Cowards in Suits:
The GOP’s Pathetic Fear of One Latina and the Truth She’ll Unleash
By Craig Martel | PoliticsAreLocal.com | #TheSnarkyTruth
Let’s call it what it is: cowardice. Not strategy. Not prudence. Not “procedural delay.” Just raw, pathetic, spineless cowardice.
Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson are hiding behind a shutdown, behind empty schedules, behind the thinnest veil of parliamentary excuses, all to avoid swearing in one woman. One duly elected Latina from Arizona. One vote that would tip the scales and force the release of the Epstein files.
Her name is Adelita Grijalva. She won her special election. She’s in Washington. She’s ready to serve. And the GOP is terrified of her.
Why? Because she’s the 218th vote. The one that breaks the dam. The one that forces the House to vote on releasing the full, unredacted Epstein files, flight logs, correspondence, and DOJ records that implicate powerful men, including Trump himself.
So instead of doing their jobs, they’re doing what cowards do best: stall, deflect, and hide.
The Coward’s Playbook: Delay, Deny, Distract
Mike Johnson’s excuse for not swearing in Grijalva? “The House isn’t in regular session.” Cute. Because when Republicans win special elections, they’re sworn in during pro forma sessions, sometimes within 24 hours. No votes needed. No drama. Just a quick oath and a handshake.
But when a Democrat wins? When a woman of color threatens to tip the balance? Suddenly the rules change. Suddenly the calendar is sacred. Suddenly the House is “too busy” to do the one thing it’s constitutionally required to do: seat its members.
This isn’t governance. It’s sabotage. And it’s happening in plain sight.
Trump’s Panic Button: Protect the Files, Protect Himself.
Let’s not pretend Trump is a passive observer here. He’s the architect of this cowardice. The Epstein files are a ticking time bomb, and he knows it.
His name appears in:
• Epstein’s contact book
• Flight logs
• Birthday notes
• Social calendars
He’s not a footnote. He’s a recurring character. And while presence doesn’t equal guilt, it does demand scrutiny. It demands transparency. It demands a vote.
But Trump doesn’t want scrutiny. He wants silence. So he’s pulling every lever he can, including freezing the House, to block the one vote that would force the truth into daylight.
It’s not just cowardly. It’s corrupt.
The GOP’s Moral Collapse: When Power Trumps Truth
Let’s talk about the party that once claimed to stand for values. The GOP now exists to protect one man’s ego, one man’s secrets, one man’s fear of exposure.
They’re not defending policy. They’re defending proximity to power. And they’re willing to disenfranchise an entire congressional district to do it.
Southern Arizona voted. They chose Adelita Grijalva. She won. She’s ready. But the GOP would rather leave 800,000 people without representation than risk a vote that might embarrass their king.
This isn’t just cowardice. It’s a moral collapse. It’s a party that has traded its spine for a press pass to Mar-a-Lago.
The Press’s Failure: Where Are the Questions?
And where is the press? Where are the hard questions? Where is the demand for accountability?
Reporters should be asking:
• “Mr. Speaker, why was Rep.-elect Grijalva not sworn in during the last pro forma session?”
• “Mr. Trump, will you authorize the full release of the Epstein files that mention you?”
• “What specific procedural rule prevents a duly elected member from being sworn in immediately?”
Instead, we get softballs. We get “both sides” coverage. We get headlines like “GOP delays swearing-in amid shutdown talks,” as if this is just another scheduling hiccup.
It’s not. It’s a deliberate act of obstruction. And the press needs to stop treating it like a calendar conflict and start treating it like the constitutional crisis it is.
Adelita Grijalva: The Vote They Fear
Let’s talk about the woman at the center of this storm.
Adelita Grijalva is not a radical. She’s not a bomb-thrower. She’s a public servant. She’s the daughter of longtime Rep. Raúl Grijalva. She’s a former school board member. She’s a Latina leader who won her district fair and square.
And she’s ready to sign the discharge petition that would force a vote on the Epstein files.
That’s it. That’s the threat. One signature. One vote. One woman standing between the GOP and the truth they’ve spent years burying.
So, they stall. They lie. They hide. Because they know once she’s sworn in, the clock starts ticking.
The Epstein Files: One Signature Away
Let’s be clear about what’s at stake.
The discharge petition has 217 signatures. It needs 218 to force a vote. Grijalva is the 218th.
Once the vote happens, the House must decide whether to release the full Epstein files, not the sanitized summaries, not the redacted fragments, but the full record.
That means accountability. That means exposure. That means consequences.
And that’s why Trump and Johnson are panicking. Because they know what’s in those files. And they know what happens when the public sees them.
What the Public Can Do: Demand the Oath
This isn’t just a Beltway drama. It’s a test of democracy. And the public has a role to play.
Here’s what you can do:
• Call your representative and demand Grijalva’s immediate swearing-in
• Share this article and tag @SpeakerJohnson with #SwearHerIn
• Ask reporters to press the question: “Why is the House blocking a duly elected member?”
• Demand transparency on the Epstein files, no redactions, no delays
• Vote like your democracy depends on it, because it does
This is not a drill. This is a moment. And silence is complicity.
Final Thought: Cowards Don’t Deserve Power
Trump and Johnson can stall. They can spin. They can hide behind procedure. But they can’t erase the truth.
Adelita Grijalva won her seat. She earned her vote. And she’s ready to do what the GOP fears most: force accountability.
If the Republican Party is so afraid of one Latina with a pen, maybe they should ask themselves what they’re really protecting and why it’s so fragile.
Because cowards don’t deserve power. And the truth doesn’t wait forever.
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