"PRAISE BE TO GOD!" House stenographer 'Holly' rushed off floor and into an elevator...

[BluegrassStateBlues]

Said Diane Reidy, the House stenographer before being hauled off the floor by security.

Getting more info from Twitter...

UPDATE:

RT @toddzwillich: "Praise be to GOD!" House stenographer Diane Reidy is rushed off the floor and into an elevator...

Sean Lengell @SeanLengell

Staff stenographer disrupts House vote, shouts "he will not be mocked" and "this nation is not under God" after escorted off floor

RT @SuzyKhimm: Apparently the House stenographer had a breakdown and started raving "God bless America" and had to be dragged off the floor.

RT @Bencjacobs Stenographer removed shouting about God not being mocked and the free masons

SOUND OF THE INCIDENT: https://soundcloud.com/toddzwillich-1/floor1-101612-wav

[hrmjustin]

1. Talk about a WTF moment.

[HooptieWagon]

2. huh? fer real?

[markpkessinger]

3. Wait, WHAT?

What happened? Details! We want details!

[Ellipsis]

4. I wondered what that was... wild.

[markpkessinger]

5. "God will not be mocked"

No, but she sure will, poor dear.

[NYC_SKP]

6. Huh?

[DainBramaged]

18. ThEY ARE EVERYWHERE

[NYC_SKP]

23. IT'S STARTING! IT'S THE RAPTURE!!!!11

Here's the audio: https://soundcloud.com/toddzwillich-1/floor1-101612-wav

[freshwest]

46. A fan of Cruz, the anointed one, to take the wealth of the wicked for the righteous, Gawd's will to

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shutdown the evil gubermint, default and bring it all down so help us Sister Sarah, R-amen chicken noodles...

Obama has been faced with a lynch mob since Day One and let them have enough rope to play with. But they hung themselves instead!

ZOMG!

[NYC_SKP]

47. Took the word salad right out of my mouth!

[tanyev]

7. Yikes. Manchurian stenographer?

[Gin]

8. Any clips? Crap I missed it.

[warrior1]

9. k

https://twitter.com/search?q=Diane%20Reidy&src=typd&f=realtime

[NYC_SKP]

10. Here's the audio right now

House floor reporter is rushed off the floor during Wednesday night's votes on a bill reopening the government and raising the debt ceiling. Door keepers and guards escort her into an elevator off the House floor.

https://soundcloud.com/toddzwillich-1/floor1-101612-wav

Not sure it's Diane, tho.

OMG!

[Motown_Johnny]

11. Good thing she still gets Obamacare and it covers mental illness

[Arugula Latte]

17. No kidding.

[grantcart]

19. She has to wait til January 1st.

She blew a gasket too early.

[Motown_Johnny]

52. Good thing preexisting conditions are covered.

[Suburban Warrior]

12. That is One Wacky House!

[kestrel91316]

13. That is one stenographer who needs to be fired. She cannot be trusted to

produce a true and correct record of proceedings.

Another dominionist whackjob. I told you they had infiltrated pretty much EVERYTHING.

[FSogol]

15. Which House member promoted her job application?

[bottomofthehill]

24. The staff has been under a lot of pressure

This has been a crazy time for a lot of people and she has been at work for 14 plus hours. Low blood sugar, stress and fear of loss of insurance, there are a lot of things could be going on. Let's not rush to judgment quite so fast. Now along with everything, she is a national laughing stock and her job is in jeopardy.

Not really funny

[Liberal_in_LA]

30. +1000

[cilla4progress]

58. I agree. Poor woman needs help.

There are a lot of us out there with unaddressed neuroses.

I will keep her in my heart and thoughts.

[pacalo]

14. I had just turned off C-Span after Sen. Schumer finished speaking & just missed it.

I feel for the woman, but, seriously, her steno notes should be evaluated, as well. It's worth mentioning.

[NYC_SKP]

16. Do you want to listen to it? Here's a link to the sound file:

https://soundcloud.com/toddzwillich-1/floor1-101612-wav

[napkinz]

20. is there video?

nt

[pacalo]

26. Yes, I saw it using your link up above.

Thanks, Skip. It happened just a few (5-10) minutes after Sen. Schumer spoke when the camera cut to the House floor.

[Hutzpa]

21. What was that all about? nt

[freshwest]

48. TEOTWAWKI but ILIWIWUITMABOIP! BWAHAHA!

[Hutzpa]

49. Since I'm too fucking drunk to make sense out of that

better call it day before I embarrass myself further.

[freshwest]

51. Don't worry! TRANSLATION:

TEOTWAWKI:

The End Of The World As We Know It!



ILIWIWUITMABOIP:

I Love It When I Wake Up In The Morning And Barack Obama Is President!



BWAHAHA!

[Hutzpa]

61. Fresh, you win the internet.

[nobodyspecial]

22. They have truly lost their minds.

Can't wait to see how the Daily Show plays this.

