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A Republican former candidate for New Mexico’s legislature who was arrested on suspicion of orchestrating recent shootings at the homes of Democratic leaders had visited some of the officials’ homes with paperwork claiming election fraud, police said

. Solomon Peña, who lost a 2022 run for state House District 14, is accused of paying and conspiring with four men to shoot at the homes of two state legislators and two county commissioners, and trying to participate in at least one of the shootings himself, Albuquerque police said. He was arrested by a police SWAT team Monday. The investigation found “these shootings were indeed politically motivated,” Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller said Monday, calling Peña an “an election denier.

nation 4ever!” Keller, the Democratic mayor of Albuquerque, called Peña a “right-wing radical” and a “dangerous criminal.” “This type of radicalism is a threat to our nation and has made its way to our doorstep right here in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but we will continue will push back against hate,” Keller said in a statement. “Differences of opinion are fundamental to democracy, but disagreements should never lead to violence.

 

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So is that as bad as the Democrat to shot up United States Congresspersons during softball practice, or the Democrat who ran over the parade watchers in his car, or the democrats who… oh wait, you don’t report on those stories, sheesh 🙄

Republicans are scum

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