For the second time in as many days Governor Lujan Grisham's ad claiming Mark Ronchetti wants to "defund the police" was debunked and skewered by local TV news' fact checks.
This time Albuquerque's KOAT who said of Lujan Grisham's ad, when examined, that the truth "tells a different story:"
Serious question to ask the campaign... Is Governor Lujan Grisham capable of releasing a truthful ad?
For the second time in less than a month, Michelle Lujan Grisham's campaign ads were called a massive lie by NM's local TV news' fact checks.
"We found that the governor's ad took Mark Ronchetti's statement wayyy out of context..." -- KOB's fact check news team
How did Michelle Lujan Grisham and her team allow a blatantly false ad to go out the door when they know it will be immediately debunked by the press?
"Michelle 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," said RGA spokesman Will Reinert. "No person in their right mind, including the state's Fraternal Order of Police, thinks Ronchetti doesn't support law enforcement. Governor Lujan Grisham must apologize to voters for her deceit."
—Will Reinert
Regional Press Secretary | Republican Governors Association