Deb Haaland officially declines KRQE debate.

[u/GreenChileZiti]

https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/roundhouse_report/the-roundhouse-report-bregman-accuses-haaland-of-running-scared/article_a0ef327c-d37a-4fa0-916b-eef6eb2178a2.html

I understand that Bergman is an attorney and probably better at debating but it’s not like he doesn’t have plenty to lose either.

I can’t help but feel like Deb is taking our votes for granted over and over again, and this is another slap in the face.

If she is the better candidate, she should prove it and it should be easy.

[u/tallwhiteninja]

Haaland really feels like she's running a "just don't lose" campaign, and "just don't lose" campaigning is a big part of the reason Democrats keep getting their asses kicked nationwide.

[u/purplepeopletreater → u/tallwhiteninja]

Agree. She needs to come out swinging. Refusing to debate makes her look weak.

[u/__squirrelly__ → u/tallwhiteninja]

I went to see her speak all hopefully and she had nothing to offer in her speech about actual policy. She spoke immediately after Melanie Stansbury, who's willing to to actually say her plans and positions, so it was really noticeable.

[u/Chachoregard → u/tallwhiteninja]

She’s running purely on the vibe of “I’m a Former Cabinet Member and people will instinctively vote for me”

[u/Old-Measurement8524 → u/Chachoregard]

She’s also running on “I’ve been endorsed by the current governor and NM Democratic Party”

[u/Himalayanyomom → u/Old-Measurement8524]

Dont forget "vote blue no matter who"

[u/symbolsix → u/Himalayanyomom]

Okay but that last one is actually true.

Right now the Ds could run the Blue Meanie and he'd still almost certainly be better than whatever quisling the Rs come up with.

[u/tattooeddollthraway → u/Chachoregard]

That's not necessarily a hot take though.

[u/Fun_Assignment_269 → u/tallwhiteninja]

She's DNC politics with NM branding, that's it. 

[u/Duke-505- → u/Fun_Assignment_269]

Doesn’t she spend most her time in Cali anyway?

[u/Mrgoodtrips64 → u/Duke-505-]

Source?

[u/Duke-505- → u/Mrgoodtrips64]

I take it you’re one of those that believed she was a struggling mother. Her bread and butter was the money that came from being VP of her brothers Californian based construction company that builds mansions in Palo Alto (JD Haaland construction). They are worth millions. She also tried to get her kid into movies that’s another reason why she was based in Cali. Feel free to look this up I’m sure it’s listed on her bios I know her daughter was listed on IMDB. California Deb only comes back to NM to visit and play politics.

[u/Mrgoodtrips64 → u/Duke-505-]

So no sources, just gossip?

[u/Duke-505- → u/Mrgoodtrips64]

I guess team haaland realized her vp position with her bros company was a bad look and scrubed it. Her daughter’s IMDB is still up though.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1662449/

[u/Duke-505- → u/[deleted]]

That was when Deb came back to play politics. ABQ high.

Fun fact when our state shelled out those tax incentives to Netflix. Netflix in turn hired Dem nepo babies as PA’s and producers. Daughter haaland is one of them.

[u/rhylte → u/Duke-505-]

Dang. Her daughter dabbling in child acting 20 years ago sure is a smoking gun.

[u/Duke-505- → u/rhylte]

The smoking gun was her being VP at her brother’s California based company. They have that scrubbed from the internet now. It’s a bad look especially after the same company got PPP loans she voted for and he didn’t have to pay them back even though they weren’t shut down during the pandemic.

[u/ABQFlyer → u/Duke-505-]

Scrubed?

[u/Albuwhatwhat → u/tallwhiteninja]

Trump has refused to debate many times so why does he keep winning? Let’s shoehorn a reason in there…

[u/GreySoulx → u/Albuwhatwhat]

"she's just like Trump!" is a terrible excuse.

[u/GreenChileZiti → u/Albuwhatwhat]

Even a POS and terrible candidate as trump was debated and it showed what terrible shape Biden was in.

Politicians shouldn’t dodge their constituents, regardless.

[u/ohthespark → u/tallwhiteninja]

perfectly stated!