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As the entire country learned about the historic conviction of former president Donald Trump on Thursday, City Desk ABQ kept an eye out for what our local elected officials and politicians from both sides of the aisle had to say.
Rep. Melanie Stansbury was the first New Mexico politician to weigh in.
Sen. Ben Ray Luján said the verdict “must be respected.”
Sen. Martin Heinrich said the law prevailed.
Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández called Trump a “felon, a corrupt politician, and not a man of moral integrity.”
Many of us in this state are tired of the libs