President Joe Biden greets Department of the Interior Sec. Deb Haaland during the 2022 White House Tribal Nations Summit at the Department of the Interior on Nov. 30, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)
"New Mexico is rich in tradition and spirit, rich in natural resources. So why can't our families pay our bills? Crime, poverty, homelessness, addiction — they will keep pulling us down if we do the same things and expect a different result," she declared.
Last month on Jan. 20 — the day President Donald Trump was inaugurated — Haaland suggested in a post on X that the new administration does not care about "regular people."
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The American flag and state of New Mexico flag fly side-by-side at the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe, N.M. (Robert Alexander/Getty Images)
The state went to Democrats in the 2008 through 2024 presidential elections. But its prior governor, Susana Martinez, was a Republican.
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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