{"id":1587106,"date":"2022-08-03T12:46:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T16:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1587106"},"modified":"2022-08-03T12:46:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T16:46:37","slug":"michelle-lujan-grisham-ad-features-wildly-out-of-context-clip-to-frame-gop-opponent-as-police-defunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michelle-lujan-grisham-ad-features-wildly-out-of-context-clip-to-frame-gop-opponent-as-police-defunder\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Lujan Grisham Ad Features \u2018Wildly Out Of Context\u2019 Clip To Frame GOP Opponent As Police Defunder"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fmichelle-lujan-grisham-ad-features-wildly-out-of-context-clip-to-frame-gop-opponent-as-police-defunder%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=1587106&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--><p>New Mexico Democrat Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has a new ad out this week that even the local press has reported takes her Republican opponent \u201cwildly out of context.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Alburquerque-based television station KOB4 published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kob.com\/new-mexico\/fact-check-does-ronchetti-really-want-to-defund-the-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fact-check<\/a> of Grisham\u2019s latest campaign ad titled \u201cLaw Enforcement,\u201d which depicts former local meteorologist and GOP gubernatorial nominee Mark Ronchetti as a proponent of efforts to defund police. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeeping New Mexicans safe is part of the governor\u2019s job,\u201d says a narrator. \u201cBut Mark Ronchetti will slash budgets for police and law enforcement agencies in every corner of New Mexico.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ad then prominently displays the text, \u201cMark Ronchetti is promising to defund the police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Grisham campaign then airs its evidence for the attack with a clip from Ronchetti at a Republican primary debate with another local Alburquerque station where the eventual nominee claims New Mexico police aren\u2019t asking for more money and firearms. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t want more money. They don\u2019t want more guns,\u201d Ronchetti said. <\/p>\n<p>KOB4 concluded, however, that \u201cthe snippet is wildly out of context.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Below is an expanded transcript of Ronchetti\u2019s answer:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>We have to back the blue. We have to tell them we will support them no matter what they need from us. We have some of the best law enforcement in the country here. And when you ask them, \u2018What do you need? What would help you?\u2019 the answer is simple: They don\u2019t want more money. They don\u2019t want more guns. They want to know that the governor of the State of New Mexico and their leaders backs them up.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nowhere did Ronchetti endorse efforts to strip resources from law enforcement as depicted by Grisham\u2019s campaign ad. Ronchetti\u2019s own <a href=\"https:\/\/markronchetti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/NM-MR-2222-Crime-Plan-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">crime plan<\/a> on his campaign website even includes a section to \u201cFund and Support Police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Distorting Ronchetti\u2019s broader platform was not the only item Grisham\u2019s ad got wrong. The governor\u2019s commercial also attacked Ronchetti for his opposition to her budget proposing 16 percent raises for state police. The ad highlighted a July <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkRonchettiNM\/status\/1548009866916028418?s=20&#038;t=CtQfo8Gn6OgEERdA_zpZ7w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweet<\/a> from Ronchetti in which he criticized the $8.5 billion budget but said nothing of police raises.<\/p>\n<p>The governor\u2019s office noted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.state.nm.us\/2022\/03\/09\/governor-enacts-historic-investments-to-improve-lives-of-all-new-mexicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press release<\/a> the raises will cost $9 million over the fiscal year, amounting to one-tenth of 1 percent of the total budget. <\/p>\n<p>In response to the ad, the Republican Governor\u2019s Association (RGA) has been quick to criticize the incumbent Grisham, who is seen as one of Democrats\u2019 most vulnerable governors up for re-election in November. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichelle Lujan Grisham does not have any accomplishments to run on so she resorts to flagrant lies about Mark Ronchetti to try to prop herself up,\u201d RGA spokesman Will Reinert said. \u201cNo person in their right mind, including the state\u2019s Fraternal Order of Police, thinks Ronchetti doesn\u2019t support law enforcement. Governor Lujan Grisham must apologize to voters for her deceit.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. 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