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MLG used taxpayer money for reelection party at Governor’s Mansion: Report

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According to a report from the Santa Fe New Mexican, scandal-ridden alleged serial groper Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham used taxpayer dollars to fund a political event at the Governor’s Mansion promoting her reelection efforts.

“Documents obtained under a public records request show New Mexicans for Michelle, the governor’s campaign committee, issued the state a $1,837 check in December to pay for expenses stemming from a Democratic Governors Association party hosted by Lujan Grisham in Santa Fe,” the New Mexican reported.

The report continued, “Expenses reimbursed by the campaign include an $890 purchase from Colorado Party Rentals for 100 12-inch ivory-gold chargers, 100 10-inch ivory-gold dinner plates and stainless steel forks, knives and teaspoons.”

Despite the Governor’s contingency fund barring her from using it to purchase alcohol and the State Auditor’s Office finding previous violations, public documents show that Lujan Grisham made at least eight purchases of alcohol, including liquor, wine, and beer.

Previous reviews of the Governor’s spending show she has spent lavishly on $200/lb Wagyu beef steaks, wine and beer, and even personal dry cleaning with taxpayer funds. This is just the most recent abuse of power committed by Lujan Grisham.

But her campaign spokeswoman, Kendall Whitmer, claimed, “The campaign transparently and expeditiously reimbursed the state for an event hosted by the Governor as chair of the Democratic Governors Association.”

 “The largest wildfire in New Mexico’s history rages, but instead of the Governor being able to focus solely on the emergency response, Michelle Lujan Grisham faces yet another ethical scandal,” said Republican Governors Association spokesman Will Reinert. “Whether ‘crotch grabs’ or taxpayer money spent on luxury items, voters remain tired of the constant string of scandals coming out of Governor Lujan Grisham’s office and must demand new leadership who can focus solely on turning the state around.”

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MLG campaign asks for Mother’s Day card signatures after promoting unlimited abortion

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On Friday, in truly twisted form, scandal-ridden alleged serial groper Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s campaign team sent out an email requesting signatures on a Mother’s Day card for the radical left-wing governor.

This comes right after Lujan Grisham touted radical pro-abortion policies, such as 2021’s S.B. 10, which she signed in New Mexico, stripping all protections for babies in the womb, pregnant mothers, and medical professionals. The bill effectively legalized abortion up-to-birth and infanticide.

This week, Lujan Grisham appeared on CNN to promote abortion and condemn pro-lifers who want to save babies from being murdered through abortions. Lujan Grisham told Jake Tapper, “You have states that are going to work to continue to restrict the decision-making of a woman about her own body, her own health care.”

She added, “And you got more than half the country that has the potential with this leaked draft decision to lose their constitutional rights. And I think it could be just the beginning. And no amount of preparation prepares you for actually being able to see what this opinion could look like and what it could actually be.” 

While sharing the clip on Twitter, the Governor wrote, “We took action in #NM to protect a woman’s right to an abortion. As governor, I’ll never stop fighting for women and their rights.”

But pro-lifers clapped back at Lujan Grisham. Elisa Martinez of New Mexico Alliance for Life and candidate for the state House of Representatives wrote, “NOT true. What about the dozens of women who are sent to the Emergency Room or have died as a result of unsafe & unregulated abortions in #NM? You’ve fought to empower #abortion businesses – not for women.”

But despite Lujan Grisham’s rabid support for abortion up-to-birth and infanticide, her team is now “thanking” Lujan Grisham with a Mother’s Day card. In an email, the campaign team wrote, “On Mother’s Day, we want to say “thank you” for everything Gov. Lujan Grisham has done for New Mexicans. Will you sign your name now to wish Gov. Lujan Grisham a happy Mother’s Day?”

Lujan Grisham recently took a maxed-out donation from Planned Parenthood and donated thousands to the sexist pro-abortion group that only helps anti-life women run for office, EMILY’s List.

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MLG digs up old campaign ad to promote abortion up-to-birth

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On Tuesday, scandal-ridden alleged serial groper Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham dug up an old 2021 campaign ad for her run for Congress where she touted her support for radical pro-abortion policies.

