IN THEIR FIRST TELEVISED DEBATE, NEW MEXICO TWO GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES CRITICIZED EACH OTHER AND THEIR VISION FOR THE STATE. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS DEMOCRAT MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM CALLED REPUBLICAN STEVE PEARCE AN ALLY OF A DIVISIVE PRESIDENT TRUMP. SHE ADDED THAT SHE’D STAND UP TO THE PRESIDENT WITH NO PROBLEM.
PEARCE SAID THE POLICIES SHE’S PROPOSING FOR THE STATE WOULD BANKRUPT NEW MEXICO. HE SAID LUJAN GRISHAM’S PROPOSALS WOULD ALSO DAMAGE THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY THAT FUELS MUCH OF THE STATE’S ECONOMY.
LUJAN GRISHAM SAID SHE WAS IN FAVOR OF LEGALIZING RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA AND RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE … WHILE PEARCE WAS AGAINST IT.
