Force Speaker Johnson to Swear in Duly Elected Arizona Dem

Thursday, October 23, 2025

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes on Tuesday filed a lawsuit to try to force House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, the Arizona Democrat who won her late father's seat in a special election nearly one month ago.

Posted by jpw at 07:32 PM | 10 COMMENTS | permalink

NEWS: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva have SUED the U.S. House of Representatives in federal court in Washington, D.C. over Speaker Mike Johnson's refusal to swear in Grijalva. Grijalva would be the 218th vote for the Epstein Files discharge petition.

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-- MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) Oct 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM

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It's about damn time.

#1 | Posted by jpw at 2025-10-21 07:38 PM

gotta keep that last vote from opening the Epstein files.

#2 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-21 08:20 PM

The Epstein Shutdown Must Go On!

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-21 08:32 PM

Maga Mike is trapped between a rock and a hard place.

He cannot bring the House back into session but he will have to bring the house back into session.

Question: will the House have to pass another CR bill. does it expire?

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Yes, the House will have to pass another CR bill because the previous one expired, and a government shutdown is underway. A new bill is needed to provide funding for federal agencies, as a government shutdown occurs when there is no funding measure in place. The expired CR would have extended funding through November 21, but was not passed by the Senate.

#4 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-10-22 12:53 PM

"Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said he will administer the oath of office to Grijalva, who was elected to the House in September, as soon as Democrats vote to reopen the government."

Easy peasy.

#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-10-24 11:38 AM

"Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said he will administer the oath of office to Grijalva, who was elected to the House in September, as soon as Democrats vote to reopen the government."

And he swore in a pair of Republicans almost immediately.

The longer he delays, the more obvious the reason.

#6 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-10-24 11:41 AM

And he swore in a pair of Republicans almost immediately.

The longer he delays, the more obvious the reason.

#6 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-10-24 11:41 AM | Reply | Flag:

And? If it were Pelosi and the shoe were on the other foot?

#7 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-10-24 11:49 AM

" If it were Pelosi and the shoe were on the other foot?"

It shouldn't be done by EITHER.

Whataboutism is a middle finger to Independents. You're basically saying "That was bad when Democrats did it ... so it's okay that Republicans do it!"

Stop looking for excuses for bad governance.

#8 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-10-24 12:33 PM

Is Pelosi the new Biden?

The new Lame Whataboutism from rwing blog terrorists and logic abusers?

#9 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-24 12:37 PM

"Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said he will administer the oath of office to Grijalva, who was elected to the House in September, as soon as Democrats vote to reopen the government."
Easy peasy.

#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds

It's disturbing that you're stupid enough to believe these people.

#10 | Posted by jpw at 2025-10-24 12:51 PM

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