Cowboys for Trump leader won t resign his Otero County post
March 16, 2021
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ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin has said he will not resign his seat on the Otero County Commission as he awaits trial in connection with the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol.
Griffin made the declaration in response to a press release issued last week by county commissioners Gerald Matherly and Vickie Marquardt calling for Griffin s resignation, The Alamogordo Daily News reported Saturday.
The topic took up more than an hour of the commission s meeting last Thursday after it was placed on the agenda for discussion. Matherly attempted to have it removed from the agenda, but was overruled. Marquardt defended the letter and reasons for requesting it.
By Morgan Lee, Associated Press
New Mexico Republican Party Chairman Steve Pearce says democracy has been tarnished by unanswered questions about the 2020 vote count, which state officials called a false narrative.
His statement Thursday stops just short of repeating President Donald Trump s baseless claims of election fraud. Pearce says the state Republican Party recognizes Congress certification of the victory by President-elect Joe Biden.
But he says he has unanswered questions about the vote count, voting machines and drop boxes for absentee ballots.
A spokesman for the secretary of state s office says New Mexico s election was independently audited and that Pearce and the Republican Party should be ashamed of themselves for continuing false narratives.