The embattled governor, who is under investigation for ethics violations and recently paid off a staffer $150,000 for claims she grabbed his crotch, wrote, “I’ve spent my career being an advocate for women and their right to choose.”

“In 2012, I released this ad talking about the need to stand up for women’s rights. This message is even more important than ever,” in apparent response to the Supreme Court’s leaked decision in the Dobbs case which overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion-on-demand in the United States. 

Lujan Grisham ironically claims she is protecting “women’s rights” despite half of abortions killing baby girls, while mothers have been maimed and killed because of abortions — the opposite of women’s rights.

In true form, Lujan Grisham proceeded to ask for money from donors to help her continue killing babies in the womb, writing, “I will never stop fighting to protect women’s rights in New Mexico. Join us in the fight and pitch in $25 right now.”

In 2021, Lujan Grisham signed into law S.B. 10, which legalized abortion up-to-birth and infanticide in New Mexico. That means that when Roe v. Wade is officially overturned, New Mexico will continue being the Wild West of extreme late-term abortion.

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MLG says her fundraising is ‘WAY behind’ ahead of reporting deadline

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On Thursday, scandal-ridden alleged serial groper Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham deployed a panicky-sounding fundraising email announcing that her campaign is “WAY behind on our $150,000 April fundraising goal.”

“With national Republicans pushing harder than ever to remove me from office, I have to call every voter, knock on every door, and run as many ads as I can to win – but if I fall short this month, I’ll have to make devastating budget cuts,” she claimed in the email.

The far-left Democrat being “way” behind on fundraising could be due to a number of factors, including her donors, possibly having a lack of enthusiasm. The fundraising cutoff for the next reporting deadline is May 2, 2022.

This lack of support might stem from Lujan Grisham’s lavish campaign spending on ritzy Taos Ski Valley getaways and six-figure legal settlements to alleged groping victims. Maybe Lujan Grisham’s fundraising is drying up due to her giving her daughter, Erin Grisham, thousands of dollars in cash for personal hair and makeup expenses.

Lujan Grisham faces multiple Republicans who aim to defeat her in November, including former television weatherman Mark Ronchetti, state Rep. Rebecca Dow, former Cuba Mayor Ethel Maharg, Sandoval County Commissioner Jay Block, and financial advisor Greg Zanetti.

So far, Lujan Grisham, in the last quarter, reported donations of almost $2.7 million, with many maxed-out donations from high-profile leftists and leftist groups such as Planned Parenthood, novelist George R.R. Martin, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s wife, Mary Katherine Pritzker, and the American Federation of Teachers. Many of these donations were reported as anonymous donors, which amounted to tens of thousands of dollars in dark money.

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Bernie Sanders applauds MLG’s socialist ‘free’ college program

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This week, socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) applauded Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and the Democrats’ free (taxpayer-funded) college proposal that will waste $75 million annually on socialist college programs.

“New Mexico has led the way in making its public colleges and universities tuition-free regardless of income or immigration status. I sincerely hope that the rest of the country follows their lead,” wrote Sanders while posting a video applauding the socialist program.

“The government of New Mexico has made their public colleges and universities tuition-free. I congratulate them. The New Mexico Legislature passed the New Mexico Opportunity Scholarship Act. This will let New Mexicans pursue a higher education for free. 

“I hope that other states will be following them,” said Sanders.

Ten House Republicans joined Democrats to vote for Lujan Grisham’s 2022 budget that funded these radical programs when they didn’t even have to. They included Reps. Gail Armstrong (Magdalena), Brian Baca (Valencia), Rachel Black (Alamogordo), Jack Chatfield (Tucumcari), Kelly Fajardo (Tome-Adelino), Joshua Hernandez (Rio Rancho), T. Ryan Lane (Aztec), Bill Rehm (Albuquerque), Luis Terrazas (Bayard), and Jane Powdrell-Culbert (Corrales). 

Now, New Mexico taxpayers will be forced to perpetually fund free college because of Lujan Grisham and the Democrats’ legislation. 

