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Mexican President Rejects Jabs For Kids, ‘Won’t Be Held Hostage’ By Profiteering ‘Pharma Companies’

“We need to be careful, because, as it is obvious pharmaceutical companies wish to make a profit…and would like to keep selling vaccines for everyone,” says Obrador.

While we often mock US President Biden for accidentally “saying the quiet part out loud,” it appears Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) decided to intentionally turn up the “saying what everyone is thinking” amplifier of truth to ’11’ after refusing to COVID vaccines for children, vowing that Mexico wouldn’t bow to pressure from big pharma.

In remarks made earlier this week, the Mexican leader said his government was still waiting for the scientific community to demonstrate the benefits of vaccinating minors.

Until conclusive evidence was provided, AMLO told the audience (in what has now become a viral, if not very under-reported) speech, that Mexico would refuse to purchase jabs for children; adding that pharmaceutical firms seemed to be focused more on making profits than on ensuring medical necessity as they rake in record sales from Covid-19 vaccines.

“We need to be careful, because, as it is obvious pharmaceutical companies wish to make a profit… and would like to keep selling vaccines for everyone.

But we need to prioritize; we need to know if they’re needed or not.

We need to not be subordinated to Big Pharma dictating to us… ‘we need a 3rd dose’, ‘we need a 4th dose’, ‘we need to vaccinate children’…”

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While we often mock US President Biden for accidentally “saying the quiet part out loud,” it appears Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) decided to intentionally turn up the “saying what everyone is thinking” amplifier of truth to ’11’ after refusing to COVID vaccines for children, vowing that Mexico wouldn’t bow to pressure from big pharma.

In remarks made earlier this week, the Mexican leader said his government was still waiting for the scientific community to demonstrate the benefits of vaccinating minors.

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Until conclusive evidence was provided, AMLO told the audience (in what has now become a viral, if not very under-reported) speech, that Mexico would refuse to purchase jabs for children; adding that pharmaceutical firms seemed to be focused more on making profits than on ensuring medical necessity as they rake in record sales from Covid-19 vaccines.

“We need to be careful, because, as it is obvious pharmaceutical companies wish to make a profit… and would like to keep selling vaccines for everyone.

But we need to prioritize; we need to know if they’re needed or not.

We need to not be subordinated to Big Pharma dictating to us… ‘we need a 3rd dose’, ‘we need a 4th dose’, ‘we need to vaccinate children’…”

Speaking on the same topic, Undersecretary for Health Hugo López-Gatell claimed there was “no scientific evidence” showing the jab was “essential” for minors.

This did prompt some rather interesting social media responses, including:

Will AMLO be banned from Twitter? We wonder how long before the ‘establishment’ ramps up the narrative that AMLO is a child-killer? Seriously, what has this world come to?

Gen. Flynn: 10 INDISPUTABLE FACTS on the 2020 Election That Argue for Audits

It’s an oft-quoted saying: “Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts.”

A fact is something done, an action performed or an event or circumstance that actually occurred. Essentially, facts are indisputable truths about people, places and events.

The one seminal event that continues to fester like a boil on the American psyche is this past Nov. 3, 2020, presidential election. Why does it continue to fester? It festers because people of all stripes and backgrounds believe there were elements of election fraud, misrepresentations of the truth, dishonesty due to lawfare and, in certain cases, severe obstruction by politicians at all levels of government.

In the days following the presidential election, there were vast claims of a “conspiracy theory” that the election was somehow stolen in the middle of the night. In fact, many people believe the “theft” actually occurred during the days prior and subsequent to Election Day. According to some accounts, the theft occurred as a result of machine configurations and settings, misappropriated and fraudulent mail-in ballots, false or fake paper used for ballots, multiple scans of the same ballot, ballots in excess of the number of registered voters and much more.

The claims of fraud in this election seemed never-ending. These “conspiracy theory” claims continue to be challenged and debated across the United States without any serious examination of the facts surrounding the election itself.

What are the facts of the 2020 election? Are there any that we the people can sink our teeth into? Do any facts exist that offer a sense of honesty and truth?

Preliminary findings of the July 15, 2021, Arizona state Senate hearing allege that blatant fraud occurred in at least one county (Maricopa) in one state (Arizona). As one Arizona state senator exclaimed in an interview: “It was a s*** show!”

