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Trump wins New Mexico GOP primary
Donald Trump won the New Mexico Republican primary Tuesday, drawing 70.7 percent of the vote statewide, according to finalized numbers.
With all of 1,492 total precincts partially reporting, Trump had garnered 70.7 percent of the vote. He was followed by Ted Cruz (13.3 percent); John Kasich (7.6 percent); Ben Carson (3.7 percent); Jeb Bush (3.4 percent) and Carly Fiorina (1.5 percent). Continue reading
Albuquerque police union complaint: APD, city failed to properly equip officers for Trump rally
The Albuquerque Police Officers’ Association – the union that represents the city’s rank-and-file officers – filed a complaint against the city and police department Monday alleging the department failed to protect its own officers during violent protests that took place following Donald Trump’s rally in Albuquerque.
The complaint, which seeks attorneys’ fees and other costs, asks for the city’s Labor-Management Relations Board to find that the city and APD broke the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the union and the city by “failing to properly plan, supervise and equip” officers during the violence. Continue reading
NM Gov. Martinez open to meeting with Donald Trump
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez said she is willing to meeting with Donald Trump one day after the presumptive Republican presidential nominee turned on a dime from his comments a week earlier and said he “respected” her.
Martinez said Friday she would be open to having a discussion with Trump regarding New Mexico and a possible endorsement.
“I want to have a sit-down conversation with him,” she told KOB. “I think it’s very important for New Mexicans to know exactly where he stands on a variety of issues.”
Trump had criticized the nation’s first Latina governor for “not doing her job” in a speech in Albuquerque last Tuesday. He mentioned perhaps he should run for the state’s governor seat to “get this place going.”
On Thursday, however, Trump told the Santa Fe New Mexican he respects Martinez.
“I don’t care what he calls me or what he says or if he’s telling the truth or lies – it just doesn’t affect me,” Martinez told KOB Friday. What affects me is making sure information is being given to New Mexicans. What are they hearing to tell them who they should vote for?”
Martinez initially endorsed a Trump rival, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, before he dropped out of the race. Since then, she’s been reluctant to answer questions about endorsing Trump.
She did not attend the Trump rally, saying she was “too busy.”
“We deserve to hear from a presidential candidate what they are going to do to deal with the issues facing New Mexico. That was not discussed [at the Trump rally],” she told KOB after Trump was in Albuquerque.
But Friday, she pointed out that he had since discussed matters relating to military bases and national labs. He told the New Mexican in Thursday’s interview that he would be “building up our military capability in New Mexico.”
“He did mention it [Thursday] in his interview with a Santa Fe newspaper, and so I’m encouraged, but I do want to have a sit-down conversation with him about other issues that impact New Mexico,” the governor said Friday.
Martinez said Thursday she has no interest in endorsing Democratic candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. On Wednesday she said she would also not support former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, the Libertarian’s nominee for president. She did not say anything about the other Democrat in race, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Days after Trump’s attacks on NM governor, he now ‘respects’ her and wants endorsement
It took just nine days for Donald Trump, the presumptive presidential nominee of the Republican Party, to flip-flop on his opinion of New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez.
First, the nation’s first Latina governor was “not doing the job,”as Trump said in his speech last Tuesday in Albuquerque when hesuggested he should run for governor of the state to “get this place going.”
But in an interview with the Santa Fe New Mexican Thursday, Trump changed his mind and said he wants Gov. Martinez’s endorsement.
“I respect her. I have always liked her,” he told the New Mexican. Continue reading
Albuquerque Trump protests were mostly peaceful, but unruly people caused late violence
Raw reel from Donald Trump protests, riots in Albuquerque from Blair Miller on Vimeo.
A reel of my raw video from the 05/24/2016 protests and riots at the Donald Trump rally in Albuquerque
The news cycle of the past 24 hours in Albuquerque and worldwide has been dominated by Tuesday’s Donald Trump rally at the Albuquerque Convention Center and the mayhem that followed it.
The 24-hour American news media has continually looped video of people running over police cars, throwing rocks at horseback-mounted officers, fighting and getting inundated with smoke from canisters and pepper spray.
What remains unexplained in many of these reports is that the initial protest and the violence that ensued after the rally generally involved different groups of people. Continue reading
4 arrested or cited at ABQ Trump rally; police seek info for more arrests
Four people were arrested or cited and about a dozen were detained at the Albuquerque Donald Trump rally Tuesday, Albuquerque police said Wednesday.
Three people arrested and cited were all inside the Albuquerque Convention Center, where Trump’s rally was held. Another was arrested outside.
Police say two juveniles inside the rally were cited and released to their parents. Continue reading
Damage to buildings, OT for cops and firefighters will cost taxpayers $50K after Trump rally
The city of Albuquerque says damage from unruly protests that followed Tuesday’s Donald Trump rally, combined with overtime for police officers and dispatch workers, will cost taxpayers at least $50,000.
An estimated 8,000 people attended the Trump rally and 1,000 people are estimated to have protested outside. Continue reading