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It’s fucking crazy how small a story this is.
" ... is accused of conspiring with, and paying four other men to shoot at the homes of two county commissioners and two state legislators"
Dang, this is a terrorist cell. >

The Republican Party? >

They declared it proudly at CPAC. “We are all domestic terrorists”.  Believe them. >

The same CPAC host by Matt “slapping men’s genitals” Schlap >

Schlapping? >

Cockschlap! >

With a schmoke and a pancake after. >

A bong and a blintz?
Edit: got the order wrong** >

Cigar and a crépe? >

Cigar and a waffle? No? Pipe and Crépe? >

‘Pena’s candidacy came under scrutiny over the summer when Garcia filed a court challenge to disqualify him because he had been convicted in 2008 of stealing large amounts of goods from several big box retail stores in a reported “smash and grab” scheme.’
The number of straight up criminals running as GOP politicians is growing exponentially. 
It’s like criminals are able to recognize each other and flock together. >

Remember when Fox was constantly screeching about "LAWLESS DEMOCRAT CITIES" and showing people swarming Walgreens and stealing shit? Like... all day every day for weeks on end in the summer prior to the election? Yet here's one who did essentially that. Neat.
Every accusation is a confession. >

And also Walgreens closing down stores in “crime ridden areas” when they had already planned to close a lot of those stores because the area was saturated with pharmacies.  
And they implemented security measures that prevented people from casually shopping to the point where the stores couldn’t be profitable despite shutting down “the scourge of shoplifting which was forcing us to close down.” >


Walgreens executive admits retail theft concerns are overblown: ‘Maybe we cried too much’

Color me not surprised. >

Always big headlines about a few mass shoplifting crimes but so few about the the wage theft these companies partake in. >

You are a true hero for posting this image, I take every opportunity to do so.  Wage theft is by far the biggest chunk of thievery in the US, and I'm sure it's only gotten worse in the last 5 years since that image was made, considering the news that the top 1% gained over half of all wealth created since the start of the pandemic. >

if the country was saner, this would have been the biggest fucking news. >

A republican using violence against his political opponents? I'm shocked and appalled. Okay... maybe not shocked. But I am especially appalled at this:

On Jan. 3, shots rang out at state Rep. Linda Lopez’s home and three bullets went through her daughter’s bedroom as the 10-year-old slept.

I have a 10-year old daughter. I cannot imagine her screaming as bullets fly into her bedroom. These are terrorists. >


unsuccessful Republican candidate

Seems to be a dangerous demographic >

They all cheer for stuff like this too
We're closer to nazi Germany than the media would like you to think. >

We had our Beer Hall Putsch 2 years ago but never jailed the man responsible >

And this is exactly how I explained it to my friends in Germany. We literally let the man who tried to overthrow the government walk away. Someone smarter is going to try and succeed. >

Also the extreme wealth inequality isn't helping >

He lost the popular vote in 2016. So less than 1/2.  He lost popular vote on 2020 again.  I think the only category he can win is “the biggest loser”. >

Also an election denier:

Pena lost the election by more than 3,600 votes, garnering 2,033 votes to Garcia’s 5,679.
In frequent postings on his Twitter account, Pena, 39, has maintained that he didn’t lose and that the election was rigged. >

fucking hell… this like a fungal infection.  The spores were blown in on the wind and these assholes just keep appearing. >

These people are the worst, they are definitely... The Least of Us. >

The Yeast of Us. >

The queefs of us. >

Literally the definition of terrorism. >

It's only terrorism if it's from the terrorism region of France, otherwise it's just sparkling violent extremism. >

Brilliant. >

I can’t wait to see how republicans fault Hunter Biden’s laptop for this. >


I can’t wait to see how republicans fault Hunter Biden’s laptop for this.

Who wants to bet against me on the possibility that there are comments in /r/conservative right this very moment proclaiming this as Antifa specifically or a false flag generally?
crickets I'm sure.
Edit:  Alternatively, maybe this story is strangely absent over round those parts. >

I could def see them saying its a liberal impersonating a conservative. Which is weird since there's been many more cases of republicans commiting crimes impersonating liberals. >

Another commenter said this earlier and I thought it summed up my thoughts nicely;
Every accusation is a confession. >

I’m glad they caught this fucker. I remember reading a story at the time where 4 D politicians in a close geographic area had multiple rounds shot through their front doors. 
The gist of the article was the police were “trying to determine if the incidents were connected.”
facepalm >

It's infuriating when we ALL know the answer. >

Yeah but the police have to gather evidence of those obvious links so that in court a slimy lawyer can't get them off the hook.
In any press conference they hold they can't appear to be making conclusions before having evidence.
There is probably also an element of trying to maintain calm so that retaliation or mob justice don't happen. >

Albuquerque PD isn’t known for bringing their ‘A game’ though. In fact, the feds had to intervene to force reform there very recently >

Republican terrorist. >

You can just say Republican. >

Y’all Qaeda. >

Domestic terrorist >

Rachel Maddow just announced that there is a second SWAT raid taking place NOW. Wonder who else they’ll pick up? >

I bet it's another republican..... >

It is official. The Republican party is a terrorist organization >

Such a ridiculous thing, because they were attempting to make a statement about how they're always "persecuted" by the left....so now they're going to "own it" or some shit,  completely ignoring that there's every reason under the sun to legitimately ridicule them and point out their extremism. It just falls so flat, and is the typical victim complex that comes with the right, especially the evangelicals, who have essentially claimed the Republican party (though it's not as if the right wasn't like this before). They fail so hard at being clever, because they're simply not, at all. >

Or, and hear me out, they know how ridiculous it looks and the real message is to other domestic terrorists saying we support you and love you, keep doing what you do and we will defend your actions. >

"Stand back and stand by" >

Exactly. >

My level of surprise:      
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Too surprised. >

Terrorist attack. This was a GOP terrorist attack. >

“Legitimate Political Discourse” >

This is normal now.
There will be no outrage nor condemnation from the GOP, and many will support and defend this behavior, advancing and normalizing this type of political terrorism for future candidates. >

Yeah even reading this headline, I’m desensitized to this “news”. Completely predictable and on brand for the GOP to do something like this