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TexasTowelie

(112,226 posts)
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 08:57 PM Feb 2021

Republican senators chose a poor leader

Almost all modern politicians are smart enough to avoid linking skin color to competence. They are even more careful about it when publicly interviewing someone for a job.

Republican state Sen. Greg Baca is an exception. A lawyer from Belen, Baca is either the state’s clumsiest interrogator or a politician in 2021 with an approach from 1951.

Baca talked his way into trouble last week while questioning Sonya Smith, secretary-designate of the state Department of Veterans Services.

Smith is a native of Virginia and an Air Force veteran. She served as a medical technician in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.

Read more: https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/republican-senators-chose-a-poor-leader/article_5e4d9b0e-6aee-11eb-a8d8-430c51bb8fe4.html

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