Good for her! But given that she had the election obviously stolen from her in 2018, she has a good personal reason for wanting to do this, as well as any ‘merely’ patriotic ones.
Two months after the presidential election, Trump signs are still present and flags are still flying. Tens of thousands of jobs in New Mexico’s oil patch are on the line if Biden’s Interior secretary is confirmed by the Senate. Haaland is a radical anti-oil and gas activist who has publically stated she wants to protect mother earth by banning fracking and ending O/G leasing on federal lands which comprise almost half of NM oil lands.