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MAGA Republican Loses Election Then Tries to Assassinate Dems
Republicans have to purge their party of Trumpists or be put on no-fly lists
It is absolutely nuts, folks. There is no room for false equivalencies. There can be no tolerance for “yeah, but what about.” Nothing that happened in New Mexico is normal and yet it has become completely normal. It has become normal behavior for Republicans in 2023.
A failed Republican candidate in New Mexico who contracted four gunmen to attack the homes of Democratic officials told assailants to shoot earlier in the evening and aim lower to increase the odds of injury or death, according to police records.
Solomon Pena, a defeated candidate for the state House of Representatives, is accused of masterminding the Albuquerque attacks on two county commissioners and two state legislators after visiting their homes to dispute his November election loss, police said (Republican Told Gunmen to Aim Lower in Attacks).
Solomon Pena is your typical, over-the-top Trumpist who walks around in sweatshirts that say “Trump ‘24.” Pena was also the standard 2020 election denier. These are the people that many Republicans now serving in Congress call patriots and even heroes.
