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Dem lawmakers seen on video storming Speaker's office, berating Capitol officer and messing with signs

Democratic lawmakers led by Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., stormed House Speaker Mike Johnson's office demanding he swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva.


Dem lawmakers seen on video storming Speaker's office, berating Capitol officer and messing with signs

Grijalva won her special election on Sept. 23, but she still has not been sworn into office. Her vote would be the final vote needed for the House to approve a discharge petition relating to the Epstein files, put forward by Reps. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky.

The petition, which is currently just one vote shy of passing, calls on the GOP-controlled House to vote to urge the Justice Department to release the files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Johnson, R-La., reacted to the incident on Wednesday, brushing off the action as merely a "political stunt."

"They stormed my office. Maybe you saw some of the video online that they themselves shared or someone did, they berated a Capitol Police officer, screamed at him. He was just merely standing at his post," Johnson said.

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"It shows again their disdain for law enforcement, as we see all around the country, the Democrats and everyone in that party screaming, assaulting ICE officers. They did it right here in the Capitol last night. A few members of Congress went into the little foyer of my office and tore down a sign that I had up and, and just engaged in all sorts of political stunts and antics," he added.

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