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    Dem Shunned for Ethnic Slur Given Party Leadership Role in New Mexico

    Dem Shunned for Ethnic Slur Given Party Leadership Role in New Mexico


    Democratic Rep. Sheryl Williams Stapleton / AP


    BY: Brent Scher Follow @brentscher
    November 24, 2014 10:13 am

    A Democratic lawmaker in New Mexico who angrily referred to Gov. Susana Martinez as “the Mexican on the Fourth Floor” was elected as minority whip by the party over the weekend.

    Sheryl Williams Stapleton, a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives, in 2011 berated a fellow lawmaker for “carrying the water for the Mexican on the Fourth Floor,” referring to Martinez, who was the first hispanic woman ever elected governor.

    Stapleton previously held the role of majority whip, but lost the position in 2012 because of her comments regarding Martinez.
    The New Mexico Democrats, who lost control of the legislature in the 2014 elections, chose to give Stapleton back her role as party whip in a vote this past weekend, according to the New Mexico Telegram.

    Stapleton at the time said that her comment was not meant “in a derogatory way or as an ethnic slur.”

    The Democratic Party of New Mexico could not be reached for comment by press time.

    http://freebeacon.com/politics/dem-s...in-new-mexico/



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    Democratic Lawmaker Calls GOP Gov. Martinez
    ‘The Mexican’


    By Jim Geraghty

    December 15, 2011 11:38 AM

    All class: A Democratic state lawmaker in New Mexico allegedly refers to GOP governor Suzana Martinez as “the Mexican on the Fourth Floor.”

    A Republican legislator said she was verbally assailed by House Majority Whip Sheryl Williams Stapleton during a committee break at the Capitol on Wednesday and that the Democratic leader angrily referred to Gov. Susana Martinez as “the Mexican on the Fourth Floor.”

    Rep. Nora Espinoza, R-Roswell, said Stapleton accused her of publicly questioning her (Stapleton’s) integrity during a recent controversy involving Albuquerque Public Schools, where Stapleton works as an administrator while also serving in the Legislature.

    ” ‘You’re carrying the water for the Mexican on the Fourth Floor,’ ” Espinoza quoted Stapleton as saying, referring to the controversy and the Republican governor.

    “She said it three times right there” during a lunch break of the Legislative Education Study Committee, Espinoza said.

    Stapleton acknowledged confronting Espinoza on the integrity issue, then making the remark about the governor, but she said she did not mean it in a derogatory way or as an ethnic slur.
    Ah. She didn’t mean to assert that the governor wasn’t an American in a derogatory way.

    http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/285881/democratic-lawmaker-calls-gop-gov-martinez-br-mexican





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