Seriously? Another democrat (DSA) scandal?
Santa Fe, NM — Senate Republican Leader Bill Sharer (R-Farmington) today demanded that Senate President Pro Tempore Mimi Stewart (D-Albuquerque) immediately step down or face removal by the Senate at the first available opportunity following new reporting that has revealed a pedestrian traffic injury in an alleged hit-and-run, and a separate, quietly withdrawn ethics complaint filed against her by a fellow Democrat Senator. That complaint should not be confused with the other complaints filed against her previously.
According to reporting by independent journalist Elias Sisneros and the Albuquerque Journal, Senator Stewart was involved in a traffic accident that injured a pedestrian. Alleged in court documents, the victim claimed that Senator Stewart fled the scene of the accident, leaving the victim at the scene. She was not cited. You're asking where's the police report? We are too and the body cam. You wonder if Mimi was able to hide the report/body cam. You're asking, was she drunk since she has a history of DUI? Great question. We want to know that too. Did other high powered dems know? Good question. We want to know that too and ask who knew what and when did they it, and why didn't they speak up? The pedestrian's subsequent lawsuit against Stewart was settled and dismissed with prejudice earlier this year, with no details of the resolution made public. Separately, an ethics complaint filed against Stewart last session by Democrat State Senator Roberto "Bobby" Gonzales was resolved privately and later withdrawn, with both lawmakers declining to disclose the underlying details.
"In this ‘Democrat Corruption Culture,’ New Mexicans are once again left completely in the dark," said Senator Sharer. "We have learned that an innocent pedestrian was hurt badly enough to fracture a foot while Mimi Stewart allegedly drove off, leaving the scene of an accident. Following a lawsuit, it was quietly settled without a word to the public. Additionally, a sitting Senator filed an ethics complaint against Senator Stewart, and that too disappeared behind closed doors. This is now the second time in as many years that serious questions about Senator Stewart's conduct and displayed pattern of abusive behavior have been resolved through silence instead of real accountability."
Leader Sharer noted that this new reporting comes on top of the already-documented finding that Mimi Stewart verbally abused a legislative staffer, an incident a subcommittee itself described as "unprofessional, inappropriate, and unacceptable," before a party-line vote spared her from any discipline.
Note to self and the public, the DSAs on the committee are ok with abusive behavior to staff. That's the new standard, called the Stewart Standard is now approved for all senators to abuse staff. If it's ok for her, must be ok for all....at least the DSAs who refused to condemn her.
"One incident is a bad day. But this is a deeply concerning pattern of abusive and reckless behavior that demands immediate accountability," Senator Sharer said. "Senator Stewart has now been at the center of a staff harassment finding, a quietly withdrawn ethics complaint from her own colleague, and now a pedestrian injury and alleged hit-and-run without any public accounting. New Mexicans have every right to ask whether the leader of their State Senate can be trusted ever again."
Leader Sharer is demanding that Mimi Stewart immediately step down. He said that if she refuses to do so, he will call on the full Senate to remove her as its first order of business at the next available opportunity.
"If Senator Stewart won't do the right thing on her own, the Senate will do it for her," Leader Sharer said. "The very first thing this body does when it next convenes should be a vote to remove her. New Mexicans deserve leadership they can trust, not leadership that continues to be let off the hook behind closed doors."
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