The House of Representatives has been out of session for 136 days. They have not been in session since Sept. 19. Speaker Johnson says he will open the House once the shutdown ends. Saying of course that Democrats are the cause of the shutdown.

But let’s be honest. Speaker Johnson can call the House back in session anytime. There is work to do. But he is not for only one reason: Jeffery Epstein. This is an Epstein shutdown. It has nothing to do with Medicaid or ACA subsidies.

As we know, the Senate has the power to fund the government without a single Democrat’s vote. They just need to change the rules, as they just recently did, to confirm 100 of Trump’s nominees. But they are refusing. Why? Jeffery Epstein. The longer the shutdown continues, the better it is for Trump and other powerful individuals who will be implicated by the Epstein Files.

Adelita Grijalva is the new Democratic Representative from Arizona, and she is the 218th vote needed to force release of the Epstein Files. Johnson has refused to swear her in because of this. He has offered many excuses, but there is only one: Jeffery Epstein.

So all the federal workers who are not working, and all those workers not being paid is because of Jeffery Epstein. Note that Rep. John Joyce has voted to block the release of the files.

Stephen LoRusso

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