What I want to offer for both believers and non-believers are some facts. These facts and the data behind them come from research and analysis of information gathered directly from federal, state and county websites. These facts compare past elections to November 2020, and all that is required to understand them is simple common sense.

I will offer some analysis and thoughts at the end, but as we continue to move forward in our country, we the people need to be fact-driven and knowledgeable about what occurred. While there is great debate being pursued in the courts, a place not designed to determine the outcome of elections, I believe people need to understand that our nation experienced an unprecedented attack on the very fabric and sacrosanct component of our liberties; our “one person, one vote” privilege was severely violated.

What follows are the true facts surrounding the Nov. 3, 2020, United States presidential election.

1. Bellwether counties: In 2020, former President Donald J. Trump carried 18 of 19 “bellwether” counties (losing only Clallam County, Washington state). The term “bellwether” in the political arena refers to a county or state that aligns itself with the ultimate winner of an election.

Political realignments (gerrymandering of districts for instance) can cause some counties or states to lose “bellwether” status over time. From 1980 to 2016, 19 counties, most of them industrial counties in the northern and midwestern United States, voted for the winner of all 10 presidential elections. Additionally, since 1936, a key bellwether county, Luzerne County of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, has gone to the winner of Pennsylvania, regardless of party.

In 2016 and 2020, Trump won that county handily. Any Republican winning Luzerne County in that time frame (since 1936) has also never failed to carry the state of Michigan.

2. Bellwether states: In 2020, Trump carried four vital bellwether states (Ohio, Iowa, North Carolina and Florida). These states represent a strong base consisting of urban, suburban, rural, union and ethnic minority voters. Additionally, these states have been won by the same candidate 13 times since 1896, and every single time, that candidate won either the presidency or their re-election.

Bellwether states also come in and out of existence with demographic realignments. For instance, in 2000, George W. Bush became the first Republican to win the presidency without carrying Vermont or Illinois. On all but two occasions since 1896, Ohio’s electoral votes went to the ultimate winner of the presidency. Trump overwhelmingly won Ohio in 2020.

3. Share of primary votes: Share of primary votes during the primary elections is a way to judge outcomes of presidential elections.

Since presidential primaries began in 1912, only four incumbents have lost re-election, all garnering 72.8 percent of the primary vote or less. Herbert Hoover lost in 1932 after earning 36.0 percent in the Republican primaries, Gerald Ford lost in 1976 after earning 53.3 percent, Jimmy Carter (a Democratic incumbent) lost in 1980 after earning 51.1 percent, and George H.W. Bush lost in 1992 after earning 72.8 percent.

The most dominant Republican landslide re-elections in this time frame were won by Dwight Eisenhower (1956, 85.9 percent primary share), Richard Nixon (1972, 86.9 percent) and Ronald Reagan (1984, 98.8 percent). Trump won 94.0 percent in 2020.

In contrast, Joe Biden was trounced in the 2020 Democratic primaries in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada — the traditional indicators of general election viability. His running mate, Kamala Harris, dropped out before primary voting even began.

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74% of Delta COVID Infections Are Among ‘Fully Vaccinated’: CDC

Intending to defend its position reversal to now recommending even vaccinated wear masks, the CDC released a study showing 3/4 of Covid-19 infected individuals had been vaccinated.

