{"id":157682,"date":"2021-02-21T19:51:59","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T00:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=157682"},"modified":"2021-02-21T19:58:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T00:58:33","slug":"new-mexico-governor-allegedly-spent-thousands-in-taxpayer-money-on-groceries-liquor-dry-cleaning-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-mexico-governor-allegedly-spent-thousands-in-taxpayer-money-on-groceries-liquor-dry-cleaning-report\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico Governor Allegedly Spent Thousands In Taxpayer Money On Groceries, Liquor, Dry Cleaning: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-mexico-governor-allegedly-spent-thousands-in-taxpayer-money-on-groceries-liquor-dry-cleaning-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=157682&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Michelle-Lujan-Grisham.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham reportedly used thousands in taxpayer funds to purchase groceries, liquor, and dry cleaning for her personal use.<\/p>\n<p>Grisham racked up a $13,500 tab during the last six months of 2020, according to financial disclosures <a href=\"https:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/news\/local_news\/spending-at-new-mexico-governor-s-mansion-during-pandemic-draws-scrutiny\/article_67c1fb54-71ff-11eb-af7a-5b91cc72fd01.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported on<\/a> by the Sante Fe New Mexican. Her bill allegedly included\u00a0$6,500 in luxurious groceries such as Wagyu beef and tuna steaks, as well as bottles of\u00a0tequila, vodka, gin, wine, and beer.<\/p>\n<p>Grisham or one of her surrogates allegedly spent $200 on alcohol during one visit to Sam\u2019s Club, and also used tax dollars to pay for her dry cleaning. People close to her were also reportedly receiving raises between $7,500 and $12,000 at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really appears in the Governor\u2019s Office as if she really believes herself to be more privileged than everybody else in New Mexico,\u201d said Rod Montoya, a Republican who serves as the state\u2019s House minority whip. \u201cI didn\u2019t realize the governor was so underpaid that she has to use discretionary money for things that she should be paying for herself. Legislators are all up here doing our job, and we\u2019re doing it on per diem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not what tax dollars ought to be spent for,\u201d said House Minority Leader Jim Townsend. \u201cIn the time when people are hurting all over the state, using their tax dollars to buy Wagyu beef has got to be a little bit disenchanting to many people. I think it\u2019s just more of [an] indication of the problem that we have had and the governor has had connecting with people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grisham also took flak for holding meetings at the governor\u2019s mansion when she advised New Mexicans to avoid even family gatherings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose are the kinds of things that cause people to totally distrust the government,\u201d Townsend said. \u201cWhen they see these [messages] of, \u2018You need to stay home and you can\u2019t have your family for Christmas and you can\u2019t do this and you can\u2019t do that,\u2019 but I\u2019m going to sit here and eat Wagyu beef and buy hundreds of dollars of alcohol with your tax dollars. What in the world would you expect them to think?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tripp Stelnicki, Grisham\u2019s spokesperson, told the Sante Fe New Mexican: \u201cThere\u2019s a difference between inviting someone into your house for the Super Bowl or someone\u2019s birthday and having three or four Cabinet secretaries there to talk about their budgets amid an unprecedented economic downturn and to work out what we\u2019re going to propose or recommend to the Legislature given the changing economic forecast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, the governor does live there, but it\u2019s not like she\u2019s inviting them into her living room,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Grisham has faced accusations of hypocrisy before. She\u00a0reportedly\u00a0defied her own COVID-19 lockdown order against non-essential businesses last May when she ordered a jewelry store to open for her own convenience, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.krqe.com\/health\/coronavirus-new-mexico\/did-the-governor-break-her-own-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">local outlet KRQE News 13<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After advising New Mexicans in early April to venture out only for essentials such as food, Grisham called\u00a0Lilly Barrack on Paseo to order expensive jewelry. \u201cThe jewelry was bought over the phone, but the employee went to the store, got the jewelry and placed it outside the door of the store where someone who knew the governor picked it up,\u201d KRQE reported. \u201cThis is according to the person who runs Lilly Barrack stores. She says she didn\u2019t know about it until after it happened. She also said no one was allowed in the stores at that time due to the public health order.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-mexico-fines-two-churches-10k-each-for-christmas-eve-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Illegal And Selfish Gatherings\u2019: New Mexico Fines Two Churches $10K Each For Christmas Eve Services<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham reportedly used thousands in taxpayer funds to purchase groceries, liquor, and dry cleaning for her personal use. 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