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Tue Oct 21, 2025, 08:41 PM Tuesday

Borowitz - Mike Johnson Opts for Medically Induced Coma to Avoid Swearing in New Democratic Congresswoman

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Calling it “the nuclear option,” House Speaker Mike Johnson opted on Tuesday to enter a medically induced coma to avoid swearing in newly elected Democratic congresswoman Adelita Grijalva.

Johnson spoke to reporters at Walter Reed Army Medical Center moments before doctors administered pentobarbital through an intravenous tube connected to his left hand.

“I’m doing this as a last resort,” he said. “I was really hoping that people would forget about the Epstein files or that the Rapture would happen, but no such luck.”

A Republican colleague who visited Johnson’s bedside hours after he fell into the coma said that the Speaker “seemed like his usual self.”

https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/mike-johnson-opts-for-medically-induced

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Borowitz - Mike Johnson Opts for Medically Induced Coma to Avoid Swearing in New Democratic Congresswoman (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Tuesday OP
Mike, the rapture DID happen, but Jesus wouldn't take any of you lying Republicans! Jack Valentino Tuesday #1
Hoo boy! boonecreek Tuesday #2
Mikey Mouse hoping for "the Rapture". oasis Tuesday #3
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