QUICK FACTS:
  • The study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) examined a coronavirus outbreak in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
  • The study of 469 cases found that three-quarters (74%) of people testing positive had been fully vaccinated.
  • Four out of five patients who were hospitalized had also been fully vaccinated.
  • Most of the inoculated had completed two rounds of vaccine doses only 86 days before infection.
  • Most had been vaccinated with either Pfizer or Moderna’s jabs.
  • The study also noted that 79% of vaccinated patients were symptomatic.
  • Calling the Cape Cod study findings “pivotal,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said the decision to now recommend even vaccinated individuals wear face coverings was made because of those findings.
CURRENT VACCINES AREN’T EFFECTIVE AT PREVENTING INFECTION:
  • RT notes that the CDC report “lends weight to the argument that the current crop of vaccines aren’t as effective against the Delta variant,” even though the CDC and World Health Organization (WHO) “both insist that vaccination is effective against ‘severe disease and death’ from the virus, to quote WHO technical lead Maria Van Kerkhove in a briefing earlier on Friday.”
  • “The study appears to negate the argument by top health officials that unvaccinated Americans are responsible for the fourfold rise in Covid-19 cases in the US since June,” notes RT.
BACKGROUND:
  • The CDC reversal on face coverings led to mask mandates being issued in companies, government departments, and certain local jurisdictions followed, as CDC Director Rochelle Walensky insisted the decision was made on the back of fresh scientific evidence.
  • (CDC) revised its masking guidelines on Tuesday, urging all Americans in areas with high Covid-19 transmission to mask up when indoors, regardless of vaccination status.
  • 90% of all the Cape Cod infections involved the Delta variant of the coronavirus, according to lab tests.
  • Social media posts showing medical figures reversing position on the effectiveness of mask-wearing, such as Dr. Anthony Fauci (see below), have been circulating online.
Vaccinated People ‘Can Transmit the Virus’: CDC Director Walensky

Jon Fleetwood is Managing Editor for American Faith.

Gov. Cuomo Begs Businesses To Return To NYC After Harsh Shutdowns

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) is pleading for citizens and businesses to return to the Big Apple after implementing harsh COVID restrictions for more than a year. During a recent virtual conference with the Association for a Better New York, Cuomo urged companies to bring employees back to working in person.

This comes as the Democrat governor said he fears the city’s economy will not recover on its own.

“Now we have to do two things at once. We have to manage this COVID increase and it’s real, but at the same time we have to have an affirmative plan to bring back New York state and New York City,” said Cuomo. “New York City is not going to come back on its own.”

Cuomo claimed short-term remote work was acceptable to prevent the virus’ spread, but suggested it’s time to return back to the office. Otherwise, local businesses and restaurants are in a position to suffer.

His remarks came after a recent study found 15 percent less people were returning to New York, primarily due to Cuomo’s strict lockdown policies which sunk the economy.

Prominent Republicans Ask Supreme Court To Overturn Roe V. Wade

Twelve Republican governors across the United States have come together to call upon the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, a landmark decision that enables the Constitution to protect a woman’s right to access abortion without government restriction. Republican leaders such as Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida signed on his state to overturn two major abortion cases in the U.S.: Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeast Pennsylvania v. Casey from 1992.

According to the Red State, while Roe v. Wade established a woman’s right to abortion access, Casey reaffirmed abortion rights by empowering states to pass their own abortion laws. The U.S. Supreme Court right now has a 6 to 3 conservative minority, an advantage that prominent Republicans and other conservative leaders believe will give them leverage to finally overthrow Roe v. Wade.

If the landmark decision is overturned, individual states will have the power to create laws to ban abortion or regulate it “in a way not legal under current Supreme Court precedent.”

Joining Gov. DeSantis are Governors Kay Ivey of Alabama, Doug Ducey of Arizona, and Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas, who in May signed a law banning almost all abortions in the state and in April passed a law banning abortion provider Planned Parenthood from providing resources to public schools in the state.

Also on board are Governors Brian Kemp of Georgia, Brian Little of Idaho, Kim Reynolds of Iowa, Mike Parson of Missouri, Greg Gianforte of Montana, and Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma. Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina and Greg Abbott of Texas, who according to the Texas Tribune in June had signed into law one of the country’s strictest abortion measures that prohibits abortion as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. The measure is known as a heartbeat bill.

According to CNN, 228 Republican members of Congress came together to file a brief calling for the Supreme Court to finally overturn Roe v. Wade, ahead o the SC’s decision to hear a Mississippi law that prevents abortion after 15 weeks of prenancy and does not allow exceptions for rape or incest.

Former Vice President and AAF Chairman Mike Pence called for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, saying, “By calling for Roe and Casey to be overturned, Advancing American Freedom and its partners seek to protect the right to life and to restore respect for the sanctity of life. Life is winning in America, and we must not rest until we restore a culture of life in America,” LifeNews reported.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem also joined in on the battlecry, as per LifeNews. She said in a statement, “as a former state legislator, congresswoman and South Dakota’s first female governor, I stand in defiance of the lies perpetrated by the Roe decision,” citing that women have been taught that being pregnant and becoming a parent hinders their path to a “successful career.” Gov. Noem wants to change that.

