New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham raised eyebrows this week after hinting that her political career may not end when her final term as governor wraps up in 2026. Speaking at Harvard’s Kennedy School on Wednesday, she flirted with the idea of returning to Washington, D.C., stating, “I want to be useful” and adding, “If Washington needs me and there’s a role for me to play, I would work to go there.”
While she didn’t explicitly announce a bid for higher office, her comments stirred speculation—especially from outlets like the Washington Examiner, which interpreted her remarks as a sign she’s “eyeing a bid for the Democratic nomination in 2028.” Her spokesperson, Michael Coleman, pushed back on that narrative, “At no point in her remarks at Harvard did Gov. Lujan Grisham say or even suggest she was ‘eyeing a presidential bid,’ “ he said, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican. “However, it should be no surprise that she wants to continue to be useful to her state and country when her second term is finished. What shape that will take remains to be seen.”
Still, the vagueness of her remarks left political observers guessing, and conservative media—and the public—didn’t hold back. The Piñon Post ran the headline “Scandal-plagued Lujan Grisham teases 2028 presidential run,” referencing her controversial time as governor.
Her eight-year tenure has been anything but smooth. From pandemic-era lockdowns that shuttered businesses and drew legal scrutiny, to a 2021 sexual harassment settlement with a former staffer, and her 2023 executive order that attempted to suspend the right to carry firearms in public (later blocked in court), Lujan Grisham’s administration has faced waves of backlash. More recently, even members of her own party have questioned her aggressive policies on mental health and addiction, which include involuntary treatment proposals that drew fire from civil rights advocates.
Public reaction to her potential presidential aspirations has been equally blistering. Responses to the Piñon Post article ranged from mockery to outrage. “After 8 years of failure she thinks she should run the nation,” wrote one user. Another quipped, “She is so scandal-ridden and has positioned herself as an idiot on the world stage so many times that she’d have no chance.” Some mocked her stature—literally and figuratively—referencing past campaign ads and labeling her the “Queen of the toilet seat in Santa Fe.”
Others called her delusional, with one commenter saying, “She has been a disaster for New Mexico, and the American people are not stupid enough to let her get even close to the White House.”
Yet, in her Harvard remarks, Lujan Grisham maintained a focus on representation and equity. Citing the underrepresentation of women in politics, she said, “If we’re going to really uphold a fragile democracy… then you have to represent the people in the right ways, which means 54%-plus are women.” She also joked about her height—referring to herself as the “shortest governor in America”—but stood tall in her ambition to stay politically engaged.
Whether her comments were a subtle signal or an offhand remark, one thing is clear: any future campaign would face intense scrutiny, not just from political opponents, but from a public still divided over her legacy. For now, the idea of Lujan Grisham in the White House is fueling conversation—much of it skeptical, if not outright hostile.
Take the hint, MLG.
She is crafty..the hallmark of the new left is to advance the person who has done the most damage to the Republic..and she eclipses newsom from vaginal priviledge, very high in the femdem cabal.
Very well said! Bravo👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 She’s a sorry excuse of a real woman fighting for women!
Well she is definitely looking for a job😂maybe she & Newsom can team up 😂😂😂Both losers! Kamala too. 🤮😂
In the normal world the governor does not have a chance, but politics in the US is not normal. We just got ride of the deep state that was running the presidency that took three months for folks to talk about what we already knew, Biden was unfit to run his office for at least a year. The democrat party has no leader and may push a former bartender with a $100K degree that keeps getting elected because of her social media. Add that democrats fail up the NM governor might be more of a shoe in than a former bartender. I am not trying to insult bartenders I did the job part time.
Why do the “Destroyers of States” alway want to move up in the world to become “Destroyers of Nations”.
Because of their arrogance and stupid belief that just because they held office they are somehow qualified and intelligent. She’s sickening.
Oh, you gotta love her framing:
“If Washington needs me …”
Not if New Mexicans need her, or the if American people need her, but if Washington needs her.
Sums her up right there.
No one needs you the only need is for you to get over your short self and leave NM. For being so short you are one of the biggest POS AROUND
I agree she’s not NEEDED…thank you very much.
She could run with the other Queen–from NY
She wants to be useful? She WAS useful. A useful puppet to the globalist agenda, which in my book is treason.
Go peddle your grandiose dream of being in the White House elsewhere, Grisham. You should have been removed from your ivory tower long ago and banned from ever holding another position in government.
Remember where she came from Bill Richardson Bill Clinton and Epstein and of course Lujan
MLG….you would fit in with the swamp in DC along with Heinrich, Teresa Ledger, Stansbury…and Ben Lujan.. I see no integrity with all of the above… So very sad for our beautiful State.
Hopefully she will be arrested!!
Grisham has been a DC groupie as long as I have known of her. She has worried more about getting to DC than she has serving her state…in my opinion. Most of her actions have been to impress DC pols rather than NM voters.
The name fits because she and her loyal subjects are sh*tting all over New Mexico
Well said Charlie!
Delusional boot licker, that’s all she’ll ever be.
“Queen of the toilet seat”, her campaign theme will be “Flush America Down The Toilet”
Oh…My…. God! (Insert that little teenage groupie with her mouth agape portrait right about here John)
You, Mr. MAGA Lizzard, have absolutely read my mind. You got it and the subliminal messaging that goes with being a tolite queen!
At some point, you just gotta flush…unless…of course your mental health issues might prevent you from… shoving the handle downwards with proper pressure.
Lets get the America I know, start mentally picturing , a short little goobenor on the queens throne during those fecal movement times and burn that image into the mindset. It is…what it is… and that is exactly what NM has had for a executive for the past 2 election cycles.
why not, after all AOC thinks she has a chance, why not NM’s idiot. They are both loonies.
As long as Republicans hold a majority the wicked little troll of Santa Fe will never hold office in DC. She is the worst governor our state has ever had. Go away Gov Gruesome.
She is such a narcist!!! For her to even think she would have a shot!!! She has destroyed NM!!!