Greg Cunningham Lies and Bends the Knee to MAGA Bosses on Stage at MAGA Midterm Convention

DCCC Spokesperson Anna Elsasser:
“Greg Cunningham’s time on stage tonight proved he will bow down to Donald Trump and the most extreme voices in his party who are raising costs, ripping away health care, and sending the country into more forever wars, all on the backs of New Mexico families. He’s unfit to serve NM-02, and voters will resoundingly re-elect Gabe Vasquez in November.”

REMINDER: 

• Greg Cunningham is bankrolled by his party bosses and MAGA donors, taking hundreds of thousands in MAGA money this cycle to date.
• Greg Cunningham has pledged his blind allegiance to his national party bosses, asserting that passing their extreme policies is his “number one priority.”
• It’s an embarrassing love fest at this point. Trump says he “loves” Cunningham. Cunningham has “vowed to stand with Trump.” 
• Greg Cunningham thinks the policies wrecking New Mexicans’ livelihoods “are good for the people” of NM-02. That means he supports:
  • 40,000 NM-02 residents losing their health care.
  • 60,000 NM-02 households being at risk of losing their food assistance.
  • $47 million cut from district hospitals
  • Up to eight hospitals were at risk of closing in New Mexico following Medicaid cuts.
• Cunningham called New Mexicans losing health care and food assistance they relied upon “enslaved.” 
• Greg Cunningham has supported the war in Iran, and implied New Mexicans struggling with rising costs should just “hang on.” 
• Cunningham said Americans killed by ICE operations are “collateral damage,” people who show up to protest ICE “have to be dealt with individually,” and that “immigration without assimilation is an invasion.”

And, Greg Cunningham is lying about Gabe Vasquez’s record of bipartisan results and unwavering focus on border security and public safety.

While Vasquez has been hard at work in Congress to tackle drug cartels, stem the flow of fentanyl, and secure federal funding for local law enforcement officers from Carlsbad to Albuquerque, Greg Cunningham is running on blind allegiance to party extremists. The headlines speak for themselves: 

• LA Daily Post: Rep. Gabe Vasquez Backs Law Enforcement Leaders From Border And Rural Communities, Working To Strengthen Public Safety Across Southern New Mexico
• Organ Mountain News: Vasquez backs bipartisan bills targeting fentanyl overdoses, online drug sales
• KFOX 14: Rep. Gabe Vasquez tours Sunland Park border policing, meets with law enforcement leaders
• Source New Mexico: Vasquez commits to working with police following Las Cruces shooting, points to federal legislation
• Las Cruces Sun News: Vasquez calls for bipartisan solutions to address juvenile crime after Las Cruces shooting
• Source New Mexico: U.S. Congressman Vasquez hears from officials as high border crossings continue
• Source New Mexico: NM US Rep. Vasquez sponsors legislation targeting organized crime in border communities
• New Mexico Political Report: Vasquez leads new immigration and border plan by House Democrats
• Las Cruces Sun News: Congressman Gabe Vasquez proposes legislation to address border security, immigration
• Organ Mountain News: Vasquez backs bipartisan bills targeting fentanyl overdoses, online drug sales
• New Mexico Political Report: Vasquez announces ‘common sense’ border legislation

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