Two New Mexico Republican lawmakers told Newsmax on Thursday that the deployment of the National Guard in the state is misdirected and doesn’t address one larger issue driving up crime rates.

State Sens. Ant Thornton and Nicole Tobiassen joined Newsmax’s “National Report” to react to New Mexico Democrat Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s order sending the National Guard to help out local authorities in Albuquerque amid its crime crisis. 

“Unfortunately, I think she’s missed the mark by about 250 miles,” Thornton said, saying National Guard troops need to be at the border, not Albuquerque.

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