Santa Fe New Mexican

GOP renews calls for Montoya to drop out

- By Michael Gerstein mgerstein@sfnewmexic­an.com

The New Mexico Republican Party is doubling down on claims that state House candidate Roger Montoya should drop out of the race over revelation­s that the Democratic candidate appeared in two adult films in his youth despite President Donald Trump being in several adult films two decades ago or more.

Republican Party Executive Director

Anissa Tinnin said in an interview last week that there’s no comparison between the “reckless behavior” that Montoya engaged in and three movies produced by Playboy in which Trump made cameos. A tape obtained by CNN in 2016 shows Trump chatting with a Playboy Playmate

and snapping Polaroid photos of the model in a 1994 movie commemorat­ing the magazine’s 40th anniversar­y.

He appeared in two more Playboy videos: one in 2000 and another in 2001, CNN reported.

In August, a California court also ordered the president to pay $44,100 to former adult-film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, who said she was asked by a former Trump attorney to sign a nondisclos­ure agreement after having an affair with

Trump 13 years ago.

The Democratic Party of New Mexico is calling attention to what it calls clear hypocrisy. But Republican­s say the adult films Montoya appeared in are incomparab­le to Trump’s Playboy cameos.

“It’s laughable that the Democrat Party, the best they could come up with was some National Enquirer-like media outlet that would report and compare what Mr. Montoya chose to participat­e in with reckless behavior and what

The only school that lacks a hybrid class is Tesuque Elementary School. García has said she intends to move teachers around to ensure all schools have at least

one hybrid class, and she continued to affirm that. However, she said there is a possibilit­y students from some schools could be absorbed into another school’s class to accommodat­e them.

“We are looking right now for teachers that still might be willing to volunteer,” García said. “Perhaps, someone who is willing to volunteer who are

displaced who might have the credential­s [to teach at another school] or maybe even be a sub.”

Cheryl Romero, Tesuque’s principal, said she and her staff have been working with the district to find a solution. She said only seven of her 90 students opted for the hybrid model, and she wants to exhaust all options before considerin­g moving them

to another school.

“I feel like we are making headway in this process, but only time will tell,” Romero said.

Five schools will have only one class — E.J. Martinez, Sweeney, Nava and Salazar elementary schools, plus Amy Biehl Community School. El Camino Real Academy has the most classes out of all schools, with 15.

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