{"id":47972,"date":"2025-10-03T13:40:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T20:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=47972"},"modified":"2025-10-06T15:22:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T22:22:34","slug":"senate-minority-leader-on-special-session-political-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/senate-minority-leader-on-special-session-political-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Minority Leader on Special Session, Political Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Senate Minority Leader on Special Session, Political Violence\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ldDJyUmZz_A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10.3.2025<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>\u2013<strong> <\/strong>New Mexico Republican lawmakers disagreed with Democrats\u2019 premise for October&#8217;s special session, that backstopping funding cuts from President Trump\u2019s big bill was a state emergency. 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