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MLG extends COVID emergency order, Scrase insists New Mexicans get jabbed

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On Friday, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s New Mexico Department of Health renewed COVID-19 “emergency health orders” throughout May 16, 2022.

In a news release, the Department wrote, “COVID-19 cases have dropped since March and hospitalizations continue to be low. However, the most recent two-week data shows the new Omicron BA.2 variant makes up 22.1 percent of cases in New Mexico and continues to expand across the state, trailing behind the rest of the county.”

Health Secretary Dr. David Scrase, who has repeatedly flip-flopped on science during the pandemic, claimed that New Mexicans must now get another dose of the coronavirus shot.

“If you need your first, second, third or fourth vaccine dose, please get vaccinated – this is especially important for more socially vulnerable individuals and communities, where the risk of severe disease is more than doubled.”

In response to the renewed health orders, state Rep. Rebecca Dow (R-Truth or Consequences), who is running for governor, wrote, “MLG just renewed the ‘emergency health orders’ through May 16th. As long as she is in office they will never end!”

She added, “No more COVID tyranny. No more mandates. No More vaccination requirements as a condition or employment or enrollment at public colleges. End it now!” 

Other Democrat-run places like Philadelphia, Pennsylvania have already begun new lockdown orders, with mask mandates returning.

It is unclear if similar measures will be reimplemented again in New Mexico, but it may be unlikely due to Gov. Lujan Grisham facing a tough reelection. Any extension of the pandemic theatre may significantly lose independent and Democrat votes she would need to secure a second term.

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Lujan Grisham, campaign staff duck the press amid latest campaign filing

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After scandal-ridden alleged serial groper Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s latest campaign finance report dropped, many are asking questions about expenses she listed on the filing. That included the leftist Santa Fe-area paper, the Santa Fe New Mexican.

Daniel Chacón, a reporter for the New Mexican, wrote on Twitter Wednesday, “@GovMLG’s reelection campaign is ignoring my repeated requests for information about specific expenditures in the governor’s campaign finance report. I haven’t even gotten any acknowledgment of the many calls, emails and other messages I’ve sent to spokeswoman 

@kswitmer.”

Chacón was inquiring about another large payment the Lujan Grisham campaign made to an Albuquerque-based law firm, Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg Urias & Ward PA, for $72,556. According to the paper, the firm is “believed to have represented the governor in a sexual harassment case.”

The harassment case involved James Hallinan, a former Lujan Grisham campaign staffer, who alleged the Governor poured water over his crotch area and then groped him. Lujan Grisham settled with Hallinan for $150,000, which came in the form of two installments.

On Wednesday, one of Hallinan’s attorneys, Rachel Berlin Benjamin, told the New Mexican, “That is a question best directed to the Governor,” regarding the latest payment to the Albuquerque-area law firm.

Many are now wondering what Lujan Grisham is hiding by ducking the press. What other details could come out regarding the large sum paid to Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg Urias & Ward PA?

Far-left ex-Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, who failed in her run for governor in 2010, wrote on Twitter, “Her mother died. Give it a break,” referring to the Governor’s mother who recently passed away.

However, the Lujan Grisham campaign has had time to send out multiple solicitations for campaign cash following the death of the Governor’s mother. But somehow, commenting to the press about one’s campaign finance reports is too much to ask for the failed ex-politician.

Others pointed out how Lujan Grisham has been notorious for ducking the media:

Every single time the Piñon Post has reached out to the Governor’s office or campaign for comment, the request has never been returned. Transparency appears not to be a top priority of the Lujan Grisham administration, judging by how the media is treated.

Read more about all the shady stuff in Lujan Grisham’s latest campaign report here.

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All the shady stuff in MLG’s latest campaign finance report

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Candidates recently filed their financial disclosures on April 11 for the first reporting period of the year. While many candidates raked in loads of contributions, scandal-ridden alleged serial groper Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham led the pack by raising over $2.6 million. 

Lujan Grisham is well-known for her lavish spending, such as on hair and makeup and $150,000 in payments to a sexual assault accuser — all being funded by the Governor’s campaign donors. But there were many expenditures in Lujan Grisham’s financial disclosure statement raising eyebrows.

