In a blatant misuse of power, New Mexico State Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard made the decision to refuse the Trump campaign’s use of a parking lot for their rally that was held on Halloween in Albuquerque. By denying access to an area that falls within the bounds of the campaign’s legally established lease from Isleta, Garcia Richard appears to be deliberately attempting to disrupt the political process. This brazen maneuver not only disregards the principles of free speech and assembly but also sets a disturbing precedent for how public office can be wielded against those with opposing political views.
The purpose of a rally is to provide a platform for supporters and those interested in learning more about a candidate’s positions. It’s an opportunity for individuals to come together in support of their beliefs and values. For the commissioner to deny the Trump campaign access to the parking lot—a seemingly trivial part of the rally setup—signals a broader attempt to suppress political expression. Such actions are a stark violation of the American principles that allow citizens to freely express their political affiliations, regardless of partisan lines. The campaign’s lease, which extends to the parking lot, reflects a mutual understanding and right to the space. By holding the lot “hostage,” as some have described, Garcia Richard is leveraging her power in a way that appears both petty and antithetical to her duty as a public servant.
Public offices, especially one as influential as the State Land Office, are not meant to be vehicles for personal biases. They are established to serve all citizens fairly and impartially. Yet, Garcia Richard’s refusal to honor the lease agreement demonstrates a troubling trend: the erosion of neutrality in government roles, where officials prioritize partisan agendas over their constitutional oath. Instead of fostering an environment where all New Mexicans can express their political views, the State Land Office is alienating a segment of the population and attempting to dictate which voices get a platform.
This situation also highlights a broader issue in contemporary politics—using government influence to silence opposition. No public official should feel emboldened to stifle free speech and expression, yet Garcia Richard’s actions here suggest a willingness to do exactly that. This is not merely a local issue; it reflects a growing problem within American governance. When officials refuse to uphold the rights of individuals based on political disagreements, they abandon the foundational principle of representing all citizens fairly.
What New Mexico’s Republican voters—and, frankly, all Americans—deserve is a government that will respect and protect the rights of all political participants. The State Land Office’s role is to manage public lands responsibly, not to suppress lawful political expression. Commissioner Garcia Richard must be held accountable for her actions in the name of fair governance, and it is crucial for all New Mexicans, regardless of party, to call out this blatant abuse of power.
Michael Perry is a county commissioner in Chaves County, representing District 5
Dems in NM have no problem abusing their power…never have.
And boy howdy, we sure have TOTAL confidence in our DEMOCR…er Dominion Voting Machines we’ve had for so long. No problems there, huh? Yep, sarcasm dripping.
The corruptness in this state is staggering (on both sides in some areas…thinking Green Energy “benefits” for some). Has been for so very long.
Here’s an interesting read about NM politics and murder in 1949.
Cricket in the Web: The 1949 Unsolved Murder that Unraveled Politics in New Mexico – March 16, 2009 by Paula Moore
So, is she the one responsible for leasing all the state trust lands from Clines Corners to Santa Rosa to be turned into wind farms?
Probably
Can the state dictate what happens on tribal land ? Wouldn’t that be illegal?
No. But the FED can.
Yes
Did the people of New Mexico loose money as a result of her actions? If so, would a law suit be in order. I know the state legislators want impeach her, but she should be held accountable in some way.
Agreed! This warrants a lawsuit from various points! Including tribal and/or Feds and especially if revenue was lost, as well. She is not beyond reproach, but she, like other Dems and her predecessor, deserves to be sued! They’re the real GARBAGE. She is answerable for lots of revenue that the SLO is losing on non-renewed leases and revenues that feed the Permanent Fund — revenues that support schools, hospitals and universities.
Shame on Stephanie Garcia Richard! Her action is definitely election interference! What a B*tch!
The entire Democratic Party reeks of evil…You witnessed their deed when they voted to terminate up to the ninth month this beautiful, healthy baby who has no voice but ours. But the Minions would not listen to the baby’s cry.
The Democratic Party has destroyed our State our Nation and the lives of those whose families affected by the heinous crimes committed by the illegals, unfortunately those crimes will continue for decades because they were not vetted. I f the Democratic Party loved this Country they would have followed the rule of Law and protected our citizens from harms way.
But our local (loco) Democrats want to prevent the other Party from campaigning for those who are voting to make America great again.
God Bless our State and God Bless America. May the winds of Angels wings guide and protect Trump to victory.
