verizon. words have consequences. it is a lesson most of us learned in kindergarten. but it appears that some members of the republican party never did. this week, police in albuquerque, new mexico arrested solomon pena, a former republican candidate for state office in connection with a string of recent shootings. according to police, peña was the mastermind behind a conspiracy in which he enlisted the help of four other men to shoot at the homes of four local democratic officials. it all stems from penny s unsuccessful bid for a state legislator seat back in november, following his loss, the self proclaimed maga king took to social media to insist without evidence that his
but with the respect of the caravan, the shooter merely followed the logic of the president and his allies. who s willing to do whatever was necessary to prevent an invasion of latinos planned by jews, the treasonous attempt to seek the destruction of american society and culture, and quote. on monday, just this monday, solomon pena, a republican candidate for new mexico state office who lost this race during the midterms but has refused to concede and has expressed support for donald trump, was arrested for being behind a plot to shoot at the homes of two county commissioners and to state legislators. one of those democratic lawmakers, senator linda lopez, says pena s actions represent a bigger issue in the country. what i think mr. pinion represents is a bigger issue that s in our country. with the insurrection that happened on january six, it was on his twitter tv, exactly showing off that he was there, there is so much more threats
as adam server at the atlantic highlighted at the time, some took the claims of the presidents and his allies seriously. on saturday october 27th, 2018, a gunman walked into the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh and killed 11 people, a massacre capped off a week of terrorism in which one man mailed bombs to nearly a dozen trump critics. another two black people at a grocery store, after filleted forces way into a black church. the tree of life shooter to criticize trump for not being racist or antisemitic enough, but with the respect of the caravan, the shooter merely followed the logic of the president and his allies. who s willing to do whatever was necessary to prevent an invasion of latinos planned by jews, the treasonous attempt to seek the destruction of american society and culture, and quote. on monday, just this monday, solomon pena, a republican