Hi there, everyone. It's 4 o'clock in New York. Right now, as we come on the air, there are 800,000 people in the state of Arizona who are right now being deprived of full representation in Congress, thanks to House Speaker Mike Johnson's refusal to swear in

their Congresswoman elect, Adelaideh, to Gruhalva. Mike Johnson has double and triple and

quadrupled down on his refusal to seek Rahalva. He is claiming that he's following House traditions

of swearing in members only during regular sessions, except that isn't his own

tradition. As with many things, Maga Republican, there's an obvious and clear double standard

staring us in the face. When Republicans are the ones who win and would benefit, Mike Johnson,

as he did in April, swore in two new House GOP members during a pro forma session. Watch.

Well, representatives elect Fine and Petronus, and members of the Florida delegation present themselves in the well.

As all members rise and the representatives elect, we please raise your right hand.

Do you solemnly swear or affirm that you will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic?

That you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same,

that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion,

and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you're about to enter,

so help you God.

I do.

Congratulations. You're now members of the 119th Congress.

See? See? do. Congratulations. You're now members of the 119th Congress. See, Mike, you can do it. That oath was administered when they were not in session. And importantly, within 24 hours of those Republicans'

victories. Now, almost a month after Representative

elect Graha'va's victory to represent her late father's district, the state of Arizona is taking

legal action. Arizona's attorney general, Chris Mays, has filed a lawsuit against Mike Johnson

for blocking Grohava from being sworn in to do the job she was elected to do.

He argues that, quote, constitutional rights cannot be used as a bargaining chip.

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