Despite being put on notice for spending thousands on hair and makeup services provided by her daughter, Erin Grisham, Lujan Grisham spent another $400 on these services on February 12, 2022.

In December of 2021, Lujan Grisham spent at least $4,400.30 at the Taos Ski Valley Bavarian Lodge and Restaurant, booking what appears to be 13 rooms at $240.32, while spending on catering and other items.

Lujan Grisham’s campaign gave $4,000 to the far-left pro-abortion group EMERGE New Mexico, which trains radical Democrat women to run for public office. The campaign also spent $6,340.46 on “mail production” supporting the abortion up-to-birth group EMILY’s List, which exclusively gives money to female Democrat pro-abortion politicians.

On January 24, 2022, the Governor’s campaign paid a $4,200 fine to the State of New Mexico. Although it does not specify what the fine was for, it can be gathered it was a campaign finance violation.

Lujan Grisham’s campaign also spent $544 for storage units, one at American Self Storage and one at A-1 Storage, both based in Albuquerque.

Other strange expenses in Lujan Grisham’s report include $9.27 at Last Call Beach Bar in Key West Florida on January 12, 2022, $2,561.62 for “fundraiser” catering to the Santa Fe-based caterer Walter Burke Catering Inc. on March 15, 2022, and multiple expenditures to the Saint Regis Aspen Resort in Colorado on October 13, 2021.

She also spent over $72,556 on October 6, 2021, to the law offices of Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg Urias & Ward PA, another potential sexual assault settlement. Lujan Grisham’s office has refused to provide comment to reporters.

Donations

Lujan Grisham’s campaign received a maxed-out $10,400 donation from the abortion up-to-birth group Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc. PAC. She got $10,400 from the D.C.-based “Elect Democratic Women” PAC. 

The Governor’s campaign also received two maxed-out donations from the wife of Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker, Mary Katherine Pritzker, each of them $10,400.

She received two maxed-out $10,400 donations from Pattern Energy Group Services LP, a solar and wind energy company, and a red flag for a potential campaign finance violation. 

Santa Fe-based novelist George R.R. Martin, well-known for Game of Thrones, donated two $10,400 contributions to the Governor’s campaign on March 22, 2022.

Despite her rabid anti-energy policies, oil company ConocoPhillips donated $10,400 to Lujan Grisham, regardless of her 2019 Green New Deal (Energy Transition Act). 

Pro-mask and school lockdown teacher’s union American Federation of Teachers (AFT) donated $10,400 to Lujan Grisham. 

Rabid Mike Bloomberg-funded anti-gun group “Everytown For Gun Safety Action Fund” maxed out to the Governor with $10,400.

PAC contributions include $1,500 from “Fair Shot PAC,” $2,500 from “Progressive Majority PAC,” $500 from Citigroup, Inc.’s PAC, $2,500 from “Home Depot PAC,” $5,000 from “Windstream Corporation PAC,” and $5,000 from “Halliburton Company PAC.”

Other donors to the Governor’s campaign include Heritage Hotels and Resorts with $10,400 and two $10,400 contributions that did not have a name dated March 30, 2022. There were five other contributions without a name dated March 31, 2022, totaling $38,300. On April 1, 2022, there were two unnamed contributions totaling $12,900. On April 4, 2022, Lujan Grisham received five unnamed contributions totaling $33,300.

This report is not meant to be an exhaustive list of all contributions to the Governor’s campaign. The full report, as Lujan Grisham reported to the New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office, can be accessed here. 

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Study finds MLG had 4th-worst response to COVID-19 with ‘F’ rating

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According to a newly released Committee To Unleash Prosperity (CUP) study, alleged serial groper Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) was ranked as the fourth-worst governor handling COVID, coming in only before New York, the District of Columbia, and New Jersey — all run by Democrats.

“The Report Card on the States measures and compares state performance on three metrics: the economy, education, and mortality from the virus. It answers the question: how did states do in balancing the health of their citizens, allowing their economies to remain operational and keeping job losses low, and keeping their schools open so that school-aged children did not suffer long term educational setbacks,” wrote the CUP.

