House Minority Whip Rod Montoya, R-Farmington SANTA FE â House Minority Whip Rod Montoya, R-Farmington, had some harsh words for legislative leaders this week as the special session got underway, accusing lawmakers of “aggressive race-baiting” and unjustified allegations of bullying and sexism. He outlined his thoughts in a three-page letter to Democratic and Republican leaders in both chambers of the Legislature. Montoya said that as a Hispanic man married to a Native American woman, he is tired of white progressives offering platitudes about climate change as Navajo coal miners and others lose their jobs. “Members of the Democrat Party regularly use such terms as âmarginalized peoples,’ âinstitutional racism,’ and âimplicit bias’ to avoid having to answer legitimate policy questions,” Montoya said. “While this may be an effective way to shut down opposition, it does not benefit us as a lawmaking body.”