Late Thursday, far-left Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s office announced the governor would be traveling to Tawain to “lead a business and trade mission,” departing Sunday. She will “participate in U.S. Business Day and meet with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua and manufacturing companies interested in locating to the state,” according to the release.
“New Mexico has the ideal economic climate to attract global businesses, including in Asia,” said Lujan Grisham. “I see great potential to strengthen the partnerships we have already established in Taiwan, bringing continued stability and economic opportunity to all our citizens.”
“Since 2019, the state Economic Development Department has opened a foreign trade office in Taipei and several Asian companies have chosen to expand to New Mexico for its logistical proximity to North American customers and excellent transportation infrastructure, providing for a more robust and resilient supply chain. In August, Singapore-based Maxeon Technologies announced it would locate the only solar panel manufacturing plant in the United States in Albuquerque. Taiwan-based Admiral Cable and label-printing company Cymmetrik have expanded to Santa Teresa in the last several years,” the release continued.
The news comes as Lujan Grisham faces increasing calls for her impeachment, led by state Reps. Stefani Lord (R-Sandia Park) and John Block (R-Alamogordo), and a flurry of lawsuits against her anti-gun order that banned gun possession — concealed or open carry — in Bernalillo County for thirty days.
A Joe Biden-appointed federal judge swiftly shot down the order on Wednesday, citing its blatant unconstitutionality. During her announcement of the order, Lujan Grisham claimed New Mexicans’ rights and her oath of office are not “absolute.”
According to Lujan Grisham’s office, “The Governor will travel with an official delegation which includes Chief of Staff Daniel Schlegel, Director of Communications Maddy Hayden, Senior Advisor for Global Trade & Infrastructure Joseph De La Rosa, former Economic Development Department Secretary Alicia J. Keyes, New Mexico Partnership President Melinda Allen, and President and CEO of the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance Davin Lopez. Ethan Chen, the New Mexico Economic Development Department’s foreign trade representative in Taipei, will assist the delegation.”
With a little luck, perhaps she’ll stay there.
Obviously, she has been sheltered for to long from reality, making that decision of disarming Americans instead of coming down on the law or judges on recurring criminals with those gun charges.
She knows better…The sheriff has the correct way to take care of it, maybe he should run for office.
100% right
She was only trying to protect our kids want you people get that threw your head make it look like she bad
DUMAZZZ, THE 2ND AMENDMENT IS CRYSTAL CLEAR……………. READ IT…………… 20 TIMES IF YOU HAVE TO GET IT THRU YOUR THICK SKULL. SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.
Those complicit in her attempt to destroy the New Mexican American Citizens inherent God Given Rights protected and secured by our National Constitution are just as much a Criminal and need to be called out.
How much $$$ do you think MLK will be able to scam from China and other Asian nations for crappy solar panels? She can run, she can hide, and she can count the money.
What a qincidence shes leaving now n whos paying for everyone? Just like covid we had to stay indoors n she got to open the jewlery store n go shopping. Dems would do everything to get there votes in.
Exactly! That’s a lot of money for a trip like that and also for as many as are going!
Stay there groper, don`t come back tyrant.
Another boondoggle on the taxpayers dollar.. She needs shut down,censored and told to sit in the corner until the deputies ask her to stand and place her hands behind her back!
Instead of making deals with Asians, she should be doing something for New Mexico businesses. Oh, but because of her draconian mandate, many New Mexico businesses ended up closing their doors permanently, letting big box stores rake in the money. She’s a traitor to her own people.
And do you think the low educated “voters” will remember any of that? Do you think that they will remember that the demonrats did NOTHING to stop her tyranny? Do you think they will, finally, after 80+ years of horrific control by the demonrats change their vote and try to make this state somewhat respectable? The answer to ALL 3 is NOPE. They are bought and paid for with the welfare and drugs.
And the cartels.
She doesn’t care about NM, she’s selling us out to the Asians, and getting “brownie points” with the liberal clones!
