{"id":3118,"date":"2023-12-22T09:29:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T09:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freemasonrywatch.org\/blog\/?p=3118"},"modified":"2023-12-22T09:31:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T09:31:49","slug":"former-house-stenographer-describes-outburst-i-did-not-lose-my-mind-the-debt-ceiling-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freemasonrywatch.org\/blog\/2023\/12\/22\/former-house-stenographer-describes-outburst-i-did-not-lose-my-mind-the-debt-ceiling-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Former House stenographer describes outburst: \u2018I did not lose my mind\u2019 (The Debt Ceiling 2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230530015047\/https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/news\/200943-former-house-stenographer-describes-outburst\/\">Th<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/news\/200943-former-house-stenographer-describes-outburst\/\">e Hill<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>03\/16\/14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BY&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230530015047\/https:\/\/thehill.com\/author\/mario-trujillo\/\">MARIO TRUJILLO<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230530015047im_\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/housereporter.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The former House stenographer who interrupted the floor proceedings during the government shutdown last year said in a video posted Saturday she only vaguely remembers her words that night and similar things had happened three times in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230530015047\/https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/dianne-reidy\/\">Dianne Reidy,<\/a>\u00a0who no longer works in the House, and her husband appeared to post a 38-minute video on YouTube explaining the incident, which she described as \u201cbasically the fourth time I\u2019ve had an experience like this, where the lord has put on my heart to speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dianne Reidy Testimony\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_4CLWrd-G7I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Reidy was ushered out of the House chamber in October while shouting \u201cpraise be to God\u201d and a \u201cHouse divided cannot stand,\u201d while making reference to Free Masons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI remember just getting up to the podium,\u201d Reidy says in the video. \u201cAfter saying, \u2018God will not be mocked,\u2019 I don\u2019t have a memory of anything else that was said that evening until I was escorted off the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She maintained that she did not have a breakdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI got up, and I do remember walking to the dais and speaking, and standing at the podium where the president speaks as God would have it, but I did not lose my mind. I did not have a breakdown.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>{mosads}She said she knew well in advance \u201cGod was going to speak through me\u201d during an important vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd I knew that it was going to be during the vote, raising the debt-ceiling level and ending the government shutdown, but I had to keep this to myself,\u201d she said. \u201cI mean, who could I share that with without anybody thinking I\u2019ve had some kind of breakdown.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the video, she described three other similar incidents \u2014 at a friend\u2019s funeral, while reuniting with her dad and while speaking to a homeless man in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TAGS&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230530015047\/https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/dianne-reidy\/\">DIANNE REIDY&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230530015047\/https:\/\/thehill.com\/social-tags\/house-of-representatives\/\">HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230530015047\/https:\/\/freemasonrywatch.org\/upi.former.house.stenographer.i.did.not.have.a.breakdown.html\">U.S. \u2013 UPI: Former House stenographer: \u2018I did not have a breakdown\u2019 \u2013 17\/03\/14<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230530015047\/https:\/\/freemasonrywatch.org\/ny.daily.news.former.house.stenographer.who.interupted.shutdown.vote.with.outburst.html\">U.S. \u2013 NY Daily News: Former House stenographer who interrupted shutdown vote with outburst says she \u2018did not have a breakdown\u2019 \u2013 17\/03\/14<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230530015047\/https:\/\/freemasonrywatch.org\/house.clerk.who.ranted.about.god.freemasons.gives.testimony.html\">U.S. \u2013 Washington Times: House clerk who \u2018ranted\u2019 about God, Freemasons gives testimony \u2013 17\/03\/14<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230530015047\/https:\/\/freemasonrywatch.org\/blog\/2023\/05\/22\/the-debt-ceiling-2014-former-house-stenographer-describes-outburst-i-did-not-lose-my-mind\/\">U.S. \u2013 The Hill: Former House stenographer describes outburst: \u2018I did not lose my mind\u2019 \u2013 16\/03\/14<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"pinterest\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"Former%20House%20stenographer%20describes%20outburst%3A%20%E2%80%98I%20did%20not%20lose%20my%20mind%E2%80%99%20%28The%20Debt%20Ceiling%202014%29\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hill News 03\/16\/14 BY&nbsp;MARIO TRUJILLO The former House stenographer who interrupted the floor proceedings during the government shutdown last year said in a video posted Saturday she only vaguely remembers her words that night and similar things had happened three times in the past. 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