Who Is Dianne Reidy? House Stenographer Yelled ‘This Is Not One Nation Under God’ During Shutdown Vote [VIDEO, AUDIO]

Audio and video have captured the outburst of Dianne Reidy, a House stenographer who was kicked out of the House after interrupting the vote to end the U.S. government shutdown Wednesday night by yelling "This is not one nation under God. It never was." Twitter

After nearly 17 days -- and as the deadline for defaulting on the nation’s debt neared -- the U.S. government shutdown ended Wednesday night. Congress approved a bill in favor of ending the shutdown and resumed funding the federal government through Jan. 17, and it voted to raise the debt ceiling until Feb. 7 as well.

But while tensions have eased up and a resolution was passed, there was a moment during Wednesday night’s vote that's caused quite a ruckus inside the House chamber and beyond.

Dianne Reidy, a longtime House stenographer, was yanked out of the House by security after interrupting the vote and shouting, “the House is divided” and “this is not one nation under God!”

A video captured by C-SPAN showed Reidy walk up to the podium and begin shouting as Rep. Ileana Ros Lehtinen, R-Fla. banged her gavel, screaming “Order!” repeatedly. House security officials carried Reidy away as she was still yelling.

Audio recording of the outburst from Public Radio International reporter Todd Zwillich quoted Reidy as saying:

“He will not be mocked! This is not one nation under God. It never was. The greatest deception here is this is not one nation under god! It never was. Had it been, it would not have been! The Constitution would not have been written by Freemasons! You cannot serve two masters! You cannot serve two masters! Praise be to God, Lord Jesus Christ."

 

 

Ros-Lehtinen told Fox News that Reidy "came up to the podium area beneath where I was standing and asked me if the microphones were on. I said that I didn't know. I assumed that perhaps I was chatting too much to the helpful parliamentarians around me. Then she suddenly faced the front and said words like 'Thus spoke the Lord.' And, 'This is not the Lord's work.' 

"I hammered to get control and hush her up. She said something about the devil. It was sudden, confusing and heartbreaking. She is normally a gentle soul."

CNN reported that Officer Shennell S. Antrobus of Capitol Police took Reidy to a local hospital for evaluation.

So far, it is unclear what prompted Reidy’s meltdown on the House floor. Despite her outburst, though, the vote was completed and the House passed the bill, which was signed by the President shortly after midnight. Still, questions remain as to why Reidy, a woman “many officers knew…personally,” CNN reported, could have acted this way.

"She’s a well-known person, she’s a perfectly nice person, a good colleague, somebody who’s respectable and dependable, and this is very surprising to everybody who works with her," CNN reported. "I don't know, she just snapped," said a GOP aide.

Not everyone in Congress was dismissive of Reidy’s outburst, though. According to the Washington Post, Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., expressed “sympathy” for the stenographer “because something clearly happened there.”

http://www.ibtimes.com/who-dianne-reidy-house-stenographer-yelled-not-one-nation-under-god-during-shutdown-vote-video-audio