Pearce pitches Trump administration on new NM refinery - Lectures lawmakers on "poisonous" politics

Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM) is the lone Republican in the NM delegation to Congress, and he's MY representative!

He has to balance a fine line in our largely Hispanic state. But, he has praised Trump and criticized our bitter partisan divide (like it's not his fault in the first place).

Now, he wants to allow construction of a new oil refinery in NM. He says it will bring high-paying jobs and take advantage of our state's high-quality oil.

Of all the things he could support to promote job creation, he touts an old industry that desperately needs to be replaced. He advocates further destroying our environment so he can pander to the oil lobby, which provides major funding for his campaigns.

I call Pearce at least twice a week and give him a piece of my mind. He needs to know he will not hold his seat. If Pearce is your representative, too, please call his office OFTEN!

SANTA FE, N.M. — Congressman Steve Pearce — the lone Republican in New Mexico’s delegation — said Thursday that he has pitched the idea of building a new oil refinery in New Mexico to the Trump administration.

It would inject high-paying jobs into the economy, he said, and the purity of local oil would be a tremendous asset on the market.

“We will have the strongest oil economy in the world,” Pearce said. “My friends, that is something to be proud about.”

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“I think the poisonous attitudes that exist right now in politics are damaging the very structure of self governance,” Pearce said.