Morning Word: Trump Irreverent at Protested Rally

Trump Irreverent at Protested Rally

After a brief break from the presidential campaign, Donald Trump, the GOP’s presumptive nominee, was

n Albuquerque on Tuesday night.

Governor Targeted

Political blogger Joe Monahan was at the rally and says the crowd seemed stunned

' leadership. 

By throwing Martinez under the bus Trump was not only extracting his revenge for her shunning him but also putting Republican elected officials across the nation on notice that if they mimic her behavior they will be getting some of the same medicine. It was yet another political low point for Gov. Martinez. She was coming off a big weekend loss at the state GOP convention where her favored candidate for GOP national committeeman--Pat Rogers--was trounced by her ardent critic Harvey Yates. Combine that with her falling poll numbers and all that blood in the water proved irresistible to Trump who cuts jugular veins with glee.
Dems Welcome Bill Clinton to New Mexico

Former President

for a rally to boost support for Hillary Clinton on Tuesday. He told the peaceful crowd that his wife is the only candidate "truly qualified to be president" and would unify, rather than divide, the nation. The former president will be in Albuquerque for another rally today.

Johnson in Double Digits

Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, who hopes to become the Libertarian Party’s nominee this weekend in Orlando, is gaining national momentum.

in a new poll.


Abstract Asset
The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe will soon be showing off one of the artist’s early but less known abstract barn paintings. Last week, the museum paid $3.3 million for her 1926 piece, The Barns, Lake George.
The painting, which has not been publicly exhibited in 50 years, portrays three rustic barns that surrounded the Alfred Stieglitz family property overlooking the shores of Lake George in New York. Stieglitz was an impresario, photographer and gallery owner. He and O’Keeffe married in 1924. The pair regularly vacationed at Lake George while they lived in Manhattan.
UNM Bids on Sandia Management Contract
Dennis Domrzalski reports that the University of New Mexico plans to bid for a share of the $2.9 billion contract to manage Sandia National Labs. It could be a good fit, as more than 2,400 UNM grads work at the lab.

No Field Trip for Chan Jurors
The judge in the Tai Chan murder trial in Las Cruces denied a request from prosecutors to take jurors to the hotel where the fatal shooting took place. Defense attorneys have not said if they plan to call the former Santa Fe County sheriff deputy to the stand when they get their turn to argue self-defense.

Booze Boom
It looks like there’s a liquor boom in Lincoln County, as commissioners approved a slew of new beer and wine licenses.

Case Managers Owed Overtime Pay
“The U.S. Labor Department said Tuesday it ordered Molina Healthcare of New Mexico to pay more than $700,000 in overtime wages to 409 of its case managers,” reports Uriel J Garcia at the New Mexican.

Crimestoppers Money Missing in Alamogordo
The former treasurer of the Otero County Crimestoppers group faces a third-degree felony embezzlement charge after members reported their account is missing money.

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