On Thursday, far-left Democrats in the New Mexico House of Representatives rammed through a far-left budget co-opted from scandal-ridden alleged serial groper Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s executive budget. Despite the extremist content of the budget, including hundreds of millions of dollars in wasteful spending, some Republicans aided the Democrats in their efforts and voted in favor of the radical budget.
The budget included items such as $10 million for eco-left policies to carry out the Governor’s Green New Deal, hundreds of thousands of dollars for an “Office of Equity and Inclusion” and $300,000 to hire a vehemently anti-gun activist to develop policies to limit the Second Amendment, $2.9 million for anti-energy “conservation” projects, among other disastrous measures.
State Rep. Stefani Lord, who did not vote for the wasteful budget commented on social media, “Many programs in this budget need funding. Unfortunately, this budget bill is filled with excessive reoccurring spending that will cause tax increases.” 13 fiscally responsible Republicans did the right thing and voted against the budget.
Here are the state representatives who voted for the extreme $8.5 billion Democrat budget that increases spending at least 13% from the previous year and millions in wasteful recurring It is 50% larger than spending ten years ago in New Mexico. See their recorded votes here.
Rep. Gail Armstrong (Magdalena)
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4227
Email: gail@gailfornewmexico.com
Rep. Brian Baca (Valencia)
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4450
Email: brian.baca@nmlegis.gov
Rep. Rachel Black (Alamogordo)
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4453
Email: rachel.black@nmlegis.gov
Rep. Jack Chatfield (Tucumcari)
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4467
Email: jack.chatfield@nmlegis.gov
Rep. Kelly Fajardo (Tome-Adelino)
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4215
Email: kelly.fajardo@nmlegis.gov
Rep. Joshua Hernandez (Rio Rancho)
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4221
Email: joshua.hernandez@nmlegis.gov
Rep. T. Ryan Lane (Aztec)
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4221
Email: RYAN@LANEFORLIBERTY.COM
Rep. Bill Rehm (Albuquerque)
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4214
Email: bill.rehm@nmlegis.gov
Rep. Luis Terrazas (Bayard)
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4336
Email: luis.terrazas@nmlegis.gov
Rep. Jane Powdrell-Culbert (Corrales)
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4214
Email: jpandp@comcast.net
Following the disastrous vote, Rep. T. Ryan Lane attempted to downplay his vote with the Radical Democrats on the bad budget bill. He explained it away, claiming the boondoggle had some good things in it and defensively accusing New Mexicans who disagreed with him on the budget that they “clearly don’t understand the budget process.”
The fiscally conservative Rio Grande Foundation tweeted, “Sad for ANY @NMHouseGOP member to vote for this wasteful budget.”
Correction Chatfield is Harding County.
The official records say he is in Tucumcari. Has he moved? If so, we will update.
Nope. Harding County NM. He was voted in Harding county.
District: 67
County: Colfax, Curry, Harding, Quay, Roosevelt, San Miguel and Union
Service: Representative since 2019
Occupation: Rancher
Address: P.O. Box 226
Mosquero, NM 87733
Sadly, our RPNM will likely say nothing. The party itself has systemic problems that need to be addressed. Namely, it needs to search for a spine.
Typical rhinos. They need to run democrap.
You’re one of the reasons New Mexico is one of the least educated states in the United States.
Your misspelling of the word ‘there’ should be ‘they are or they’re’.
It’s ‘RINO’ not rhinos.
What does “they need to run democrap” mean?
(Traitors )Thats why i wont support any political lying republican they are just as bad as the Democrats !
Looks just like the wall of worthless politicians. It’s time to remove people from office that just don’t get it. They blow money on things that they don’t understand presented to them by crooked lobbyist who line their own pockets with tax money that has been forcibly removed from the citizens of this state. Lets stop the frivolous spending. On another note, let’s prosecute airline pilots who traffic in illegal immigrants. It’s unlawful to aid and abet in gov. illegal immigrant trafficking’s. Arrest any airline pilot caught with a planeload of illegals.
There Not Republicans, There Democrats.
You’re one of the reasons New Mexico is one of the least educated states in the United States.
Your misspelling of the word ‘there’ should be ‘they are or they’re’.