DEBUNKED: DGA-Backed New Mexico Ad Full of “Long-Discredited” Claims Tanks With Fact Checker

Democrat ads supporting New Mexico gubernatorial candidate Michelle Lujan Grisham continue to receive failing grades from fact checkers.

In July, an AP fact check found that an ad from Lujan Grisham misled voters about her record on opioids as New Mexico Secretary of Health.

Now, a new ad attacking Republican gubernatorial nominee Steve Pearce from a DGA-backed group in New Mexico is receiving scathing reviews for making blatantly misleading claims.

According to FactCheck.org, the ad “revives long-discredited claims” that were “thoroughly debunked” eight years ago and has “no basis in fact.”

Lujan Grisham and the DGA can’t be trusted to be honest with voters. New Mexicans deserve better.

Fact Check.org reports:

“A Democratic ad revives long-discredited claims of corruption and shady dealing by GOP Rep. Steve Pearce of New Mexico. We thoroughly debunked those same claims eight years ago. And unlike wine and whiskey, political mud doesn’t improve with age.

Pearce is now running for governor. The ad was launched Aug. 21 by ‘Stronger New Mexico,’ a group backed by the Democratic Governors Association.

The ad states that Pearce was ‘twice named one of the most corrupt members of Congress by an independent watchdog group.’ Overall, it insinuates a corrupt bargain for which we find no basis in fact.”