House Speaker Brian Egolf and House Democrats have, since 2016, decried so-called Republican "all crime, all the time" priorities. Unfortunately since 2016, so many New Mexicans have been murdered or been affected by violent crime.

Governor Lujan Grisham has held office for three years, and despite having to send State Police into Albuquerque due to high crime in 2019, her administration has avoided seriously addressing violent crimes and providing justice for victims' families while so many are dying because of homicide.

Mayor Keller avoided talking about crime during his first election, and spent the past year campaigning while at least 117 people were murdered in Albuquerque.

There is a disturbing pattern here, and hopefully with the Governor now taking Republican crime proposals seriously, maybe we can honor and provide justice to the many families and victims of violent crime that has thus far been ignored and sidelined by progressive politicians.