Trump superfan and failed state senate candidate Solomon Pena had a problem--he lost his election, by rather a lot. But he was damn certain it was rigged, because if they can do it to Trump, they could do it to him. So he decided the answer was what some might refer to as a "Second Amendment" solution.
Around 3 p.m. APD’s SWAT team swarmed a condominium complex near the ABQ BioPark Zoo to execute a search warrant. They made announcements for Pena — who they said may be armed with a firearm — to surrender as drones flew overhead.
Within an hour officers had arrested Pena, who is accused of paying four men to shoot at the homes of two county commissioners and two state legislators, Police Chief Harold Medina announced Monday evening. Investigators also believe Pena was present for at least one of the shootings.
Did he think intimidation would somehow get them to overturn the election for him? Who knows--the people who have signed on to this "rigged elections" nonsense seem to have parted ways with reality to me, like the tribe of election-deniers in my own state who have decided that one day, a recount of the 2020 ballots will prove Trump won.
But the logic (or lack thereof) pales against the reality that when Pena researched his options, he saw violence as definitely one of them--just as some people did on 1/6. And there's reason to believe that he will not be the last person to decide that this is an option as the paranoid and deluded, even "apocalyptic" mindset prevails among MAGAs.
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Unless given reasons to believe otherwise, the prudent course of action is to assume that any and all MAGAs are potential mass shooters.
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