Having MLG speak at your convention should be disqualifying for office
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At the recently-completed Democratic National Convention New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham was given a prime time speaking slot.
If Michelle Lujan Grisham isn’t the worst governor in the US, she’s close. The idea that anyone would want to associate themselves with a politician that has so badly failed her state is ludicrous and should call into question the judgement of presidential candidate Kamala Harris. It highlights the lack of moderation of the Harris/Walz campaign and the fact that, if elected, they will pursue a failed extremist left-wing agenda. This agenda has failed miserably here in New Mexico.
But first, it is worth noting that New Mexico’s oil and gas industry generated a mind-blowing $15.2 billion in FY 2023. That’s about 50% more than New Mexico’s entire general fund budget. New Mexico’s failures under MLG are the result of bad policy. We have PLENTY of money and the best weather in the nation. And yet here is a somewhat comprehensive list of MLG’s many failures since she took office in 2019:
New Mexico’s education system is the worst in the nation and it has gotten worse since Lujan Grisham took office (ranked 52nd across the board by NAEP);
New Mexico’s children are not doing well with the overall condition of our children ranked 50th by Annie E. Casey in Kids Count. Notably, Lujan Grisham spoke on “health care” which she is supposedly an “expert” on. New Mexico ranked 44th on health care in Kids Count;
New Mexico has the highest percentage of Medicaid (welfare) recipients in the nation. The Legislative Finance Committee places the percentage of Medicaid recipients even higher at 47%;
MLG’s COVID policies completely failed. She had some of the most stringent lockdowns (including keeping kids out of school) and yet we had the third-highest COVID death rate among US states;
MLG blatantly disregarded the US Constitution by attempting to ban guns in Albuquerque. She was rebuffed by the courts and even anti-gun advocates like David Hogg;
MLG pushed a completely unrealistic electric vehicle mandate through an unelected board that includes a requirement that 43% of vehicles sold be electric within two years (summer of 2026). The current EV market share is 4.59%;
MLG’s Energy Transition Act destroyed jobs and tax revenues on the Navajo Reservation AND have already contributed to electricity shortages in New Mexico;
Despite her sudden urgency on the issue and calling a special session in July of 2024 New Mexico’s crime is worst in the nation and Lujan Grisham has done little about it. She’s never supported GOP bills in the hostile Legislature, she supports soft-on-crime “progressives” in primaries against moderates, and she has refused to target soft-on-crime Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller;
While the Gov. (and Harris) talk about addressing New Mexico’s housing shortage she ALSO has imposed policies (including mandating EV chargers) that artificially drive up the cost of housing.