As New Mexico lawmakers press forward in the 60-day legislative session, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is once again absent from the state, choosing instead to travel to Washington, D.C., for meetings with national Democratic groups.
The governor, who spent much of last year crisscrossing the country stumping for former Vice President Kamala Harris, left for the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) winter meeting on Thursday, her office confirmed. The DNC is set to elect a new chair on Saturday after a disappointing election cycle in which Democrats lost both the White House and control of Congress. Lujan Grisham is also scheduled to attend a Democratic Governors Association (DGA) meeting before returning to New Mexico on Sunday.
Lujan Grisham’s latest departure is just one of many. Throughout her tenure, she has frequently left New Mexico for national and international political events, personal vacations, and out-of-state fundraisers, raising concerns that she is more focused on national ambitions than the needs of New Mexicans.
Her out-of-state trips have included multiple visits to Washington, D.C., high-profile climate summits in Scotland, and extensive campaigning in other states, all while major crises—including rising crime, education struggles, and economic downturns—plague New Mexico.
This trip comes as some Democrat governors have been pressuring Senate Democrats to take a more aggressive stance on President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees.
Despite regularly leaving the state, Lujan Grisham did not directly address the Trump administration during her State of the State Address, a stark contrast to her past criticisms of Trump’s policies, particularly regarding health care. This could be due to the state’s dire dependence on federal dollars, which is the most dependent state in the entire country.
Whether she is positioning herself for a future role in national politics or simply avoiding the mounting challenges back home, the governor’s repeated absences are becoming hard to ignore. Lt. Gov. Howie Morales once again assumes the role of acting governor in her absence, as required by the state Constitution—a role he has had to fill many times before due to her frequent out-of-state trips.
Not shocked….wish she would go away and never come back.
I’m with you Erik.
Presidential ambition?
Not a chance.
Our state is last in everything because of her and she’s traveling out of NM. Bernalillo County, Nortenos and Dona Ana County voted her in all because they’re democratic counties they couldn’t give you a reason why if you asked them. She is worthless and could care less about NM. She’s figuring out her next political move since she can’t run to continue destroying NM.
Vote Red! Elections Have Consequences.
New Mexico has already been successfully socially engineered into docility and compliance to the Democrat agenda for almost a century. It’s now all hands on deck to prevent Trump’s Constitutional agenda from becoming a cultural trend, which has the potential to put the Leftist agenda out of business. This would make it much more difficult to profit from Statism.
NM is screwing themselves by their choice at the ballot box. It was nice during the 70s to the 90s.
Why are they called lame ducks when they seem to travel a lot?
Ol St Howie… Sold his Soul to the Pygmy Demon had to cover for her and then??? Old Drunk Deb crawls out from under the Bar and kicks him to the curb…..Locento Lil Feller….. Maybe WNMU will make you El Presidente!!!
Shades of LA mayor
MLG goals and priorities have never been for the citizens of this beautiful state. It’s all about her and her narcissistic nature.
What blows my mind is why her minions in Santa Fe can’t see it.
The only way to turn our state red is that the voters get out of their complacent mindset and educate themselves on the destruction this idiot has done while in office. That includes MLG’s stint in with Richardson.
MLG only claim to red is the blood
on her hands for all the innocents lives that have been aborted in our state.
I could not have said that better Myself. I so agree with everything you said. Now we need to figure out a way to wake up New Mexico citizens and stop voting in the communist socialistic far left idiots that are destroying our state. Praying for God‘s mercy.
Social media.. NM pride… More rallies.. Most of all get involved! School boards, City councils, dog catcher.. Anything!!! I got on my County GOP and NM Senators Capitol Outlay Constituent Commity.
Does she still draw her Guv salary when she’s off doing all these non-guv things? If so, she needs to pay it back!
Dollars speak louder than words.
WASTE,FRAUD and ABUSE of tax dollars is the only way to explain Moochie Loserjans behaviors! She needs to be arrested and dragged out of the roundhouse wearing handcuffs!!