Two of NM’s three U.S. reps. refuse to vote to condemn antisemitism

The Piñon Post ^ | December 6, 2023 | Piñon Post staff

[CedarDave]

Two out of New Mexico’s three congressional representatives refused to vote to condemn and denounce “the drastic rise of antisemitism in the United States and around the world,” with Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury (D-NM-01) being the only member of the delegation to vote for the measure.

The measure read that the U.S. House “strongly condemns and denounces all instances of antisemitism occurring in the United States and globally; (2) reaffirms and reiterates its strong support for the Jewish community at home and abroad; (3) calls on elected officials and world leaders to condemn and fight all forms of domestic and global antisemitism; (4) clearly and firmly states that anti-Zionism is antisemitism; and (5) rejects all forms of terror, hate, discrimination, and harassment of members of the Jewish community.”

Reps. Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-02) and Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-03) voted “present,” while 311 members, including Stansbury, condemned and denounced antisemitism. Fourteen members voted against condemning antisemitism. Both Leger Fernandez and Vasquez did not have the stomach to take a stand against a rising barrage of hate and violence targeting Jews.

National Republican Congressional Committee spokeswoman Delanie Bomar wrote following the shocking vote, “It shouldn’t be hard to condemn antisemitism, but apparently, for Gabe Vasquez, it’s too heavy a lift. Voters in New Mexico deserve better than this.”

Vasquez faces a tough 2024 election to keep his seat, with GOP former Congresswoman Yvette Herrell running to reclaim her former place in Congress after the far-left Democrat won in 2022 by around 2,000 votes. National leaders have come to Herrell’s aid in campaigning as Vasquez flounders with votes that will likely harm his reelection chances, including refusing to condemn antisemitism and refusing to vote for measures to curb sky-high prices for American consumers.

[CedarDave]

Vasquez is a hard-left radical who was elected after the NM Democratic party gerrymandered usually Pub-friendly NM-2 by carving out conservative areas like Hobbs in SE-NM and placing it in NW-NM alongside Santa Fe and the Navajo Indian reservation. Pub efforts to overturn the gerrymandering have been stymied as all avenues of appeal are controlled by Democrats with the latest losing at the NM Supreme Court last week.

[CedarDave]

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[SuperLuminal]

No communist is going to vote for such a bill, unless here’s a backdoor sweetener in it for them...

[Signalman]

Reps. Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-02) and Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-03) voted “present,”

Gutless wonders.

[thegagline]

These resolutions are theater.

[monkeyshine]

I think Belgium has no right to exist but I am not an anti-Belg.

[VanShuyten]

Hispanics are known for their anti-Semitism, a gift from their Spanish colonists.

[DesertRhino]

He’s also a homosexual who lets men bugger him right up the wazzoo. And illegal alien anchor baby.

[wjcsux]

“Vasquez is a hard-left radical who was elected after the NM Democratic party gerrymandered usually Pub-friendly NM-2 by carving out conservative areas like Hobbs in SE-NM and placing it in NW-NM alongside Santa Fe and the Navajo Indian reservation.”

Representative Joe Skeen is spinning in his grave.