Rep. Melanie Stansbury: Cheap Stunts and Empty Rhetoric
Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) is at it again. Instead of asking tough questions, she resorts to cheap political stunts. The focus isn’t on America’s safety—it’s on scoring points.
At a House Oversight Committee hearing on sanctuary cities, her theatrics took center stage. Instead of challenging failing sanctuary mayors in a meaningful way, she opted for a stream of profanity-laced comments. It’s nothing more than a distraction.
Stansbury dismisses real efforts to protect our streets. President Trump worked hard to remove dangerous criminals from our neighborhoods, yet she labeled his initiatives as “absolute bulls**t.”
Her remarks didn’t stop there. She said, “I always think that we should sage this room after these hearings because we hear a lot of crazy stuff in here,” and added, “Our mayors are sitting here, enduring this ridiculous, ridiculous hearing as they’ve been threatened in front of the American people.” Such statements show a complete lack of focus on the real issues.
She ramped up the rhetoric when she proclaimed, “I want to reject the fundamental premise of this hearing because what this entire effort is about is intimidating state and local officials, attacking law-abiding immigrant families and spending millions of dollars of taxpayer dollars both in the administration and in Congress to make ads that are complete smoke and mirrors, trying to say that Donald Trump has somehow secured America’s safety.” Then again, she screamed, “It’s total bulls**t, absolute bulls**t,” and further insulted the efforts by adding, “They are not making America safer again, and what they are doing is terrorizing immigrant families. That is what they are doing.”
Her petulance is on full display. Just the other night during President Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress, Stansbury flashed a “this is not normal” sign as he walked by. The stunt ended quickly when a GOP lawmaker snatched her sign and tossed it into the air, leaving her red-faced.
Politics should be about solving real problems and protecting our communities, not silly theatrics designed to distract from real issues. Stansbury’s antics only highlight a desperate need for substance over style.
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