According to LifeNews, Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado also lent her voice to denounce the “The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, saying, “No taxpayer should ever be forced to pay for abortion. Abortion is not healthcare, it is murder. I will not stand by quietly. I say Planned Parenthood can go fund themselves.”

Vaccine mandates complicate the jobs recovery

A growing number of companies are thinking about requiring employees to vax up for work.

Why it matters: COVID-19 vaccination rates are plateauing across the country while infections spike. Mandating that all employees be vaccinated will make some workers feel safer about returning to the office — but it risks alienating those who are opposed to getting the jab.

  • And with employers trying desperately to hang on to workers — and attract new ones — they may find themselves in a no-win situation.

Driving the news: This week, a number of states and municipalities, including California and New York, announced vaccine mandates for state employees. Those who choose not to get the COVID-19 vaccine will have to get tested regularly.

The big picture: In some states, like Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee and Alabama, less than 40% of the population is fully vaccinated — far from what’s needed for local herd immunity.

In May, 72% of employers said they would not require employee vaccinations, in a survey of 660 U.S. companies by Willis Towers Watson.

But, but, but: Some of those employers have changed course as the Delta variant has spread and are reconsidering a mandate, Willis told the Wall Street Journal.

State of play: Unions representing health care workers, firefighters, teachers and police forces, among others, are pushing back on mandates.

  • They argue that mandating the shots would be unfairly risky, often citing the fact that the vaccines have not yet received full approval from the Food and Drug Administration.
  • The vaccines received emergency authorization earlier this year, and experts expect the FDA to grant them full approval in the next couple of months.

The impact: Employers are walking a tightrope.

  • While some are requiring all employees to be vaccinated, others are mandating only that new hires get the shots.

Vaccine mandates could also be a legal minefield.

  • The legality of mandates is complicated, given the range of local laws on the issue. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has said that federal law doesn’t bar employers from requiring vaccinations — but some states have taken matters into their own hands and moved to ban vaccine mandates.

In one example of the fallout, Houston Methodist Hospital in April required that workers get vaccinated — and a group of 117 employees sued the hospital system.

What to watch: When the FDA fully approves the vaccines, it’ll be a watershed moment for the legal debate.

Democrats’ Jim Crow Vaccine Laws Disproportionately Persecute Blacks, Hispanics

The Democrat party is desperate to use the coronavirus to bring back its Jim Crow laws, and there’s no question this discrimination will disproportionately persecute racial minorities.

Let’s begin by flying 30,000 feet over this problem for some perspective…

From what we now know, there’s almost zero chance the vaccinated will become seriously ill or die from a “breakthrough” China Flu infection. That’s not only a fact; it’s a fact coming directly from the CDC. Yet, Democrats and their fascist allies in the corporate media, Big Business, Big Tech, and Hollywood want to turn half the country into second-class citizens over what is currently a 0.0037 percent chance the vaccinated will be hospitalized by a “breakthrough” infection and an even smaller chance, 0.00071 percent, the vaccinated will die.

Currently, and again this is according to the CDC, 161 million-plus Americans have been vaccinated. Of the 161 million-plus, only 5,914 have gotten sick enough to be hospitalized, and 1,141 have died. Of those, 74 percent were over the age of 65.

So let me repeat, of the vaccinated, only 0.0037 percent have gotten sick enough to be hospitalized, and only 0.00071 have died. That means 1 out of 27,223 people have gotten seriously ill, and 1 out of 141,000 have died. Those are astronomically low odds. How low? Your chances of someday dying in a car accident are 1 in 107. Your chances of dying in a car accident this year are 1 in 8,393.

Yes, the numbers for breakthrough hospitalizations and deaths can change. But this is the information we have right now, which makes it the best information available. And in all the hysteria, let’s not forget the numbers could decrease.

Knowing this, I can tell you with unquestionable certainty that I’d feel safer in a mosh pit with the unvaccinated than driving down the street, and I feel perfectly safe driving down the street.

