The questions keep coming for Speaker Mike Johnson about why he didn’t swear in Arizona Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva. Johnson is showing increasing signs of cracking, For once, the mainstream press has caught a certain Republican hypocrisy and is not letting it go.
On ABC’s This Week, Jon Karl asked Johnson, “When are you going to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva?”
The speaker responded by trying to blame Chuck Schumer for his decision to keep the House closed: “As soon as we start the legislative session again, when Chuck Schumer allows us to turn the lights back on.”
Karl asked Johnson if he hadn’t done it yet, and the speaker tried to blame Nancy Pelosi: “Because this is the way the institution works. By the way, I’m following Pelosi precedent. When my dear friend from Louisiana, Julia Letlow, was elected to fill her late husband’s seat due to COVID, Nancy Pelosi took days to swear her in. By the way –“
Karl asked, “You mean – let me stop you. You mean Nancy Pelosi refused to swear her in earlier?”
Johnson tried to change his story: “No, I’m saying – that is – my point is: this is the normal process –”-
Karl was ready for Johnson’s example: “Because my understanding is that this was the date that the elected representative, Letlow, requested at the time. She clearly had — her — her –“
Keep reading and watch the video of Johnson’s new excuse not to swear in Grijalva.
