Have You Seen This Ad? Get the Facts.
Does Gabe Vasquez think we’re stupid?
CLAIM: Gabe Vasquez said he would protect our border.
In an ad, Gabe Vasquez said, “Keeping New Mexico safe, will always be my number one job and I’ll work with anyone from any party to get that job done. To protect our border, I brought Republicans and Democrats together to add 20,000 border agents, new technology and fight the cartels.”
CLAIM: Gabe Vasquez said the border crisis a nonexistent threat and called the wall a racist monument of hate.
In April 2018, Vasquez called the border crisis a “non-existent threat” and strongly opposed President Trump sending troops to the border.
He also called the wall a “multi billion dollar monument of hate that will kill human beings and wildlife.”
CLAIM: Vasquez said he wanted to tear down the wall and sell it for scrap.
Vasquez said we should tear down the wall and “sell the steel for scrap.”
CLAIM: Gabe Vasquez is protecting his job, not the border.
In 2023, Vasquez voted against the Secure The Border Act which would require the Homeland Security Department to take a number of actions to limit illegal immigration into the United States, including by resuming construction of the ‘border wall’ along the southwestern border, bolstering Customs and Border Protection, reopening border detention facilities, limiting asylum applications and eligibility, and establishing a mandatory employment verification system.