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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Tue May 24, 2016, 08:09 AM May 2016

N.M. Gov. Martinez won’t be attending Trump rally

Source: Albuquerque Journal

Donald Trump will be met by fervent supporters and throngs of vocal protesters when he makes his first New Mexico campaign stop this evening in Albuquerque.
But Gov. Susana Martinez, the state’s two-term GOP governor, will not be in the audience to hear the outspoken New York businessman who has emerged as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

Martinez, who has in the past criticized some of Trump’s immigration-related remarks and has been noncommittal as to whether she will support him, told reporters after a Monday news conference that she will not attend the event at the Albuquerque Convention Center.

Asked why, the two-term GOP governor who is chairwoman of the Republican Governors Association said she was “really busy.”

Read more: http://www.abqjournal.com/779478/gov-wont-attend-trump-event.html

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N.M. Gov. Martinez won’t be attending Trump rally (Original Post) left-of-center2012 May 2016 OP
haha. riversedge May 2016 #1
lolz obamanut2012 May 2016 #2
That's her off the VP list !!! :) She should expect an incoming tweet pretty soon ....nt OnDoutside May 2016 #3
Good. I thought she might be an effective VP choice for the Donald. n/t pampango May 2016 #8
A YUUUGE Incoming Tweet! Brother Joe Observes May 2016 #12
'the two-term GOP governor .... said she was “really busy.”' yellowcanine May 2016 #4
She has a thing with somebody someplace else and it is gonna take a lot of time Botany May 2016 #5
"NJ has more electoral votes than Nevada" left-of-center2012 May 2016 #6
A slip - corrected. yellowcanine May 2016 #7
It gets better Botany May 2016 #9
Everybody look busy or get out of town Trump is coming. Don't make eye contact he's toxic Person 2713 May 2016 #11
She had a conflict: previously scheduled pizza party Scientific May 2016 #10
She's so "effective" lol jomin41 May 2016 #13

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
4. 'the two-term GOP governor .... said she was “really busy.”'
Tue May 24, 2016, 08:42 AM
May 2016

Last edited Tue May 24, 2016, 09:51 AM - Edit history (1)

"And besides," she added, "Trump is going for Chris Christie because NJ has more electoral votes than New Mexico."

Okay I just made that up but who doubts that she may be thinking that?

Botany

(70,516 posts)
5. She has a thing with somebody someplace else and it is gonna take a lot of time
Tue May 24, 2016, 08:53 AM
May 2016

So far both HW and w, John McCain, and Mitt Romney have opted out of being seen with or
be around Trump. They know he is toxic.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
6. "NJ has more electoral votes than Nevada"
Tue May 24, 2016, 09:45 AM
May 2016

As mentioned in the "headline",
she's the Governor of New Mexico.

Botany

(70,516 posts)
9. It gets better
Tue May 24, 2016, 09:54 AM
May 2016

"In addition, Lt. Gov. John Sanchez and Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry will also not be
in the crowd, their staffers said Monday, due to already-scheduled trips."

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