Speaking of religion, the House stenographer who supposedly “broke down” was in several news outlets today, sounding an awful lot like millions of other Americans:

This is what happened ….. Click to read

From FNC CHAD PERGRAM:

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Urgent: House Stenographer says Holy Spirit woke her up at night to deliver message to the House

Per Kaplan/Pergram-Capitol Hill

Karrah Kaplan spoke with the husband of House stenographer Dianne Reidy last night. There’s an emailed statement here from Dan Reidy.

First, from Dianne:

“For the past 2 and 1/2 weeks, the Holy Spirit has been waking me up in the middle of the night and preparing me (through my reluctance and doubt) to deliver a message in the House Chamber.
That is what I did last night”

Her husand Dan says “My wife is a sweet, level-headed wonderful woman of God. I am proud of her.”

Chad Pergram
FOX News
Senior Producer for Capitol Hill

And also Long hours made stenographer snap

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Dan Reidy told The Post Thursday that his wife, Dianne, was plagued by sleeplessness since the start of the shutdown Oct. 1.

“Two weeks, waking up in the middle of the night. She’s like, I can’t sleep, God’s got me in the work,” Reidy said, speaking from the living room of the couple’s Maryland home, where they’re raising two twin girls.

“God was preparing her for this vote last night, because this was kind of the culmination of everything,” he continued.

“This was the big one. Everybody’s there. And Dianne didn’t know what she was sharing, she didn’t know when — but she just sensed in her spirit.”

Dan Reidy, a former associate pastor of a Christian church in Florida, denied that his 48-year-old wife has mental problems.

He said she doesn’t drink, smoke or take medications — and that he accepted her claim that she was acting as a messenger for God.

Dianne Reidy was present sporadically during the half-hour interview, but spoke only briefly towards the end.

“I’ve never felt better,” she said, “I’m glad that I fulfilled God’s mission for me, absolutely. It lifted a tremendous burden. It was a very hard burden to carry as you can imagine.”

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How is Reidy different than say the Oral Roberts clan (and their ilk like Pat Robertson) or their followers, or what millions of Americans (fundamentalists/Pentecostals) practice or hear from pulpits every Sunday?

Why are we so afraid to say that Reidy didn’t just “breakdown” yesterday, but indeed she’s been delusional for a long time, and that this type of delusion is tolerated in our nation because it is a group delusion shared by millions of people?