Arizona sues Mike Johnson over refusal to swear in Democrat who could sway Epstein vote

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1. Mike Johnson won't swear in Adelita Grijalva. So we're suing.

Arizona's attorney general explains how Johnson is using the newly elected Democrat as a pawn in his shutdown fight, and keeping the Epstein files secret.

Mike Johnson won't swear in Adelita Grijalva. So we're suing. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb... GOOD! Mike Johnson is a weak little man who thinks he works for the Disease in the White House. He is paid by & works for the American People.

— Liberty & Justice (@stand4truth.bsky.social) 2025-10-21T22:11:10.455Z

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/mike-johnson-adelita-grijalva-arizona-lawsuit-mayes-rcna238266

Almost a month ago, on Sept. 23, nearly 70% of voters in Arizona’s 7th Congressional District cast their ballots for Adelita Grijalva. On Oct. 14, Arizona’s secretary of state officially certified Grijalva’s election. But despite that overwhelming mandate from the people, Rep.-elect Grijalva, the first Latina ever elected to Congress from Arizona, has not been sworn in or allowed to take her rightful place in the House of Representatives.

Why? Because Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to do his job.

For weeks, the speaker has stonewalled, delayed and twisted himself into knots trying to justify what is, at its core, a brazen act of voter disenfranchisement. First, he claimed Grijalva could be sworn in “as soon as she wants.” Then he insisted he couldn’t swear her in while the House was not in session, which is laughable given that earlier this year, he swore in two representatives elected in special elections during pro-forma sessions......

In a democracy every vote counts, every voice matters and every elected representative — Democrat, Republican or independent — must be seated in Congress. Right now, 813,000 Arizonans who live in the 7th Congressional District have no voice in the House of Representatives and that is an affront to the Constitution we hold dear. Until that error is rectified, Arizona will keep fighting.

My message for Speaker Johnson is clear: Respect the will of the voters, seat Adelita Grijalva and let her get to work for the Arizonans who elected her.