She did the same thing to us when she locked us down in 2020-21. She violated her oath of office she needs to be arrested!
Socialist MLG is anti-business. She’s probably headed to Beijing, not Taipei.
Probably going to China to get more of the virus so she can unleash it on us New Mexicans so she can put the whole state of New Mexico back on lock down because she can’t get her way.
Could be!?
MLG’s trip to Taiwan shows that if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
Maybe there’s a job opening for her there.
Oh, only if that was true
She is already in trouble and wants to send how much more $$$ to get her name up in lights….NO, NO, NO. I do notwant my tax $$$ spent that way when we have roads and people who need help in New Mexico…..
“New Mexico has the IDEAL ECONOMIC CLIMATE to attract global businesses, including in Asia,” said Lujan Grisham. (emphasis mine)…
Well, maybe not so much… 😉
Anyone that has paid attention to the business climate in New Mexico knows that the primary reason businesses are not keen to locate here, is very clearly, the Gross Receipts Tax system.
It should have been replaced decades ago, as our surrounding states just laugh at New Mexico’s system of taxing all goods and services at rates higher than the only other states that have something similar, Hawaii (which has a much lower rate) and South Dakota (which got rid of any income tax whatsoever) to compensate for their GRT.
When I replace Martin Heinrich as NM’s next US Senator…
I’ll work immediately, helping Santa Fe to bring NM a competitive, fair and business friendly tax system.
In 2014, I did a 9 part Interview series on Gross Receipts Tax with Richard Anklam… everyone in NM should listen to this expert…
http://watchabq.com/?tag=gross-receipts
And here we are in a few days — with a taxpayer funded Governor Tourist Junket — to Taiwan… this.. NINE years and a month later, when the other States in our Republic for which we stand, have provided 47 prime examples of a better way to get businesses to move to New Mexico…
We should pick the best method and replace GRT, if we want NM to stop being the State with the highest poverty rate.
Thanks to the oil and gas boom… we have an amazing $3,500,000,000.00 in financial reserves as of 8/23/2023.
Yeah, that’s correct… $3.5B… not million… so it’s not like we don’t have money for a taxation overhaul that actually DOES help New Mexico create the IDEAL BUSINESS ECONOMIC CLIMATE … (emphasis mine again)… because if you are tossing something antiquated you might as well take the opportunity to replace it with the PROVEN best of the best methodology !!!
And, for this current legislative body…
I have one WONDERFUL number and one WONDERFUL letter for you.
That shall strike terror in your Citizen abusing hearts.
“4A”
More on this soon…
In an article I’ll write, submit and hope the Pinon Post will publish.
Good luck NM needs a senator that actually has a brain!
She is already in trouble and wants to send how much more $$$ to get her name up in lights….NO, NO, NO. I do not want my tax $$$ spent that way when we have roads and people who need help in New Mexico…..
anyone know the tail number so it can be tracked on flightaware? Ya know, since it’s NM taxpayers money she’s burning we should have access for full accountability.
When the going gets tough, the dims get out of ton until the heat is off.
She doesn’t care about the businesses that are here — why is she going overseas? Why not start by helping people here???
Exactly, she shuts down businesses in NM and then flies to the other end of the earth to invite foreign businesses here.
Poor Taiwan.
Poor Taiwan.
The carbon footprint left on this trip…. shouldn’t she just ZOOM and save taxpayer money and the environment?
Lots of good remarks and comments about our “Little Dictator”. I wish we could hit a `like’ button for some of these remarks. Keep spreading the word, hopefully, some of our neighbors will see her for what she is.
Well, when the going get’s tough, the losers get going……………….
Hell, they don’t want the traitorous b**ch there. They need weapons to fight off the Chinese not that anti gun traitor!
Very well said Alydia, I guess that means there’s no chance of them keeping her there… Darn
Stirred this pot of **** and now she runs away to hide.
Not only that she declared that NM is in a “STATE OF EMERGENCY.” Shouldn’t a leader stay to address the so-called “emergency?”
