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Tanuki

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Sun Oct 19, 2025, 02:19 AM Sunday

Mike Johnson slanders Grijalva as "not doing her job," [View all]

which she can't do because he refuses to swear her in!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-speaker-slams-newly-elected-143847226.html

"House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) slammed Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) for not working for her constituents — but there is one major issue holding her back.

Grijalva won her special election in Arizona last month to replace her late father, former Rep. Raúl Grijalva. Since then, Johnson has declined to swear her into Congress, demanding that Senate Democrats reopen the government before he swears her into the lower chamber."









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