In a revealing interview on CBS’s Face the Nation Sunday, lame duck far-left Democrat New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham doubled down on failed progressive policies while lobbing partisan attacks at Republicans, defending a bloated Medicaid system, and criticizing common-sense border security initiatives championed by popular President Donald Trump.
Grisham, who governs the state with the highest Medicaid enrollment per capita, railed against proposed Republican Medicaid reforms, calling them a “disaster” and accusing conservatives of wanting to “destroy health care as we know it.” Despite acknowledging that over 70% of her state’s Medicaid budget comes from federal funds, she offered no realistic plan for sustainability—only vague assurances that New Mexico would “do everything they can” to fill the gap.
In a fearmongering tirade, Grisham claimed that rolling back Medicaid would result in hospital closures, higher maternal mortality, and even child deaths, stating, “People will die. Children will die.” This doomsday rhetoric ignored the legitimate fiscal concerns of a rapidly growing Medicaid system that critics argue has become bloated, wasteful, and riddled with fraud.
Rather than consider accountability or reform, the governor shifted blame and evoked the name of her Republican predecessor, Susana Martinez, accusing her administration of gutting behavioral health services during a recession—an assertion that oversimplifies a complex financial crisis the state faced at the time.
Grisham’s comments also took aim at the Trump administration’s newly declared National Defense Area along the New Mexico-Mexico border, a move aimed at cracking down on illegal crossings and enhancing national security. The governor dismissed the military’s involvement in securing the border as “disconcerting,” bizarrely likening the display of American tanks to constitutional violations.
She further insisted that immigration enforcement efforts—particularly ICE raids—are a larger concern than actual illegal border crossings, which she falsely claimed are at “the lowest” levels in years, despite record surges and mass releases under the Biden administration.
“I don’t think it is,” Grisham said when asked if the new military-secured zone helped address illegal immigration. Instead, she offered vague calls for more asylum access, suggesting that border policy should not “just be doing that to South Africans,” a non-sequitur that confused even some viewers.
The governor’s tone-deaf interview highlights how out of step she remains with voters who want secure borders, responsible governance, and fiscal reform, not more fearmongering, excuses, and ideological obstruction.
“Children will die”? This from a psycho that loves abortion till birth! What a brain dead fool. Betcha the next demoncrat is worse. Happy days ARE NOT here again.
Semper Fi
“Just be doing that to South Africans.” Say what?
Thank you, Donald Trump, CBP, and our military on the border.
MLG is irrelevant.
If Biden and MLG had done their jobs, there’d be no need for U.S. military on the New Mexico border.
the mindless democrats believe her every word. NM is a fantasy land of idiots.
Liberal and insane. What a great mental health combination to lead a State.
Even now the Clinton Broadcaster System grants anyone with a piehole and a weathered mouthpiece from sucking on too many oversized popsicles a platform… even if that platform is insanity.
The queen of the tolite seat if Santa Fe… gains position and name recognition….for free!
No opposition to her crown. Nothing on the national news countering her c$ap… so gen xyz & the millenia inherit her liberal crap and take it as absolute truth…
Why no opposition CBS? Why no opposing views? Don’t worry…I’ll answer that one for you…
Because that’s how communism, socialism, fascists and dictators work.
Prove me wrong…
Little Pinocchio will never stop lying. She’s a typical left liberal Democrat that wants our state to become a socialist state. The only ones that thrive here are the wealthy Californian’s.
She says cuts to Medicaid will increase infant mortality rate, this from the leader of the #1 abortion state in the nation…..right
Exactly my thoughts
Wondering if the 209 illegals caught at our border last week were I’D and told if you are from south Africa you’re being arrested. The rest of you “c’mon in”….. she is ridiculous. The problem is people hear and read quick comments and believe them without checking the facts. She is a failure.
At least MLG has some neurons firing. Wait until Haaland gets in. She will make MLG look like Einstein.
Everything MLG says are just lies, lies, and more lies. She DOESN’T work for New Mexican citizens, she works and fights for illegals. She wanted to be the abortion czar for Harris if she was elected but she is making NM the abortion state to go to, to kill babies. Sadly, too many ignorant fools will believe her lies. New Mexico the land of entrapment. So sorry I moved here.
She is such a d*** fool. What an embarrassment to New Mexico.
But did anyone watch?
Was this “Saturday Nite Live” skit?
She couldn’t tell the truth if it made a better story!
Our Tiny Groper is not an intelligent person. The Democrat lawyers and Farma that ran her counted on that,
Between New Me ico, Colorado, the left coast, and the rich libtsrd northeast, those are truly the last stand for libtards and their state economies are being run into the ground! It’s only a matter of time before evennlibtard voters are fed up. Well, on can dream. All I know is that Gregg Hull is our hope for the state! Haaland operates on very few synapses as someone rightly pointed out above. I love this state but I may pop smoke and move to Texas or Arizona if they vote her feeble mind in.
She is seeking a national position…VP probably, among the many brain-damaged and psychos currently vying for national attention. Lies and Propaganda are all they have at this point.
MLG is the top bullshit in the world she lies at the drop of a hat she is worthless and can never tell the TRUTH coming back to NM someone blacked out the welcome sign that said Land of enchantment should have said Land of Baby killers
MLG is the top bullshit in the world she lies at the drop of a hat she is worthless and can never tell the TRUTH coming back to NM someone blacked out the welcome sign that said Land of enchantment should have said Land of Baby killers
Wow, The people on this comment section have a maximum disdain for MLG as I do. I have written to Prsident Trump and I hope all of you do to ask for federal relief for the state. NM elections a rigged. MLG is not a legitimate governor. She was selected by Bad Actor Financial Sector(Soros- Wall Street) and the Drug Cartels. Emerge is the main organization providing useful idiots like MLG that deliberately destroying our beautiful state. The corruption is locked in unless Trump can investigate and remove the uniparty. Trump needs to turn the boarder military 180 degrees and remove the uniparty controll of New Mexico. MLG is a terrorist in every sense of the definition.
People are watching. The right side is watching her and everyone else. I can’t wait until they blast her out of that chair. It seems to be coming, wish it were sooner. She is the poster girl for MENTAL health month.
Meanwhile, NM dems are over here squashing bills that would bring more healthcare options and incentives for doctors to start practices in more rural areas… I so cannot wait to get rid of her….
My MEDICARE will not cover molar tooth implants. BUT… check it out, Medicaid will. AND how many illegals have used Medicaid?
Talking about protecting the border? What a farce she is.
Can we all say “WASTE,FRAUD,and ABUSE!” Moochie Loserjan Gruesome needs dragged out of the roundhouse wearing handcuffs -dragged by her feet could happen..
Doctors left New Mexico due to high malpractice insurance, not Medicare/Medicaid cuts.
MLG is a shyster.She and her family have never cared about NM or its residents,or our country. She is narrow minded.If she believes something is popular-she is all for it – like late term abortions, Medicaid for illegal aliens, as well as free rent. The ball grabber must go live at the devils temple where she refers Young women for late term abortions.