Sheriff’s visit to Trump White House draws ire (Bernalillo County [ABQ}, New Mexico)

The Albuquerque Journal ^ | July 22, 2020 | Elise Kaplan

[CedarDave]

State and local leaders reacted with swift condemnation Tuesday to reports that President Donald Trump may send federal forces to the Duke City.

Sheriff Manuel Gonzales, meanwhile, headed to the White House, ensnaring himself in the controversy. Gonzales is scheduled to meet with Trump Wednesday – a visit that is being condemned by Sen. Martin Heinrich, who is calling for his resignation, and other fellow Democrats.

The news set off a firestorm among city and state leaders, who expressed concern that the federal officers were being sent here to quell protests and would use violent tactics that have been shown in news broadcasts from Portland, Oregon.

Mayor Tim Keller and Police Chief Michael Geier condemned the idea of federal forces coming to the city and questioned whether the move is a political stunt.

But one Department of Justice official told the Journal the planned dispatch of federal resources is aimed at combating violent crime and not an attempt to crack down on protests.

But Sen. Heinrich blasted Gonzales, tying his visit to the Portland events. He called for Gonzales to resign, saying he doesn’t represent Bernalillo County, and needs to step aside to “make room for someone who will make maintaining the peace and promoting the safety and protection” of residents a top priority.

“Instead of collaborating with the Albuquerque Police Department, the Sheriff is inviting the President’s stormtroopers into Albuquerque,” Heinrich wrote in a statement. “If we can learn anything from Portland, it’s that we don’t need this kind of ‘help’ from the White House. The President is currently using federal law enforcement agents like a domestic paramilitary force. That’s precisely how fascism begins and none of us should ever encourage or accept it.”

[CedarDave]

Heinrich is a far left environmental climate-change wacko who would welcome a Biden administration with all the restrictions on fossil fuel use. He's not up for election this year (it's other seat - the last of the Udall's is retiring after 30+ years at the public trough pushing the Sierra Club banana line [banana - Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything])

[CedarDave]

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[dowcaet]

Democrats are getting more afraid that their connections to all of these communist agitators will finally be made official.

[Truthoverpower]

It’s long past time to start arresting and charging in jail and these idiots

[eyeamok]

It should be a FELONY, punishable by LIFE in PRISON for ANY State Public Employee to have anyone in their employ or employed on their behalf in possession of any firearm, ammunition or weapon for the purpose of security or protection.

[sergeantdave]

I’d guess that the leftist commies are afraid that the sheriff will deputize 2,000 heavily armed vets from the VFW, American Legion and Mariner Corps League to put down the commie rioters in the cities.

And Trump will back the sheriff with intelligence and supplies.

The sheriff is not controlled by the city council or mayor. He answers to the voters who elected him. That terrifies the commies and nazis who might be arrested and thrown in prison.

[Ron H.]

When you do something the far left extremest doesn’t like and they start howling you know you’re doing something right.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Heinrich doesn’t even live in NM anymore. His family is in Silver Spring MD, which is one of the richest countries in the USA .

[SanchoP]

Could be he’s there to swear them in as deputies.

[cld51860]

So he’s supposed to resign because he met with the President of the United States?

Donald Trump has single handedly exposed the left for the intolerant asswipes they really are, an always have been.

[Dusty Road]

And that is the one thing the Sheriff has the authority to do, and they don’t like it. Sheriff is the most powerful official in the county.

[MileHi]

The left has come unhinged.

[virgil]

Is Trump sending in the military? They sure are trying to make it sound that way. Troops? Forces? Now “storm troopers”. Whoever they are, it’s going to put an end to the theater.

[miserare]

The last of the Udalls!

That’s like the last of the Kennedys.

Good riddance.

[Steven Tyler]

The citizens of Bernalillo County deserve to live in safety,” said Sheriff Manuel Gonzales III. “Many cities including Albuquerque continue to see levels of extraordinary violence. As the constitutionally elected sheriff, I seek to ensure that no citizen is excluded from the peace and security that should be enjoyed by all Americans.”

Good luck getting rid of an elected Sheriff

[Deplorable American1776]

Who was the NM senator before this nutjob? New Mexico the land of Morons?

[CedarDave]

Heinrich’s predecessor was Democrat Jeff Bingaman; Udall’s predecessor was Republican Pete Domenici

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Any Democrat shithead politician whose name is Heinrich should be careful about using the word “stormtroopers” and remember what happened to that Nazi namesake.

A little history lesson is needed here. New Mexico Democrats are just as Marxist, corrupt, and ignorant as their counterparts across the country.

Too much tequila, desert sun, and insanity is no way to run a state.