According to a report by the Albuquerque Journal, Rep. Miguel Garcia (D-Bernalillo), who is the second-longest serving House Democrat, blasted Speaker Brian Egolf (D-Santa Fe) in a fiery letter to the Democrat caucus.
He wrote in the December 30 letter, “His leadership has been most distasteful, elitist, chauvinistic, cowardly and detached from the needs, issues, values and beliefs of our traditional Hispano communities and from our Latino immigrant brothers and sisters.”
The comments came after he resigned his chairmanship from the Land Grant Committee, which was dissolved by Egolf. The Committee dealt with many important issues, specifically those that affect Hispanics in New Mexico.
In the letter, Garcia reportedly “also urged House Democrats to vote to censure Egolf, saying he had sabotaged a bill dealing with water leases that was important to Hispanic land grant groups.”
As well, the Journal writes that “In his recent letter to fellow House Democrats, Garcia claimed Egolf has used his position of House speaker to advance the business interests of his private law firm.” Those bills include H.B. 4 from 2021, which puts a target on law enforcers’ and public employees’ backs by stripping qualified immunity rights. It also allows civil lawsuits against local governments, which directly benefits Egolf.
Democrats, including Egolf, were forced to do damage control, with Egolf claiming, “I am proud to have always engaged in a leadership model that seeks out new diverse leaders and empowers them.”
House Majority Leader Javier Martinez (D-Bernalillo) who took over after failed ex-Rep. Sheryl William Stapleton was accused of stealing millions from the children of New Mexico through a decades-long alleged corruption scheme, wrote, “Rep. Miguel Garcia’s perspectives are his own and don’t reflect the sentiments of our caucus in any way.”
Regarding his current thoughts on his letter, Garcia told the Journal, “I have not wavered from that position.”
Evil Egolf and evil MLG. Nothing more needs to be said.
Some of the old school Dems are waking up to the BS. And the others, we’ll, they’re heck bent on eating their own for the sake of $$$$$$$$$ and ‘progression’ straight in to communism.