Like a ‘Car’ Without ‘Gas’: Rep-Elect Adelita Grijalva Shows Mike Johnson Why Her New Office is Inoperable
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Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) posted a video tour of her new office to show House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) why she can’t get down to business for her constituents.
Critics claim Johnson has been delaying Grijalva’s swearing in since she was elected nearly a month ago to fill her late-father’s congressional seat. Grijalva believes it’s because she has vowed she will be the 218th petition signer needed to get Congress to demand the Epstein files.
“Look at what happened,” Grijalva said at the start of her video, which she posted to X on Thursday. “We got access to the office. Check out this super cool printer. I can’t print to it, though, because I don’t have a government email.”
She continued, “So, in the office, we have several desktops. But they have an administrator passcode and I don’t have that. Check out this cool stack of laptops. Guess what? I can’t unlock them.”
Grijalva then addressed work she needed to complete for her constituents.
“So, I found this stack of flags that we came into the office, so if you’re waiting for from Arizona CD7, I’m sorry, I don’t have a budget to be able to mail these to you.”
Grijalva concluded, “Yes, I have access to an office, but it’s kind of like someone saying, ‘Here’s a car, and it doesn’t have an engine, gas, or tires.”
Johnson was recently confronted by Fox News about the situation.
“She doesn’t know how it works around here. We’re going to give her the oath of office as soon as we get back to regular session,” Johnson said.
He then told CNBC, “In the meantime, she can be working for her constituents. She has hired staff. I’ve noticed they keep doing stunt videos outside of her office, knocking on the door and pretending it’s closed. It shouldn’t be. She should be in there taking calls from her constituents and doing her job.”
The government shutdown is in its 18th day with no signs of compromise on health care provision in the continuing resolution that’s disputed by congressional Republicans and Democrats.
