“Speaker Johnson is just a little creep, and he’s acting like a creep when it comes to this,” Gallego said on MSNBC, adding that the Republican leader is constantly changing his reasoning for not swearing in the Democratic congresswoman-elect.
Johnson has attributed the delay to the shutdown, which prevents the House from participating in a full legislative session. The House is currently in recess while the Senate debates each party’s short-term funding resolution.
The House speaker says it is typically customary to swear in members-elect when the full House is present for legislative business, although he did swear in two Florida Republicans during a brief pro forma session in April because their families were in town.
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Gallego said Johnson is potentially motivated by the bipartisan
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