Washington, D.C. - As New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) faces widespread backlash over her controversial public health order banning guns, there is concern that politicians will use climate as the next excuse for the next emergency declaration. Other leaders in the state are already calling for the declaration of a climate emergency, something the Biden Administration was caught discussing well over a year ago. Just last month, President Biden faced calls to declare a climate emergency and responded that he had already “practically” done so.

“A temporary gun grab is just the first step toward a totalitarian left wing takeover. Make no mistake, climate is the next domino to fall,” said Larry Behrens, Communications Director for Power The Future. “While they’ve been discussing their climate emergency plan for over a year, the Biden Administration is incredibly quiet about how it would impact our families. However, don’t be surprised to see power-hungry politicians and ideologues like Michelle Lujan Grisham lock us down while making sure their own jets keep flying. New Mexico is the first, but likely won’t be the last kind of outrageous overreach.”

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