RUFUS – House Speaker Gregory Harks has sworn in Nationalist Representative-Elect Simon Victors to serve as the Representative for New Shire’s 19th Congressional District, a seat that has remained vacant since Nolan Burmaster resigned the seat in August to take on a role in the Jesstopian Senate following former Senator Larry Cofelt died.

During his first address to members of the House, he was booed by Republicans who in a later interview called him a liberal, anti-Jesstopian and radicalist who supported the assassination attempts against President Laylin. The cold welcome to Congress comes as several Republicans called his victory manufactured, with others calling Allen Hallman’s loss a “hoax.”

“I think Simon Victor’s victory is as fabricated as the transgender movement,” said Representative Paisley Harton. “Simon Victor should never have won the election and believe this election was stolen from Allen Hallman. We don’t welcome him warmly and look forward to it to come out that the Nationalists cheated, as New Shire voters allowed it to happen.”

During his speech, which was filled with boos and jeers from Republicans, he vowed to fight “bigoted policy of President Laylin”. He also vowed to push for legislation continuing to block Republican efforts to trample LGBTQ Jesstopians rights, continue to fight the ongoing deportation operations. He says that Jay Laylin will have a rough next two years as President as Nationalists continue to launch lawsuits, investigations into the administration’s policies.

“We are a separate legislative branch who must work to protect rights of our citizens, not fall the grip of President Laylin and his onslaught of legislation that threatens those rights,” said Representative Simon Victors. “As New Shire’s Governor, I worked day in and day out to veto bills that would tackle updates to the rights our citizens and safeguard the rights of the LGBTQ community all the way back in the 1960s. I intend to make good on my promise to protect members of the transgender community. I will work everyday to push pro-Jesstopian legislation.”

Victors enters Congress at a time where Laylin is at the height of his power and popularity, and says he wants to change the status quo, and wants to make Jesstopia more affordable, more accepting and more accessible for all who seek citizenship. Victors says that any pro-deportation legislation will be rejected by himself as he says he can’t “honestly and honorably support it.”

Victors won the vote by over 500,000 votes compared to Allen Hallman’s 250,000 votes. Victors is set to only serve for the next two years before he will be up for election if he chooses to seek reelection in 2028. Further, Republicans seek to stop him as they claim he holds “fascist and rascist views on Black Jesstopians.”