Since when has the truth or abiding by all of the people been a thing by Democrats. The have spent over a billion dollars trying to force or persuade the American people to elect “The Cackler” as the next president and they will stop at nothing to do so. All the people of New Mexico should show how disgusted we are with the party that keeps us at the bottom of just about everything thats listed. Vote Republican, its time for a major change.
Is anyone really surprised by these actions? After all, this is New Mexico.
This is fairly long but it shows just how deep the swamp is.
Maybe these facts will help those of you on the fence or those not willing to vote at all. Everything stated here is 100% true. Look it up yourself. They’re counting on our ignorance, but we just can’t plead ignorance any longer.
Here you go:
“It’s all connected. It goes to principles and platforms, NOT personalities. Know who your voting for:
Part of the Democratic Swamp;
People should know who they’re voting for with these facts. This is some pretty interesting stuff here.
YES, THE GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN USED TO WORK FOR GEORGE SOROS.
YES, CALIF GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM IS NANCY PELOSI’S NEPHEW
YES, ADAM SHIFF’S SISTER IS MARRIED TO ONE OF GEORGE SOROS’ SONS.
YES, JOHN KERRY’S DAUGHTER IS MARRIED TO A MULLAH’S SON IN IRAN.
YES, HILLARY’S DAUGHTER CHELSEA IS MARRIED TO GEORGE SOROS’ NEPHEW.
YES, ABC NEWS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER IAN CAMERON IS MARRIED TO SUSAN RICE,
OBAMA’S FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER.
YES, CBS PRESIDENT DAVID RHODES IS THE BROTHER OF BEN RHODES, OBAMA’S DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER FOR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS.
YES, ABC NEWS CORRESPONDENT CLAIRE SHIPMAN IS MARRIED TO JAY CARNEY, FORMER OBAMA WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY.
YES, ABC NEWS AND UNIVISION REPORTER MATTHEW JAFFE IS MARRIED TO KATIE HOGAN, OBAMA’S FORMER DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY
YES, ABC PRESIDENT BEN SHERWOOD IS THE BROTHER OF ELIZABETH SHERWOOD, OBAMA’S FORMER SPECIAL ADVISER.
YES, CNN VP VIRGINIA MOSELEY IS MARRIED TO TOM NIDES, FORMER HILLARY CLINTON’S DEPUTY SECRETARY.
THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL A “STACKED DECK”. IF YOU HAD A HUNCH THE NEWS MEDIA WAS SOMEWHAT RIGGED AND YOU COULDN’T PUT YOUR FINGER ON IT, THIS MIGHT HELP YOU SOLVE THE PUZZLE.
Now you know why no one is investigated.They all have their hands in the cookie jar!
You might remember James Comey who investigated the Clinton email scandal and the Clinton Foundation, and made the final decision to not recommend prosecution by the DOJ.
It turns out that the Clinton Foundation was audited by the law firm DLA Piper. One of the executives there was in charge of the Clinton Foundation audit. Who was it? Peter Comey, James Comey’s brother.
Peter Comey held an executive position with the Washington law firm that did the audit of the Clinton foundation in 2015.
Peter Comey was officially DLA Piper “Senior Director of Real Estate Operations for the Americas,” in 2015 when the Clinton Foundation scandals first broke and Hillary was preparing her Presidential campaign.
Not only was DLA Piper, the firm where Comey’s brother worked involved in the audit of the Clinton Foundation, but according to the foundation’s donor records, DLA Piper has given between $50 – 100k to the Foundation.
It gets even cozier.
DLA Piper executive Douglas Emhoff is taking an extended leave of absence from the firm.
Who is Douglas Emhoff?
He is the husband of KAMALA HARRIS! Just a coincidence? Amazing if it is. You can’t make this stuff up! And it only gets worse.
This “Family Tree” will make your head spin. THE SWAMP IS DEEP!!
Dominion (voting machine provider) serves 40% of the US market. It is in 30 states – –
The state of Texas rejected the machines.
Admiral Peter Neffenger is on Biden’s transition team.
Neffenger was the President of the board of Smartmatic – Smartmatic (another voting machine supplier) entered into an agreement with Dominion in 2009 – Smartmatic counted votes in Venezuela – Smartmatic is connected to Philippine voter fraud. Smartmatic is run by Lord Mark Malloch Brown who works for George Soros (he and Brown are life-long friends). Brown chairs the Boards of a number of non-profit boards including the Open Society Foundation, Brown chairs the Centre for Global Development.
Open society of course is owned by George Soros. Smartmatic partnered with DLA Piper Global – Douglas C. Emhoff works at DLA Piper Global – Douglass C. Emhoff is Kamala Harris’s husband
Guess who owns Dominion?
Blum Capital Partners, L.P.
Guess who is on the board for the company? Richard Blum.
Richard C. Blum is Dianne Feinstein’s husband.
Nancy Pelosi’s husband is also a major investor
An aide to Nancy Pelosi, Nadeam Elshami, was hired by Dominion Voting Systems. And it goes on.
Dominion Voting Systems is listed on the Clinton Foundation website.
Dominion Voting is listed as a $25,000 -$50,000 donor to the Clinton Foundation in 2014 by The Washington Post.
Georgia Governor Kemp used Dominion Voting after Texas and Florida rejected them.
Dominion has a lobbyist named Jared Thomas – Jared Thomas was Governor Brian Kemp’s chief of staff and press secretary from 2012 to 2015.
You must remember the Feinstein-Kavanaugh-Soros connections to understand this next information:
Debra Katz (Christine Ford’s lawyer) worked for George-Soros at the Open Society Foundation. Debra Katz (Christine Ford’s lawyer) also worked at Project on Government Oversight (POGO). – POGO is funded by Soros’s Open Society Foundation. POGO is the co-signer of the letter Diane Feinstein presented against Kavanaugh’s nomination.
Kamala Harris did not prosecute OneWest Bank for their fraud when she had the authority.
Soros owned OneWest Bank.
Now you know why a woman who placed 7th in own her State when running for President is now VP! Oh what a tangled web of deceit and lies.”
wow you sure did your research! I am going to copy and hopefully post on FB and hoping people read it before it is taken down. Thank you for posting this… An eyeopener for sure. Not that I did not know how corrupt they are but now know more and how deep the evil goes.
You got it. It’s all connected! Nepotism at its finest. I don’t think the Roman empire did as much as this.
She can kiss her political career…goodbye!
Unfortunately, probably not.
Is she an Emerge member?
Heinrich is a disgusting reality for NM. I send him emails often and always ask for a response. I am against the genocide in Gaza perpetrated by the Israelis with US weapons and cash. So I sent him an email asking him to (hahaha) support legislation that would attempt to bring an end to the genocide. His answer is the representation of the old expression, “the floggings will continue until morale improves”. In this case the indiscriminate killings will continue until peace is achieved.
Another long one. This is his reply.
As you noted, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has introduced several joint resolutions related to Israel. These have not yet come up for a vote on the Senate floor. In considering these and any votes related to Israel, Gaza, and Lebanon, my focus is on de-escalation and protecting innocent civilians. I will not support efforts that would derail diplomatic negotiations to achieve de-escalation. Given the fluidity of the situation, I believe it’s premature to take any position on these resolutions until they are called for a vote by the Senate.
The conflicts in and around Israel, Lebanon, and Gaza are impacting the lives of millions of people, and I take that extremely seriously. Again, until mutual ceasefires are achieved, my focus remains on exerting the influence the United States has to save civilian lives. That’s why I support the imposition of distinct guardrails on security assistance to Israel to help minimize civilian casualties and violence in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon, as well as the facilitation of humanitarian aid. And I have joined numerous efforts with my colleagues to achieve these ends, from leading and joining letters to votes taken on the Senate floor.
We are committing genocide in our own state.. How do you feel about that?
“This situation also highlights a broader issue in contemporary politics—using government influence to silence opposition. No public official should feel emboldened to stifle free speech and expression, yet Garcia Richard’s actions here suggest a willingness to do exactly that. ”
And Trump has often said he will prosecute his opposition and pull the licenses for news organizations he doesn’t like.
Reading the previous comments, people are both ignorant and blind to the realities of blind loyalties to political loyalties. The democrats in this state have failed their responsibilities. This is true from economic, border protection and crime prevention categories. Why is it New Mexico continues to be bottom tier rankings in all national rankings? Look to your state leadership for the answer, feckless politicians out for their own benefit, starting with the feckless governor. Pathetic.
You go I to the SLO. They make you stay in the front lobby. You can not just walk in as it was before for years. What is this lady hiding. I knew a lot of people who had been there for years that left. It is sooooo sad.