[hootinholler]

25. I'm sure this has been stressful

Someone probably said god damn it within earshot

[greytdemocrat]

27. Well...that was interesting!!! nt

[renie408]

28. I recognize that it is a serious flaw in me....

but I found this hysterically funny for some reason.

[BluegrassStateBlues]

29. ...

Mat Johnson @mat_johnson

House stenographer just won the Value Voters Straw Poll.

[pinboy3niner]

32. DUzy!

[MSMITH33156]

33. LOL

[Arugula Latte]

62. Bwaa!

[blogslut]

31. Poor thing

I hope she finds peace.

[arcane1]

34. THIS is what happens when you use lies and crazy-talk to mask your real agenda.

The lies and crazy-talk make people do more than just vote for you, it makes them live their lives around it

[sammytko]

40. Yes, they are just using these poor people

The so called true believers. Frankly, it is kind of scary.

[bluesbassman]

44. Yes, this is the kind of collateral damage the crazy RW could care less about.

Somebody ranting away while standing on a street corner is one thing, but it sounds like this woman had some sort of breakdown and I'll bet a lot of RW sermons and talk radio precipitated it.

Sad.

[mockmonkey]

35. Audio

https://soundcloud.com/toddzwillich-1

[mysuzuki2]

36. I hope she is able to get help.

[lonestarnot]

37. Wow. Poor ting went bonkers I guess. What exactly does a stenographer of the house do?

[a kennedy]

38. Kinda weird....saw the whole thing live....and still, not sure what it was all about.

[joshcryer]

39. Definitely had a mental breakdown.

[Logical]

41. Needs to be fired! nt

[krispos42]

42. God dammit, I miss all the good stuff.

I had C-SPAN on! I was watching the vote, went upstairs to remove my contacts and use the plumbing...

...then, instead of coming back downstairs, I went and played Kerbal Space Program for about 45 minutes.


And, of course...

[L0oniX]

43. Nothing a little Thorazine can't fix.

[dionysus]

45. i saw jon stewart once in the mid 2000s, at my old college... he was doing a joke about easter when

one of the security guards went berserk into a fundy rant "you're going to hell!!!1111111!!!" as he was dragged away by the other security guards there...

[Solly Mack]

50. Alrighty then.

[Are_grits_groceries]

53. If we had to listen to and record the shite that has gone on in the House,

we would probably have a mental break too.

For all of you mocking her and calling for her to be fired, I hope she gets help. They also should find out her background. That may have played a part. We know 1% about her situation.

Yes it was a surreal moment and probably worth a laugh at the beginning.

However, mental illness is no fun and deadly serious. I can tell you that from long experience. I would not wish that on ANYONE. Even if you believe someone deserves it which is wrong IMO, the toll it takes on everyone around a person with this problem is staggering. The kids and some others don't deserve it.

To continue to harass her based on that short clip is disappointing to say the least. Where has the compassion gone?

[Sunlei]

54. watch from beginning of vid. looks like all her enablers were ready to shepherd miss bazaire away.

security risk to let someone this disturbed wander around the floor.

[Delphinus]

55. Fascinating.

I'm glad I looked at the video too - very weird.

[hatrack]

56. The Freemasons? What is it, 1852?

Good grief.

[ehrnst]

57. If she had shouted 'All'hu Akbar!' it would have been reported veeeeery differently.

I got a 20 says she'd be treated as a terrorist...

[Blue_Tires]

59. +1

[ljm2002]

60. The first thing I thought when I read about this...

...is "she's a member of the (so-called) Christian sleeper cells".

Because there are so, so many people in government now who are products of "Christian" schooling, i.e. graduates of those half baked "Christian" colleges like Liberty U, possibly products of "Christian" home schooling in the first place -- they are in the Justice Department and in so many other government positions.

So this one cracked under the pressure, she couldn't believe her own side lost this game of brinksmanship and she didn't have the nerves for the whole thing. But there are many, many more like her -- and we need to be aware, and not let them insinuate themselves into positions of influence, as far as we are able to do so.

We know these people have been working diligently to take over education and government, and they have had a lot of successes. Be aware, people. THESE people are the reason we have Ted Cruz and the like who think they can dictate their BS to the rest of us. And they need to be SQUASHED.

Now I know a lot of people are saying "Oh the poor thing, she's mentally ill, and maybe went off her meds". I don't give a sh*t. She is an indoctrinated person who cracked under pressure and revealed her beliefs. There are plenty more where that one came from.

[napkinz]

63. video has come out ...

Stenographer Removed For Shouting On House Floor (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post
By Paige Lavender

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/16/stenographer-shouting-on-house-floor_n_4112145.html

[joeybee12]

64. Does anyone know how these people get their jobs?

Are they hired by the Speaker, recommended by members of Congress? From a temp pool?

[napkinz]

65. that's a good question

hope someone can provide an answer