Tag: Republican Governors Association

I’m not going to apologize for this column. I find it necessary due to a rhetorical trend in politics that’s gotten out of hand over the last few years: The indignant demand for apologies by “outraged” political leaders regarding some “outrageous” statement made or vote taken by a political opponent. We’ve seen more than our share of this annoying phenomenon here in this enchanted land during this enchanted election cycle. This year, it seems that crying “apologize!” has replaced crying wolf among our politicos. Last week, we saw it after a gubernatorial candidate debate, during which the state Republican Party tweeted that Democratic nominee Michelle Lujan Grisham looked like she’d hired “Richard Nixon’s makeup artist from the 1960 debate? At least they didn’t call her “Horseface.” But seriously, I can see how women, Democrats and anyone old enough to remember when Republicans defended Nixon’s every move, would be upset. And not long afterward, the Republican Governors Association unleashed an attack ad on Lujan Grisham. On Sept. 26, Rich responded, “I will not apologize. “Steve Bannon is a global thought leader for economic populism,” Rich said in an email. So it’s no surprise that the party of my opponent, Sen. Martin Heinrich, hates Steve Bannon.