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Yassamin Ansari: “The speaker of the House is not swearing in Adelita Grijalva…”

Featuring: Yassamin Ansari, Democratic | U.S. House Arizona, District 3

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Published | Video Starts at 10:06

The White House has said this is a hostile act to sign this petition. And so that's also why The speaker of the House is not swearing in Adelita Grijalva in Arizona 7th District, because she would be the final signature needed to bring that [Epstein files petition] to the floor. So there are dynamics at play that even good intentioned members on both sides who want to work together, it's just not happening in this environment in a meaningful way. (10:06–10:15)

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Asserts that Adelita Grijalva is not being sworn in to prevent the Epstein files petition from advancing.

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