honest with signs of the times in the political climate today running the gamut from the downright dangerous, merely troubling, to the absurd. it is fair to ask if there is a thread connecting all of them. some kind of political philosophy driving it or whether this is just a moment for whatever reason that is ripe for almost everything and nearly anything. one example in new mexico four homes shot at belonging police say to democratic elected officials. the man now in custody and charged in connection with the crimes a republican who lost his state house race in a landslide then refused to concede. he seemed agitated. he seemed a little aggressive to me. i didn t consider him a threat then. but he was upset that he had lost the election. that is debby o malley who joins us shortly and says police said her home was hit 12 times maybe more. she is talking about the man in custody solomon pena who tweeted just after the election, quote, trump just announced for 2024. i stan
honest with signs of the times in the political climate today running the gamut from the downright dangerous, merely troubling, to the absurd. it is fair to ask if there is a thread connecting all of them. some kind of political philosophy driving it or whether this is just a moment for whatever reason that is ripe for almost everything and nearly anything. one example in new mexico four homes shot at belonging police say to democratic elected officials. the man now in custody and charged in connection with the crimes a republican who lost his state house race in a landslide then refused to concede. he seemed agitated. he seemed a little aggressive to me. i didn t consider him a threat then. but he was upset that he had lost the election. that is debby o malley who joins us shortly and says police said her home was hit 12 times maybe more. she is talking about the man in custody solomon pena who tweeted just after the election, quote, trump just announced for 2024. i stand with him
of homes of four democratic leaders in new mexico. no one was injured. it is believed he is the mastermind that was behind this. reporter: police say he is suspected of hiring a contractor for cash to commit at least two of the four shootings from december 4 to january 3. pena was a republican candidate for a state house seat in new mexico. and he spent years in prison for burglary and larceny. but a judge allowed the convicted felon to be on the ballot in 2022 calling it un-constitutional for pena to be denied the ability to serve. i had nothing more than a desire to improve my lot in life. reporter: he lost in november by a landslide. then accused his opponent of rigging the election. wearing a maga sweat shirt pena tweeted he stands with trump and he never conceded his own race in new mexico. election denialism. some shen and dpans going on. reporter: that he heard at trump rallies like this one in phoenix in 2021. pena tweeted this picture saying he camped out all night
the man in custody in connection with them. one came right through here and then we ve got the rest over here. reporter: about a dozen bullets embedded in the outside of debby o malley s home i was very angry and just disgusted about the whole thing. these are significantly sized holes. they are. it was so loud this happened when my husband and i were asleep. reporter: o malley immediately suspected who the gunman might be. this man. hi. my name is solomon pena. can i speak with debby o malley? reporter: solomon pena who had been looking for o malley went to her daughter s address and then her home a month before the shooting. this is him on the other side of the fence. he seemed agitated, a little aggressive to me. i didn t consider him a threat then. but he was upset that he had lost the election. reporter: police arrested him monday in connection with a string of what they call politically motivated shootings