The White House condemned the alleged actions of Solomon Peña, the former Republican New Mexico state legislative candidate accused of targeting Democratic officials, as a judge ruled he’d stay in custody until a formal detention trial could be held.
The White House condemned the alleged actions of Solomon Peña, the former Republican New Mexico state legislative candidate accused of targeting Democratic officials, as a judge ruled he’d stay in custody until a formal detention trial could be held.
Solomon Peña, Republican candidate for New Mexico House District 14 being taken into custody by APD police officers on January 16, 2023 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina said at a Monday news conference that Peña had been taken into custody, calling him “the mastermind suspect” behind a conspiracy in which he paid four other men to shoot at the residences of two county commissioners and two state legislators — all Democrats.
Sen. Linda Lopez , D-Albuquerque shows bullet holes in her garage door after her Westside home was shot at last month. Photographed on Thursday January 5 , 2023 in Albuquerque, N.M. “Pena came to my house right after the [November] election. He was sort of erratic in the points he was trying to make about the election and about how many doors he knocked on and how the number of votes didn’t match,”Rep. Javier Martinez, D-Albuquerque, and other members of the House of Representatives are sworn in by Sec. of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver at the start of the 2023 regular session of the New Mexico legislature on January 17, 2023 in Albuquerque, N.M..
Peña’s social media posts and campaign website show he was immersed in right-wing conspiracy theories,, “Critical Race Theory, the entire Black Lives Matter movement, aborting the unborn, food stamps, affirmative action, etc. are all demonic.”
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