Right now, more than 800,000 people in Arizona’s 7th District are without representation in Congress. Their duly elected representative, Adelita Grijalva, is being denied the right to be sworn in by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) not because of any wrongdoing on her part, but because Republican leadership has chosen to hold her seat hostage for political leverage.
Let’s be clear: this is not a clerical delay or a scheduling issue. This is a deliberate act. Johnson has refused to...