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Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva knows a lot about elections. She herself was just elected to Congress in Arizona’s 7 th District. Before that, her father—who died in the spring—held the seat for more than two decades. Grijalva won her election . By a landslide. But for the past six weeks? Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has refused to seat her.

She’s been to Washington. But she can’t do much there. She’s started putting out videos counting up all the things she can’t do. Democrats have tried to confront Johnson about all this but have had little luck. One reason he’s blocking her? She’d be the crucial 218 th vot

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