Nevertheless, despite all this, the organized left is coming hard for the unvaccinated. They want to exclude roughly half the country from being able to work, go to school, participate in sports, enter supermarkets, restaurants, sporting events, and the list goes on and on and will continue to go on and on as our dreadful left-wing elites fill themselves with bloodlust against those who refuse to do what they’re told.

And that’s all this is about. As made clear by the CDC’s own numbers above, this rampage has zero to do with science. The organized left is angry for only one reason: half the country is not doing what it’s told. That’s the only reason for all this rage and hysteria, and we know this because the math proves that those of us who are vaccinated have no rational reason to fear the unvaccinated. But in order to bully the unvaccinated into doing what they’re told, the left’s treating some 150 million people, including small children, like they’re walking biohazards.

But here’s the thing… If Democrats are going to use the China Flu to return to their Jim Crow roots, once again, it will be racial minorities who face the brunt of this political prosecution. It is simply a fact that black and Hispanic Americans are the least likely to get vaccinated.

As of the latest polling, 47 percent of whites are vaccinated, and 62 percent of Asians, but Hispanics sit at a much lower 39 percent, and blacks at an even lower 34 percent.

That means that 66 percent of blacks and 61 percent of Hispanics, clear majorities, will bear the brunt of these anti-science Jim Crow vaccinations laws, mandates, and policies.

So much for equity.

That also means a disproportionate number of black and Hispanic Americans are – for no valid scientific reason — being scapegoated by the likes of an elite white racist like His Fraudulency Joe Biden, who this week attacked the intelligence of the unvaccinated.

“But if you’re not vaccinated, you’re not nearly as smart as I thought you were,” Biden said Tuesday.

How long before Democrats suggest the unvaccinated should not be allowed to vote? You know that’s coming.

Oh, and let’s not forget that all of this is taking place as Biden flies tens of thousands of unvaccinated illegal aliens all over our country and drops them into our towns and cities.

The facts, as we know them right now, are this…

On any reasonable scale, the unvaccinated are no threat to the vaccinated.

The unvaccinated are only a threat to others who are unvaccinated, and they have every right to take that risk if they so choose.

Nowhere in the country is our health care system at any risk of being overrun.

Coronavirus deaths are still well, well, well below the levels we saw pre-vaccine.

Even among the unvaccinated, the chances of surviving the coronavirus are over 99.5 percent for those under 70 and over 99.9 percent if you’re under 50.

This bigotry, persecution, and segregation make no scientific sense.

Lockdowns and mask mandates make no scientific sense.

None of this makes scientific sense.

Things could change, the numbers could change, but right now, it’s all politics, bigotry, and bloodlust.

With Trump gone and Democrats worried sick about a 2022 blowout, the unvaccinated are being set up to be the left’s midterm bogeyman.

Everyday Americans, predominantly blacks and Hispanics, are the left’s new scapegoats and demons.

Walt Disney, Walmart Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine for US Employees, Alters Mask Policy

The Walt Disney Company and Walmart announced a new policy on Friday that will require every employee working for the company in the United States to be vaccinated against the CCP virus.

Disney’s new measure will give both salaried and non-union hourly employees across the nation 60 days to be compliant, the company said in a statement. Newly hired employees will also be required to be fully vaccinated before beginning employment.

“Employees who aren’t already vaccinated and are working on-site will have 60 days from today to complete their protocols and any employees still working from home will need to provide verification of vaccination prior to their return, with certain limited exceptions,” according to the statement.

The company added that it also started conversations with union leaders representing employees over COVID-19 vaccinations.

“Vaccines are the best tool we all have to help control this global pandemic and protect our employees,” Disney said. The international family entertainment and media enterprise has about 203,000 employees and is headquartered in Burbank, California.

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A Disney+ streaming service sign is pictured at the D23 Expo, billed as the “largest Disney fan event in the world,” at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif., on Aug. 23, 2019. (Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)

It is unclear how many employees are affected and if workers will be given the option to show a weekly COVID-19 test as other companies with similar proof of vaccination mandates have allowed.

Disney’s policy was announced as several big-tech companies, including Google and Facebook, said in July that every American employee must get the jab before stepping back into office.

Also on Friday, Arkansas-based multinational retailer Walmart said all employees at its headquarters and managers who travel within the United States must be vaccinated by early October.

