Fact checking MLG’s appearance on Face the Nation
Over the weekend Gov. Lujan Grisham appeared on Face the Nation, one of the many “news magazines” designed to give the politicos of both parties an opportunity to provide long-form commentary on the issues of the day. You can find the full transcript of MLG’s comments here. MLG is hardly the only politician that fails to tell the truth, but with a biased media that often overlooks New Mexico we decided to check some of her statements:
- Paperwork: Bizarrely MLG begins her remarks complaining (rightly) about the absurd amount of paperwork involved in health care. But there is no connection between increased health care paperwork and the BBB. Interestingly in a recent executive order (separate from the Big Beautiful Bill) Trump did something that will hopefully reduce paperwork in health care. MLG’s statement is meaningless and she offers no solutions or arguments.
- MLG accurately states “We need to be moving out of poverty.” But, as governor of the most impoverished state in the nation over the past 7 years she has done nothing substantive to reduce poverty in New Mexico.
- MLG claims “We (New Mexico) are in really good financial shape that takes planning and effort. New oil and gas discoveries pouring money into New Mexico’s coffers has nothing to do with MLG except the fact that she keeps attacking the industry while New Mexicans remain the poorest in the nation.
- MLG implies that jobs numbers or the economy are worse than when she was in college. There is simply no planet on which she is right about this unless the Gov. was in college during the 2008 economic crisis (she wasn’t).
- MLG claims “Susana Martinez canceled behavioral health.” That’s not exactly true, but, according to a June 2025 Source New Mexico report:. While there’s been a rise in the number of people accessing mental health services, utilization data indicates that it’s not necessarily translating into better outcomes.
Watch the full interview here: