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Quixote1818

(28,903 posts)
Sat Dec 21, 2019, 09:57 PM Dec 2019

New Mexico GOP calls for change in congressional 'complexion'

Democrats are incensed and calling on New Mexico Republican Party Chairman Steve Pearce to apologize after the state GOP sent an email to supporters Friday morning urging them to help “change the complexion of our Congressional delegation.”

All of New Mexico’s U.S. representatives are people of color.

The email begins with a criticism of U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján, the highest-ranking Hispanic lawmaker in Congress, for voting Wednesday night to impeach President Donald Trump instead of working to “address poverty, child hunger and lack of healthcare in his home state of New Mexico.”


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https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/new-mexico-gop-calls-for-change-in-congressional-complexion/article_e2b70f86-236b-11ea-ab33-dfb3d00dd907.html?fbclid=IwAR1F8_9-U0pvWSWGMQqepwyr8AWm-_bf8rv7WXvIU3w1SrCfeH0f685x4ao

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New Mexico GOP calls for change in congressional 'complexion' (Original Post) Quixote1818 Dec 2019 OP
K and R dewsgirl Dec 2019 #1
Sometimes they're so obvious. TwilightZone Dec 2019 #2
I saw the subject line lapfog_1 Dec 2019 #3
Color me not surprised at all. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #4
I'm afraid we're going to see a lot more of this crap Va Lefty Dec 2019 #5
Show this all over the South RainCaster Dec 2019 #6
The New Mexico GOP is just as racist as the GOP is in other states Gothmog Dec 2019 #7
Oh, hell no... Leith Dec 2019 #8

TwilightZone

(25,342 posts)
2. Sometimes they're so obvious.
Sat Dec 21, 2019, 10:04 PM
Dec 2019

I have to admit that this one is pretty creative. Blatant and obvious, but creative.

lapfog_1

(29,166 posts)
3. I saw the subject line
Sat Dec 21, 2019, 10:10 PM
Dec 2019

and ny first thought was "what, they want to make it whiter?" and dismissed that as waaay too racist even for the GOP...

Leith

(7,802 posts)
8. Oh, hell no...
Sat Dec 21, 2019, 11:35 PM
Dec 2019

They're not trying to play coy any more.

Yanno, in my 60+ years, I have never heard anyone complain that there were too many white men in government. Leave it to the rethugs to whine that they aren't in charge of everything every moment of every day.

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