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Representative-Elect Grijalva is Ready to Sign Discharge Petition
27 Sep 2025
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Chapter 1: What are MAGA Mike Johnson's plans before the government shutdown?
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Look at MAGA Mike Johnson's face right there. He's a panicking. He and Donald Trump are facing a nightmare scenario right now because that discharge petition that was being circulated in the House of Representatives to force a vote on the release of the Epstein files and thus the uncovering of more disturbing information of Donald Trump's dark past.
Well, it's about to get that 218 signature that was needed to force that House floor vote. How? Because in Arizona's seventh congressional district, they have a new Democratic congresswoman elect. Her name is Adelita Grijalva. She won by like 40 points, outperforming former Vice President Kamala Harris's 2024 numbers by like an additional 20 points.
She's now the congresswoman elect, and she's put out a statement right away that And I'm planning to travel to Washington, D.C. on Monday to join my Democratic colleagues in demanding that Republicans come to the negotiating table to prevent a government shutdown and to vote on the release of the Epstein files.
Congresswoman-elect Grijalva has confirmed that she will sign the discharge petition that was first circulated by Democrats. Democratic Congress member Ro Khanna and Republican Congress member Thomas Massey. That will be 218 votes. The discharge petition will be effectuated and that should force a vote on the House floor forthwith.
Now, it's one of my theories, and I'm not trying to get all that conspiratorial here, but that one of the reasons MAGA Mike Johnson is telling the Republicans don't show up to work is on September 29th and September 30th, right before the government shutdown on October 1st, is because if they show up and it's a workday, then they'll have to swear in Congresswoman-elect Grijalva.
She will become a Congresswoman. She'll sign the discharge petition and it will be effectuated. So one of the things I will posit is that the reason that we're getting even closer to this government shutdown, I also think has to do in part, in part, Because Donald Trump wants to avoid the Epstein files coming to light.
I also think Donald Trump wants to blame the economic calamity he's causing on Democrats. And he's going to go back to his old bag of tricks and say, transgender this, crime that, migrants this, Democrats want all of that. When all the Democrats have said,
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Chapter 2: Who is Congresswoman-Elect Adelita Grijalva and what are her plans?
Let me move on to Ghislaine Maxwell. Yes, but their language doesn't adequately produce that.
Yes, go ahead. Okay, let me move. And then Donald Trump has been saying that it is a hostile act.
if you sign this discharge petition now fortunately the discharge petition has already been signed not just by thomas massey but marjorie taylor greene has signed it nancy mace has signed it lauren bobert has signed it so that's the sufficient number of signatures on the republican side in order to uh now with the democrats get to that magic 218 number to force a vote on the epstein files
But here, just to remind you, is Republican Thomas Massey saying that Donald Trump has threatened Republicans that it is a hostile act to support the discharge petition, to support the release of the Epstein files.
And here, Republican Congressmember Thomas Massey goes, I think it's pretty unprecedented that you have the president of the United States saying it's a hostile act in order to have transparency for the release of files relating to like a sex trafficking peddling. Here, play this clip.
I'm pretty sure. I mean, it's a strong effort from the White House. They are literally calling it a hostile act to sign this discharge petition now. And I don't know if that's precedented in this country to have a president
call legislators to say that they're engaged in a hostile act, particularly when the so-called hostile act is trying to get justice for people who've been victims of sex crimes.
And then more from Meg and Mike here trying to say, well, look, you know, Donald Trump's as transparent as you get. You don't get more transparent than this. Here, play this clip.
I've spoken to the president myself about this many times, and he is as insistent as we are. He is the most transparent president in memory, probably in the history of the country. As you know, he stops. If he were here now, he would stand here and take your questions endlessly. That's his mindset, and he wants the American people to have information so they can draw their own conclusions.
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Chapter 3: What is the significance of the discharge petition regarding Trump's past?
You outperformed significantly your late great father. You outperformed Kamala Harris there. I mean, the people overwhelmingly said, we want Adelita in this congressional district. I'm also hearing, though, that Maga Mike Johnson said, Does not want to swear you in right away. Now we got to wait for the official results. We don't even know.
So before getting to discharge petition, before getting to shut down, let's just talk about you being sworn in as your job as a congressman. What's the latest there?
So the latest is I was looking at the example of now Representative Walkinshaw from Virginia, who was elected two weeks ago, Tuesday, and that following Wednesday, less than 24 hours was sworn in and with unofficial results. It literally says so in, you know...
the congressman who was introducing them like here's unofficial results but it's not not disputed and it was approved without objection so for me this chicana from tucson apparently the rules have now changed in two weeks and um we're being asked for official results And and there's conversations with our secretary of state, Fontes.
And so I'm sort of wondering why in two weeks the rules are so different. And maybe it has something to do with the fact that I'm number 218. I don't know.
Well, I mean, it wasn't you. You won in a overwhelming fashion as well. So this is not something like, oh, it could be close. I mean, you won by over 40, 43, 44 points.
Yeah, 40 points.
in the latest count. But let's talk about, you know, we'll see what Mike Johnson does, but let's talk about the discharge petition. You know, it's already been announced that you're going to be signing that. And so already you're going to be having, you know, a major impact, which is probably one of the reasons that it all kind of makes sense. And I was not trying to get conspiratorial.
I'm like, they want to shut the government down because they're Trump doesn't want the discharge petition being signed. But then I put it together and I'm like, well, you know, they're not going to they're not swearing you in. And there's those two days where they shut it down. It at least feels like there's some there's some link there now and get not to be conspiratorial.
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Chapter 4: How does Adelita Grijalva plan to address the government shutdown?
And you know, in so much of what's happening right now in this nation, it feels like there's a for sale sign on the White House that, you know, if you have enough money, you can pay for justice. If you have enough money, you can be immigrated and the red carpet will be rolled out. If you buy some Trump crypto, we're going to make some accommodations for you.
And, you know, your loved one that is currently serving time might be able to walk out. I mean, to me, this is such blatant corruption. And that is why so many people are so frustrated, because it doesn't seem like regardless of who is responsible, at the table negotiating, something doesn't seem to change, but we are going to make a change.
And we're going to let you know that this election is not about me, you know, as a border district, our community is so unique. And I think that perspective is so important and it's been missing from the table in DC. And that's why I want to get to work.
right, for all of their talk about the border, border, border. They don't even want to swear in you right now and follow the rules when they've got a border district congresswoman elect. They're going to change their own standards not to swear you in, which to me is very tough.
Talk about the discharge petition and why it's also, you know, you think very important for you to sign this and kind of bring transparency to an area, frankly, that three months ago, Trump and MAGA were saying, They want to release these people.
Right. You know, I think that this is as much about fulfilling Congress's duty as a constitutional check on this administration. And it's about demanding justice for survivors. The days of turning a blind eye to Trump must end. And so Congress needs to reestablish itself as a co-equal branch of government.
And that's why I will immediately sign on to the discharge petitions that also aim to rein in Trump's authority to unilaterally impose inflation-causing tariffs and other emergency powers. I think that it's really important that the American people see us fighting for them. It's not just fighting against Trump. It's like, what are we fighting for?
And if you look at just the immoral and illegal things that are happening in this administration, the Trump's family's wealth has grown $3 billion since he's taken office. Why aren't we talking about that?
I said it's a golden age for the Trump family. They're getting rich, golden ballrooms, UFC matches, Trump's being driven in golden carriages by Windsor Palace, bailing out Argentina apparently after they said Argentina was going to make everything, you're going to be so rich. And Americans are on the precipice of wealth. There's some real bad indicators out.
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Chapter 5: What challenges does Grijalva face in being sworn in?
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