Far-left New Mexico House Speaker Javier Martínez (D-Albuquerque) unleashed an unhinged and profanity-laced Facebook post on the very day conservative leader Charlie Kirk was assassinated at a Utah college campus, raising outrage across the state. Rather than show restraint or call for calm, Martínez chose the moment to attack conservatives, insult Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as “ICE Barbie,” and demean nearly half of New Mexico voters.
Martínez wrote in part:
“Second, read a g*ddamn book. Although, can she read? Doubtful.
… if you hate my people and/or enable that dirty sewer rat in the White House, go kick a rock. (With all due respect to sewer rats).
… (Yes, this immigrant is the Speaker of the NM House. Choke on that, haters).
… I might be my ancestors’ wildest dream, but I’m also a fascist’s worst nightmare. Bring it.”
The Speaker’s crude tirade, posted from his official Facebook page, shocked many New Mexicans for both its content and its timing. Conservatives noted the hypocrisy: if a Republican leader had smeared Democrats as “rats” or told half the state to “kick a rock” on the same day of a political assassination, calls for resignation would be deafening.
Rep. Rod Montoya (R-Farmington) issued a blistering response, accusing Martínez of abandoning his duty to represent all New Mexicans:
“First off, Mr. Speaker, you represent the state of New Mexico. I would hope that the citizens of New Mexico are your people. But that is not what you seem to be saying here… you’ve just told 47 percent of the people in New Mexico who voted for President Trump to go kick a rock. Mr. Speaker, your job is to represent all of New Mexico. Apparently, your goal is to represent Mexico.”
Montoya also called out Martínez’s misuse of the word “fascist,” noting that the actual silencing of speech and violent attacks are overwhelmingly coming from the political left:
“A fascist is somebody like the person who had to shut Charlie Kirk’s mouth up permanently with an assassin’s bullet. That’s not happening on the right. That’s happening on the left. The cancel culture and all of these school shootings that have been taking place over the last several years are all coming from people on the left who hate traditional Americans, and Mr. Speaker, it doesn’t appear you have any use for traditional Americans either.”
The Speaker’s sign-off — “Bring it” — drew further concern. Montoya warned that it could be taken as an endorsement of further anarchy and civil unrest rather than debate.
For many, the episode highlighted Martínez’s radical priorities. Instead of condemning violence or showing unity, he doubled down on insults, profanity, and division. And while Democrats in New Mexico have so far stayed silent, critics argue the Speaker’s words reveal the contempt many in his party hold for traditional Americans.
In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s tragic assassination, the contrast could not be starker: while conservatives called for peace and accountability, the highest-ranking Democrat in the New Mexico House chose to mock, sneer, and provoke.