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Get to Know Adelita Grijalva: She Wants the Epstein Files Out and a Progressive Democratic Party In

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Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva reveals how Speaker Johnson told her 'it wasn't personal' after delaying her swearing-in for 50 days.
This episode features an interview with Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva, discussing her delayed swearing-in due to political obstruction over the Epstein files vote, her progressive values inherited from her late father Raul Grijalva, and her vision for the Democratic Party. It also touches on personal stories, including the origin of her name and family dynamics.

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A family political inheritance becomes a story about hesitation, duty, and whether she will run for her father's seat.

A daughter and political heir comes into focus as she decides whether to run for her father's seat. The story keeps that hesitation at the center, then opens it up into something more personal: the pressure of family expectation, and the strain of carrying public duty into…

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