EP- 40 Ricardo Menéndez March, Greens MP

I contacted Ricardo a couple of weeks ago when NZ First MP Shane Jones shouted in parliament “Send the Mexicans home!” after Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters said Green Party migrant MPs should "show some gratitude" for being in New Zealand.

Why? Because I have never met Ricardo and I wondered what it is about him that so obviously riled these NZ First MP’s.

Now I think I know.

He is a highly intelligent man with a very carefully thought out economic and political philosophy, who can communicate his ideas clearly and succinctly.

I can see how that would frighten Peters and Jones,, especially given the latest polls which appears to show support for NZ First as falling, while support for the Greens is on the rise.

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