WASHINGTON, D.C. – Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Joe Gruters released the following statement on the NM-02 primary:
"Voters are sick and tired of Gabe Vasquez's failed left-wing agenda making life more expensive and less safe. As a combat veteran, former police detective, and business owner, Greg Cunningham knows what it takes to keep communities safe, build a strong economy, and protect the New Mexico way of life."
Gabe Vasquez has:
Voted against the largest middle-class tax cut in history
Said he wants to replace police with social workers
Went undercover at a Black Lives Matter rally to call to defund the police
Promised to slash the police budget by 50%
Called New Mexico stolen land and said every part of life is racist
Called the border wall "racist, environmentally destructive,” a “vanity project,” a “glorification of xenophobia” and advocated for tearing it down
Threatened the life of a fellow student in college by saying he was "going to kill him and bury him"
