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i don t use that word lightly. that s exactly what the man is accused of doing. terrorizing. they say the republican candidate was so angry over his defeat and claims the election was rigged against him that he hired four men to shoot at the homes of officials, even pulling the trigger himself during one of the crimes. we have one of the officials who was targeted joining us in a moment. she s going to tell us what the bullets hit and how close they came to her and her grandchildren. it is scary. what makes this our top story today is that it s not just about an alleged one off crazy person. it s not isolated. this terror is part of a growing problem. just ask nancy pelosi or pramila jayapal or the one in five adults who said in a survey they would be willing to condone acts of political violence. what is motivating all of these people and what is law enforcement doing about the threats before they turn violent? joining me now is nbc news senior capitol hill corresponde ....
Officials who have made about their own elections. not winning like kari like et cetera. what sort of signs were there that he might have turned violent or might have targeted the officials that cops say he did? well, in terms of turning violent, he had a previous felony conviction for a smash and grab robbery. there was a court battle about whether he could even be on the ballot in new mexico that led up to this. then there were a series of confrontations on the doorsteps of these other democratic lawmakers who weren t his opponents or weren t especially involved in this race that he had gone to complain. the arrest warrant talks about one of those getting quite angry, although there wasn t apparently violence threatened in that moment. so it s not clear what the triggering factor was between the loss, the anger and decision to hire these men to try to commit violence against people who were at least connected to these claims. unfounded by evidence of some kind of stolen election. ....