Adelita Grijalva was out to eat at her favorite sushi spot in her hometown of Tucson, Ariz., on Wednesday when an image of Speaker Mike Johnson came on a screen in the restaurant.
The CNN chyron referenced rising tensions on the Hill amid the partial government shutdown, and she watched as the footage rolled: Arizona Sens. Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly were confronting the speaker, taking him to task for refusing to swear her in.
“I’m like, look, there I am!” Grijalva said via video call shortly after lunch. She was back at her campaign headquarters, where she’s spent much of her time working since winning a Sept. 23 special election in Arizona’s 7th District.
