Stenographer dragged screaming from the House floor for rant said the 'Holy Spirit' made her do it

Dianne Reidy started yelling about God's message and the Constitution shortly after the debt ceiling vote in the House of Representatives
Reidy, a married mother, has now spoken out about her decision
'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'
Her husband has said that he is proud of his 'level-headed' wife
She plans to return to work on Tuesday

PUBLISHED: 22:58 EST, 16 October 2013 | UPDATED: 07:22 EST, 18 October 2013

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Messenger: Dianne Reidy said that she had been tussling over whether or not she should listen to the Holy Spirit

The stenographer who went on a religious rant in the House of Representatives last night following the debt ceiling vote said that she had been working up the courage to do God's work.

'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,' Dianne Reidy said in a written statement.

'That is what I did last night.'

Reidy's husband Dan said that he was proud of his wife, who he called 'a sweet, level-headed wonderful woman of God'.

Security had to forcibly remove 48-year-old Dianne from the floor and she was taken to hospital for evaluation Wednesday night after she took control of the microphone.

'He will not be mocked. He will not be mocked- don't touch me- He will not be mocked,' she said.

'The greatest deception here is this is not one nation under God. It never was. Had it been it would not have been. It would not have been.

'The Constitution would not have been written by Freemasons. They go against God. You cannot serve two masters. You cannot serve two masters. Praise be to God. Lord Jesus Christ. Praise be to Jesus.'

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Escorted away: Dianne Reidy was forcibly removed from the House chamber after going on a rant about God and the Freemasons who designed the Constitution

The woman behind the rant: There is no word yet what prompted Ms Reidy to take control of the mic

According to the New York Post, the married mother makes $126,050 a year.

On her Facebook page, she is a fan of several Christian-oriented groups, including the evangelical In Touch Ministries, led by TV preacher Charles Stanley.

She was interviewed by Capitol Police before being sent to a hospital for a mental health evaluation.

She does not drink, do drugs or have any medication issues, and she has been released from the hospital.

'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,' she said in an interview with The Post.

Her husband spoke for the majority of the interview, saying that the late nights that she worked during the shutdown really drove her to the brink.

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'God was preparing her for this vote last night, because this was kind of the culmination of everything,' her husband Dan told The Post.

'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.'

Dianne has worked as a stenographer for two decades and the past eight of those years were for the House Clerk- a job she reportedly enjoys because she appreciates the archaic parliamentary order to the ways that laws are passed and debates are organized.

Dan Reidy told The Daily Beast that she takes her job so seriously that she would refuse to call in sick even when she was suffering from morning sickness when pregnant with the couple's twin daughters, but instead she insisted she go to work and bring a bag with her in case she got sick.

She plans to return to work on Tuesday and has not heard from any superiors to the contrary.

'This whole mess has just kind of sickened her to the whole process,' he said of her disgust with what had been going on during the federal shutdown.

Proud of her actions: Dan Reidy said that he is happy about his wife's decision (the couple seen here with their children)

'The alliances between people who aren’t really allies. The finger-pointing on the dais, [then] the arms around each other… Where are the people being served in this whole deal?

'She was just like, "Gosh, this is not what it’s about."'

Her husband, a video company owner and former director of the far-right Great Commission Ministries International, defended his wife’s public outburst today: 'My wife is a sweet, level-headed wonderful woman of God. I am proud of her.'

The couple is open about their devout religious beliefs.

'Reading a Bible is not foreign to us, but getting up in the middle of the night definitely is. It’s just not a part of our life,' Mr Reidy told the Daily Beast.

'What she was finding out was that God was impressing on her heart that He had a message He wanted her to share with the House of Representatives.'

Everyone in earshot could be seen looking at her during the outburst

CSPAN was recording the scene last night and had the screen blocked with the breakdown of the vote that had just happened to approve the debt ceiling increase and temporary budget agreement.

Though it is not a clear shot, it is still possible to see Reidy approach the microphone and begin gesticulating with her arms.

People can be heard calling to her, saying the name Molly, but she has been identified in news reports as Reidy.

Politico says that she was removed from the area and taken to a nearby elevator.

A GOP aide told CNN: '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. I don't know, she just snapped.'

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Scruiser, New York, 42 minutes ago

If god is real, he just stood there doing nothing while that woman made an ass out of herself. Real gods wouldn't do that. Heck, Santa wouldn't even allow that to go on like that.

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Scruiser, New York, 1 hour ago

There's no evidence to support any religious narrative. This woman has embarrassed herself royally. w o w

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JUSTMYOPINION, Canyon Lake Texas, United States, 2 hours ago

She should have known better than to try what she did. Working directly in DC, she should know we don't have freedom of speech anymore. She was wrong even thinking about what she was gonna do.

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BX, Virginia Beach, 3 hours ago

If God had a message for the House of Representatives, he would not have, he would not have . . . chosen a stenographer to deliver it. Unless, of course, he wanted to make sure his message was ignored.

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Termites, Georgia, United States, 3 hours ago

Like I said before listening to congress and that mess could drive any person to the Brink.

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Proud NRA Member, charleston, United States, 3 hours ago

She needs serious help. But I will say she fits in with the other "nuts" in DC!

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Rainy and, It was a dark and stormy night..., 3 hours ago

Sounds like another DC nut job!

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prima, L.A.__Ca., 4 hours ago

Sounds like the woman who "lost it" on the plane earlier this month.

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David, Stockholm Sweden, 4 hours ago

Nut job - save your religion for your own time lady

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coatswg, Newberry, 4 hours ago

She works for those who have authority to speak in that chamber. She does not have that authority. As a pastor, I'm very keen to ensure those for whom I'm anointed by God to shepherd to obey all authority God has established. How is her pastor handling this? For certain, her husband doesn't honor authority. They seem to think that their assessment of the fitness for leadership amongst the congressmen is what determines whether or not to obey those in authority. It's this type of rebellion in the American church that God is and will purge through government persecution. Stay tuned for more of the same from ungrateful and rebellious Christians.

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BT, Tampa, United States, 1 hour ago

If you truly are a pastor, you should be ashamed that a stenographer had to do your job for you. Do you read Romans 13 as being subservient to the government, regardless of how evil it is? What would that make the Apostles, since they rebelled against the Sanhedrin? Would that make the U.S. forged in sin, since it rebelled against King George? Maybe he should have been able to go on with his shake downs. It is not God that is going to persecute Christians. You have your gods mixed up. It is Satan, or Lucifer, as his servants call him. He can plan all he wants, Jesus Christ is coming back, and every knee shall bow.