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Michelle Lujan Grisham: “This tired ‘New America’ bit again? You have to ask — what policy failure is Trump trying to distract Americans from…”

On the recordOctober 20, 2026
This tired ‘New America’ bit again? You have to ask — what policy failure is Trump trying to distract Americans from this time? Let me repeat: New Mexico was New Mexico long before the United States existed and we’ll be New Mexico forevermore.
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Michelle Lujan Grisham
Democratic · New Mexico

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Lujan Grisham's response to Trump's proposal.

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