Just shows how full of it she is.
That she is JT Knowing she is on her last term unless she waits a year (god forbid) She thinks she can get away with anything. I’ll bet that even Biden is shaking his head
And with a little backdoor money, New Mexico is a great place for the CCP to spy on the U.S. military and Los Alamos. Not saying Taiwan does that, but if you don’t think the CCP has spies embedded in the Taiwanese government and business, I have a subdivision to sell to you in Lordsburg.
COWARD!!!!
This woman is really unbelievable. Amid all the talks about impeachment and special session possibilities, she takes the time to travel to Taiwan? On NM tax payers dollars. Lets hope she doesn’t grab any Taiwanese after a few drinks
Can’t even give the people the dignity of responding. This is the state of politicians. They’re selfish, unqualified, dishonest, gaslighting sociopaths.
There was once a time when public service and government office were honorable positions.
this is just another so-called ‘elected official’ that belongs in prison for failure to uphold oath-of-office. Arrest her and put her in jail to wait for trial. She is a flight risk and should never be allowed to leave the country or her house as she should have a ankle-tracker.
Is her right to travel outside the US absolute? Asking for a friend…
Maybe she is picking up her pay out for suspending the second amendment. Check her luggage when she gets back to see how much cash she was paid. Did anyone notice all their trips to other countries after they do a good deed for the demonrats ? She should be arrested, Not going to other countries. I thought her position was to take care of new Mexico. Why isn’t she being arrested for violating the constitution and our god given rights ? Oh ya cuz she is a demonrat.
Taiwan business leaders will have to think carefully before moving operations to new China . oh sorry, my bad I mean New Mexico. Business investors want a steady consistent environment where risk can be assessed and measured. Having an emotionally driven mini Tyrant that changes the rules (see lockdowns, & now guns as exhibit 1 & 2) based on an inner whim is no bueno. That is the definition of “ not having a rule of law”. Either the voters of New Mexico are dumb zombies or the system is rigged . Cause this wannabe dictator is muy malo for the great state of New Mexico.
If a governor just issued a 30 day state of emergency, for whatever reason, why is she then leaving on an international trip less than a week later? Wasn’t much of an emergency then.
Probably using our tax dollars to buy jewelry in Taiwan. I still want to impeach her!!!!
Yeah, she runs like the Marxist bish that she is. New Mexico is a welfare state full of Mexicans and Indians and they always keep the grifting machine going.
🫢 She’s leaving during a statewide MEDICAL EMERGENCY?????
🫢 She’s leaving during a statewide MEDICAL EMERGENCY?????
NM is NOT a business friendly state. Nor is it friendly to retirees. After 40 years of the horse puckey the Dims have pulledd during my tenure here, I would gladly relocate to a “free” state and take my 6 figure retirement income with me, if i can convince my children to come along (otherwise their mom will not want to go).
I suspect she’s going to undermine the U.S. and should be charged under the Logan act
Wrong China.
There are about 330 million people in America. The Constitution was written to protect us from the over reach of the government. So for one person out of 330 million to just decide it doesn’t apply anymore, is the reason it was written; to protect us from dictators who would try to restrict our freedoms. So will she give up an armed guard to protect her too?
The Constitution was written to protect us from the over reach of the government. So for one person out of 330 million to just decide it doesn’t apply anymore, is the reason it was written; to protect us from dictators who would try to restrict our freedoms. So will she give up an armed guard to protect her too?
The Constitution was written to protect us from the over reach of the government. So for one person out of 330 million to just decide it doesn’t apply anymore, is the reason it was written; to protect us from dictators who would try to restrict our freedoms. So will she give up an armed guard to protect her too?
Is she betting companies want to leave Taiwan before the Chinese attack?
Maybe china will invade while she’s there. Then New Mexico loses a commie and china gains a commie
You guys are all dumb comments if it was your child was killed you think twice she was just thinking of all and everyone kids get that people making her like she the bad one for protecting all our children wow you haters
caca de pollo.