New Mexico Republican Party Chair Amy Barela said there aren’t many people in the state who haven’t been touched by crime due to open borders, telling Newsmax on Tuesday the Land of Enchantment is “first in everything bad” because of leftist policies.

Barela joined “National Report” more than 48 hours after someone set fire to the GOP headquarters in Albuquerque, damaging the entryway.

“Ninety-five years, New Mexico has voted the same way. And so we are last in everything good and first in everything bad in the state of New Mexico,” Barela said. “And so, yes, over the last few years, our crime has even worsened because of open borders. And, you know, fentanyl, everything, everything is No. 1 in the state of New Mexico.”

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