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Ruben Gallego: “For the first time ever, and since Speaker Johnson's been…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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Sen. Ruben Gallego talks shutdown politics

Published | Video Starts at 03:18

Tell us what happened. Well, first of all, you know, Adelita was elected in a landslide. Duly elected. Right. Blue district, Blue district, landslide. And For the first time ever, and since Speaker Johnson's been speaker, he's coming up with all these reasons why she shouldn't be sworn in. Right. You know, just two weeks ago, we sworn in this guy from Virginia, Democrat, and you came in. Next day, boom, sworn it. We sworn people from Florida came in. (03:18–03:26)

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Claims Speaker Johnson is delaying Adelita's swearing-in for the first time.

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