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Ruben Gallego: “The real reason is because she's going to be the 218th…”

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

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Sen. Ruben Gallego talks shutdown politics

Published | Video Starts at 03:47

Landslide. Is not getting sworn in. And it's been quite a while. And he keeps changing the reasons, right? Oh, you got to wait for certification. But The real reason is because she's going to be the 218th signature on the discharge petition for the Epstein files. Right? Number one. Number two, right now, in the middle of all of this, we, everyone needs to be represented and Southern Arizona does not have someone to be representing them, especially when we're dealing with a shutdown. (03:47–03:55)

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Claims Adelita's swearing-in is delayed to prevent her from signing the Epstein files petition.

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