For context, the state with the highest marks, Utah, was rated a 3.46 and an “A” rating. In contrast, New Mexico with its stringent pandemic lockdowns, forced masking, and crippling sanctions on businesses and schools, scored -2.61, an “F” rating.

The report noted how New Mexico was an “outlier” in relation to its geographic neighbors “in the direction of low combined scores.”

New Mexico ranked 40th in excessive age-adjusted mortality due to COVID-19, coming only before states such as New Jersey, New York, and the District of Columbia.

The study researchers wrote, “Our second mortality metric is all-cause excess death expressed as a percentage of expected death, which is widely considered the most accurate measure of pandemic impact because it is not subject to ascertainment bias. It also captures the near-term mortality effects of lockdown policies, such as higher drug and alcohol deaths, and differences in underlying health by being measured relative to the baseline.”

In this second test, New Mexico came in as the second-worst state in regard to Mortality, with only Arizona beating the Land of Enchantment in more COVID deaths with the second mortality metric.

New Mexico also had one of the lowest in-person education percentages, ranking 45 out of 51 during the pandemic with only 34%. 

The study noted, “School closures may ultimately prove to be the largest policy error of the pandemic era in both economic and mortality terms. One study found that school closures at the end of the previous 2019-2020 school year are associated with 13.8 million years of life lost. An NIH analysis found that life expectancy for high school graduates is 4 to 6 years longer than high school dropouts. The OECD estimates that learning losses from pandemic era school closures could cause a 3% decline in lifetime earnings, and that a loss of just one third of a year of learning has a long-term economic impact of $14 trillion.”

“Unlike mortality or economic outcomes, closing public schools was entirely under the control of policymakers. Almost all private schools were open,” the study concluded.

With the abysmal figures revealed in the survey, Lujan Grisham’s pandemic response shows to be one of the worst in the nation, and the third-worst state if the District of Columbia is excluded.

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Lujan Grisham celebrates killing babies through full-term abortions

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As one of New Mexico’s neighboring states, Oklahoma, passed a bill this week to ban abortions of babies after 15 weeks gestation, scandal-ridden alleged serial groper Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham took to social media to celebrate New Mexico’s abortion up-to-birth and infanticide law that allows the killing of full-term babies without exceptions.

The embattled governor wrote, “As states around New Mexico continue their assault on reproductive health care, the action we’ve taken to protect and expand abortion access is more important than ever.” 

Lujan Grisham’s definition of “reproductive health care” is the opposite of abortion because killing a baby is the antithesis of health care. The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary lists “health care” as “The prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical and allied health professions.” Killing is not in the scope of what is considered health care.

Furthermore, “reproduction” is defined as the “production of offspring by a sexual or asexual process.” Killing a child created through this reproductive process is exactly the opposite. Therefore, the term “reproductive health care” to refer to abortion is an oxymoron.

“Access to abortion is access to health care, and that won’t change here in New Mexico,” added Lujan Grisham.

But the governor, who signed an abortion up-to-birth and infanticide bill into law last year, faces tough reelection, with many Republican contenders vowing to protect the right to life in the state of New Mexico. She cannot promise that access to killing children through abortions “won’t change here in New Mexico.” It very well could change next election, especially if New Mexicans elect a pro-life majority to the state House of Representatives. 

Elisa Martinez, Republican candidate for New Mexico House District 27 wrote on Twitter, in response to Lujan Grisham,  “.@GovMLG: stop celebrating unsafe & unregulated abortions up to birth. One NM clinic alone has sent over 50 women to the ER including one death! 

This is NOT healthcare.” 

She shared a graphic with a screenshot of Albuquerque’s Southwestern Women’s Options abortion mill, which proudly advertises abortions up to and after 32 weeks.

Republican House District 51 candidate and Piñon Post® chief John Block, said in regard to the Governor’s social media post, “MLG is a shameless baby murderer. If elected to the legislature, I will fight day and night to save babies’ lives through life-affirming legislation!” 

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