Can Republicans Just Refuse To Seat Elected Democrats?
Go to my sponsor https://aura.com/leeja to try 14 days and let Aura go to work protecting your private information online! | Adelita Grijalva won her special election 3 weeks ago. Since then, over 800,000 people in Southern Arizona have been unrepresented in the House while Mike Johnson drags his feet and uses his job of administering the oath of office to hold her seat hostage to punish Democrats and block the release of the Epstein files. Are there any consequences for Johnson, and could this happen again after the 2026 midterms?
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February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
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@marjoriestclair780
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
Maybe it's time for his phone to ring off the hook.
@chucklieus9364
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
A general strike is a pipe dream in a pipe dream, but it doesn't have to be that way. Contrary to Leeja's claims I think the major reason we can't do a general strike is because we have a very very low percentage of unionized workers in the US. The best way to fix that is to join a union or unionize your workplace. The second one is hard but organizations like Labor Notes and EWOC can guide you.
@AlanDragon-z3m
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
People like Mike Johnson pretend to not know things when it's convenient for them.
@lutandomhlalase4416
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
QUESTION: When you talk the general strike, i would like to know if this general will target the private sector only? Being the that a general strike requires the participation of essential service workers, those essential service be delivered? Last question, would a targeted strike not be a better option where essential boycott and strike against the specific companies that work and fund this administration?
@kevinoverholtzer3126
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
election officials were tossing votes because the signatures did not match and they were tossing many more democratic registered ballots than Republican. Now that is not fraud but it is election rigging.
@kevinoverholtzer3126
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
as soon as Trumps crones can doctor up the epstein files they will release them they just need enough time to do it.
@danielpopodi6264
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
Congress has been no call no show for a month how come they still have jobs
@eshep71
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
This one almost feels too obvious and makes me feel so bad for America.
I don't care if the Epstein files ever come out, we already have our judgement. It's just the optics of Republicans speaking the language of their constituents in a way they will understand and dispise.
If they're willing to do this out in the open, it will inevitably lead to other conspiracy assumptions, no?
I make no suggestions, but Just days before that election, ALL eyes were legally and constitutionally bound to Arizona for a national tragedy.
They made it feel illegal to not be Republican for a week.
Now this. I dunno. Everyone hates a $3 puzzle with a piece missing. Enough to send it back or complain to management..
@qs6706
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
The only way a general strike were to happen is if a critical mass of people'a children were to begin to go hungry. They are thinking of cutting snap. Of course, this may also just cause lawlessness in the despeeate. Theft to feed families is precedented. Who knows what's gonna happen.
@MIKELIN8
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
I had said that the voters of Grijalva's district should sue Mike Johnson for withholding Congressional representation from them. Then I read that the Arizona AG had filed such a lawsuit. Mike Johnson is breaking the law by not swearing the new Congressperson in as a member of Congress. He should have to pay for that.
@USMCHolo
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
Point of order, wouldn't it be the next Speaker that swears in the new House of Representatives, not necessarily Mike Johnson? I remember it being an issue with McCarthy at the beginning of the 118th Congress, where the House couldn't be sworn in until they had elected their new speaker.
@shervinmarsh2456
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
There's a channel, Parkrose Permaculture, that might be an ally in getting a general strike going with proper support.
@glenbateman5960
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
Apparently, they can.
Just as McConnell refused to put Obama's "supreme" court nominee through the process, they don't have to let anyone into Congress that isn't a lapdog of the Diapered Don.
@loujackcity
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
republicans can do whatever they want in this cowardly government
@Cityplace2711
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
Yes because the SCotUS is compromised.
@Forgis_On_Da_Jeep
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
"No taxation without representation"
@Rad_Admiral_Raddus
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
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@naisirinao
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
We need a bigger general strike…
@naisirinao
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
Wow… They REALLY don’t want those files released
@akoopakart
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
Dems need to stop fighting fair, it has gotten us nowhere
@epicdavidepoch
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
Does Aura alert you if governments access your data?
@alexraskalove7119
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
Release the Epstein files.
@ralphy0103
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
Calm your pantys, shes going to get sworn in when gov reopens.
@chaosinfusion8127
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
A bigger question is: does it actually matter since the candidates are vetted by and for the bourgeoisie before they even get on the ballot.
@bobhumesax
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
Mcconnell refused to accept a supreme court justice replacement.
@BobSmith-t1k
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
If Republicans refuse to seat duly elected, Democrats to their offices, democracy has truly died in America and the ballot box no longer means anything, thereby rendering any laws solely generated by Republicans invalid/moot.
In which case, Americans should conduct themselves accordingly.
@tadouble
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
Can you make a video on tRump trying to sue the DOJ for $250 million?
@FishareFriendsNotFood972
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
Republicans pulled this with the Supreme Court nominess too. Dems HAVE to stop letting them get away with it consequence free
@PETEYBOY954
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
My identity stay getting stolen, just after yesterdays Amazon outage I got 3 random “hello” texts lol waste your money on my data all you want. I’m a transparent ah bih.
@ihatecabbage7270
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
Don't worry, general strike isn't going to work.
@mediakreep3210
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
If for a week, we all went to the grocery store and all didn't buy the same one product, do you think that could be enough? Just a thought…. Great video!
@JustAverageJeff
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
As long as this regime is in control we won't have a fair election. I really don't believe NV voted for him last year I just think they threw out that many democrat votes for simple reasons that could have been fixed.
@Dan-z2c3n
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
They refused to give Obama a supreme court seat
@kenmvilla
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
I like how Johnson is like she is taking the place of her father, as if she wasn’t duly elected. Mike Johnson is such a charlatan
@CaptDromiceomimus
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
it's insane to me that democratically-voted persons – with no doubt on ballot results – can just be left aside! and yes, i'm pissed!!!!
@joedellinger9437
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
In Texas our governor refuses to call special elections when a democratic congressman dies in office. Central Houston will have no congressman for virtually this entire congress.
@brutusmagnuson315
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
I mean, McConnell refused to seat a SCOTUS justice just because it was “too close to an election” with no real legal basis
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