“We’re hoping that will influence even more of our frontline associates to become vaccinated,” said Scott Pope, a Walmart spokesman.

The retailer, which announced in May that fully vaccinated employees could work without masks, also reversed its mask policy for employees working in stores, clubs, distribution facilities, and warehouses. Going forward, they will be required to wear masks in areas with high infection rates, even if they have been vaccinated.

Walmart is also encouraging customers to wear masks in stores located in areas with surging cases and will be adding back signs at the entrances. It will also bring back so-called health ambassadors who will be stationed at the entrances and hand out masks.

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A family wears masks while shopping at a Walmart store in Bradford, Penn., on July 20, 2020. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)

The reversal in its mask policy came three days after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) altered its CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus-related guidance once again, telling people to wear masks in some areas even if they are fully vaccinated against the virus that causes the disease COVID-19.

New research into outbreaks from several states and other countries “indicate[s] that on rare occasions some vaccinated people infected with the Delta variant after vaccination may be contagious and spread the virus to others.” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the CDC, told reporters on a call.

The research indicates that vaccinated people who contract the Delta variant have the same viral load, or amount of virus, as unvaccinated people, and that vaccinated people can transmit the variant.

“This new science is worrisome and warrants an update to our recommendations,” Walensky said.

New Mexico House Democrat Resigns Amid Criminal Probe Into Racketeering, Money-Laundering

New Mexico House Majority Leader Sheryl Williams Stapleton, a Democrat, resigned Friday amid a criminal probe involving allegations that include money laundering and racketeering, according to reports.

Stapleton announced her resignation in a July 30 letter, obtained by The Paper, to the Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, in which she “unequivocally” denied the allegations.

“This is a decision that weighs heavily on me, and which I have made after a tremendous amount of consideration of the best interest of the People,” she wrote, adding that she “must devote a significant amount of time and energy to fully defend against these allegations.”

While no charges have been filed against Stapleton, authorities are investigating her for possible racketeering, money laundering, kickbacks, and violations of a law governing the conduct of state lawmakers, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican.

Stapleton’s attorney, Ahmad Assed, told the Albuquerque Journal on Wednesday that it’s too early to comment on the investigation.

“We have to do our due diligence and our own investigation,” Assed said. “Rep. Stapleton will have a comment when it is appropriate. That could be soon or later in the process.”

Authorities are probing Stapleton’s possibly illegal connections to a company that received more than $5 million in contracts to do business with Albuquerque Public Schools, and whether she received financial kickbacks.

As part of that investigation, the Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday executed search warrants at Stapleton’s home and businesses, and at Albuquerque Public Schools, where Stapleton oversees career technical education, according to documents featured in The Paper’s report.

“While we cannot comment on the specifics of an ongoing investigation, I can assure New Mexicans that because this matter involves schools and public funds, we will be swift and diligent in concluding this investigation,” Attorney General Hector Balderas said in a statement about the investigation.

Stapleton has been put on paid administrative by the school district, The Associated Press reports.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, said in a statement that she is “deeply, deeply troubled by the reports this morning about a law enforcement investigation into Rep. Stapleton,” adding that “public confidence in government is seriously damaged by even the appearance of impropriety, or illegal activity, which is why public officials must always hold themselves to the highest possible standard of behavior.”

“New Mexicans expect and deserve elected officials who, regardless of party, will put the people before themselves. Anything less violates a sacred public trust and must be dealt with accordingly,” Grisham added.

In a joint statement, New Mexico House Speaker Brian Egolf, House Majority Whip Doreen Gallegos, and House Majority Caucus Chair D. Wonda Johnson, said they support Stapleton’s decision to resign.

“Given the weight of the allegations against Rep. Stapleton and the ongoing investigation, her resignation from the House is appropriate and in the best interest of the Legislature and the state,” they said.

Commenting on the probe, New Mexico Republican Party Chairman Steve Pearce called it “a sad day in New Mexico politics.”

“I know Rep. Stapleton personally, and we have worked together, but there’s no excuse for what she’s apparently done,” he said in a statement Friday. “Rep. Stapleton must be held accountable, and we hope the investigation and judicial process will take the proper course in this matter.”

Officials cited by The Associated Press said that 11 additional district staff who are subjects of the investigation have also been placed on administrative leave.

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