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GOP Officials Knew of Candidates Background
January 23, 2023 at 2:41 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 29 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2023/01/23/new-mexciso-gop-officials-knew-about-candidates-background/
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Washington Post: Republican officials in New Mexico knew that Solomon Peña, the man police accused last week of orchestrating shootings into the homes of four Albuquerque Democrats, had served nearly seven years in prison for his role in smash-and-grab thefts before he lost his bid as the GOP nominee for a state House seat.
They also knew that Peña was a fervent proponent of the view that the 2020 presidential election was rigged. Authorities said Peña was persuaded that his own election in November had been stolen despite being defeated by nearly 50 points and targeted the homes of officials who refused to entertain demands that his loss be reversed.
After Peñas arrest, Republican leaders condemned the attacks, which included a spray of bullets into a 10-year-olds bedroom, and acknowledged that the former candidates criminal history should have been a red flag. There was far less apparent interest in a reckoning over Peñas beliefs in widespread voter fraud, a false theory pushed relentlessly by former president Donald Trump and his supporters.
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TxVietVet
(1,905 posts)The truth hurts.
conservanazis are an evil lot.
dalton99a
(81,513 posts)The arrest was not Peñas first encounter with the law. Democrats had gone to court last year to argue that his prior convictions on charges of stealing cars, ramming them into stores and making off with expensive electronics should disqualify him from running for the state legislature, but a judge disagreed.
Despite Peñas criminal record and long odds of winning in a heavily Democratic legislative district, prominent Republicans supported his candidacy.
He appeared to be a very thoughtful, upstanding young man, said Harvey E. Yates Jr., a former member of the Republican National Committee and longtime GOP donor in New Mexico whose energy company gave Peña $5,000. Before I donated to him, I was aware he had committed felonies and so forth. But it seemed to me that he was trying to turn his life around.
malaise
(269,026 posts)That is all
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)Theft or felonies or white collar crimes should not be allowed to run for any public office. You dont need a fox making laws about how to run a henhouse.
Besides it would disqualify most republicans.