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The state of Arizona is suing Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. , over the delayed swearing-in of Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz.

"Speaker Mike Johnson is actively stripping the people of Arizona of one of their seats in Congress and disenfranchising the voters of Arizona’s seventh Congressional district in the process," Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat, said in a statement.

"By blocking Adelita Grijalva from taking her rightful oath of office, he is subjecting Arizona’s seventh Congressional district to taxation without representation. I will not allow Arizonans to be silenced or treated as second-class citizens in their own democracy."

Johnson dismissed the lawsuit as a bid to get "national publicity" earl

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