CNN: Gabe Vasquez is hiding his record

CNN reports this morning, Gabe Vasquez, who is “campaigning as a moderate in a tightly contested race, deleted tweets attacking the oil and gas industry, rationalizing rioting in summer 2020” and using highly inflammatory rhetoric.

From CNN’s exposé showing how Vasquez isn’t who he claims to be…

ON LAW ENFORCEMENT:

Reality: Vasquez “deleted a tweet rationalizing rioting in cities following the murder of George Floyd in 2020 and has said he supported defunding police while speaking with a local station during a protest in 2020, while wearing a face mask and without giving his name.”

ON OIL AND GAS:

Reality: Vasquez argued “in favor of opposing fracking, the Green New Deal and the ‘extremely toxic fossil fuel industry,'” adding that “investing in oil and gas is irresponsible.”

ON HIS INFLAMMATORY RHETORIC:

Reality: Vasquez has deleted tweets with inflammatory rhetoric on race, and he attacked electing people of color who did not “think like us,” saying they were “vendidos out there clamoring to be part of the white establishment.” 

“Gabe Vasquez is an extremist who would be an absolute nightmare for New Mexico families in Congress,” said CLF Press Secretary Cally Perkins. “Vasquez is trying to pull the wool over voters’ eyes, but his radical record speaks for itself.”