By Robert Nott, Santa Fe New Mexican |
February 4, 2021
Matt Dahlseid/The New Mexican file photo
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham points to a visual aid that shows the spread of COVID-19 when varying levels of control measures are enacted, during a news conference Monday at the Capitol. Lujan Grisham put in place new restrictions that close down all but essential services in the state. I need you to heed this order, the governor said during the news conference.
State lawmakers in both the House and Senate have groused for months about how Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham employed the power of the executive branch during the COVID-19 crisis, vowing to take up the issue during this year’s 60-day session.
The Root s Clapback Mailbag: Whitenotes
Illustration: Oscar Bustamante
Clapback MailbagEach Friday, we select the best (or worst) emails, tweets, DMs and comments from our readers and respond to them in the The Root s Clapback Mailbag.
The Clapback Mailbag will often search through the emails, tweets, DMs and comments to find a common theme from our perturbed readers. Sometimes they are upset about one thing. Occasionally, we will receive a spate of responses that all have the same “whataboutism.”
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all the things, including:
Not all white people
You’re the real racist
In fact, this week’s Mailbag letters were so completely batshit insane, the only feasible way to realistically clap back at these wypipo maniacs was to do an academic-style annotated examination of their white nonsense.