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New Mexico’s Governor is Not an Outlier, Raskin is Worse

Representative Jamie Raskin
Representative Jamie Raskin

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s outrageous executive order suspending the right to arms in the name of a “Health Emergency” is just the latest and most blatant example of how far off the rails Democrats have gone on the issues of gun control, the Second Amendment, the First Amendment, and the Constitution in general.

It is important to recognize that Governor Grisham’s overreach did not happen in a vacuum. In fact, though her Executive Order pushed a little farther and harder than they were quite ready for, it is right in line with mainstream Democratic Party policy and fully supported by their media allies.

Another example: Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) claims to be a constitutional scholar. He taught constitutional law for 25 years before being elected to Congress. Yet, he recently presented a speech “debunking” the “right-wing myth” of a “right to insurrection” hidden in the Second Amendment and the Constitution. Rep. Raskin built a straw man argument from the pro-Second Amendment side so he could easily knock it down by citing the Constitution. Continue reading New Mexico’s Governor is Not an Outlier, Raskin is Worse