Failed Republican candidate charged in shootings at Democratic lawmakers' homes

Typical republican from the MAGA gang who with his authoritarianism and belligerence, believes that everything can be solved with guns...

Unfortunately maaaaany people in the US believe that with guns they solve everything..

The Right is just getting so crazy. It's just insane.

Liberals tolerate the right much more than they will ever know but conservatives will always recommend and switch to violence in the end and that has to be the end of tolerance towards them.

Democracy in the USA has long been under threat, but in the last few years the moves to further undermine democracy have gotten increasingly violent. A minority of the country has tried to overturn elections. Voting and elections are central to the US republic, but some who claim to be 'patriots' do not want to accept the results of elections when they or their favorite candidates does not win.

This is the logical continuation of election denialism, which we see even to this day.

This goober didn’t just lose. He lost BIG. Then, he didn’t like it and decided that if he couldn’t “win”, he was going to attack democracy itself by attacking election workers and elected members of the other party.

And this isn’t (it never was) about protest or exercising one’s rights. They shot through a child’s bedroom. Someone could have died. A child could have died. All because this particular man-child didn’t get his way. This is the definition of domestic terrorism.

Ever notice that all this election denial is on one party?

Bobble-head Boebert won her district by a mere 500 votes. Anyone scream “rigged!”? Nope. They didn’t even call for a recount. Because as detestable and validly stupid as she is, she won. Not like this particular goober (And not like Santos. Bobble-head makes no bones about being a semi-literate dunce.)

That this guy is an ex-felon, who was arrested with hundreds fentanyl pills is just the icing on the cake .

So to recap….

A MAGA candidate, the GQP nominee and convicted felon, loses a free and fair election by a huge margin, decides he doesn’t like it, produces conspiracy documents to “prove” that he won a race that he lost BIG, and when that is unsuccessful, engages in a domestic terror wave that by sheer luck didn’t kill anyone, and is arrested with the current most deadly narcotic in dealer weight quantity in his possession.

You cannot get more MAGA than that!

You cannot get more MAGA than that!

He could start a podcast and start selling merch?

“I dissent. I am the MAGA king,” he posted the day after the election. And on Nov. 15, he added: “I never conceded my HD 14 race. Now researching my options.”

MAGA is a metastasized version of conservative, Tea party trickle down politics.

The base is fighting for politicians and business who are against their own economic interests.

They will feed them culture war, xenophobic pap while getting the corporate tax cuts and subsidies that they really care about.

Waiting for the whataboutisms to start.

This is a distinctly MAGA phenomenon. Deny, obstruct, deflect, play the victim.

The party must have vetted possible candidates and this guy was the best they have to run for the position.

“I never conceded my HD 14 race. 

There is no law that requires you to concede. Just another MAGA idiot that truly thinks the only "fair" election is one they won!

PlasticMonkey: Deny, obstruct, deflect, play the victim.

My favorite is, "the real story here is liberal hypocrisy."

“But what about when…”

Nope. No democratic candidate ever shot into a home because they lost their election.

Never knowingly nominated a convicted felon.

Arrested with dealer-weight fentanyl as well. “What about” that…

The base is fighting for politicians and business who are against their own economic interests.

And the base have long received support from fright wing media based in the US, Russia, China and elsewhere. The base are following their leaders in the US and abroad in their attempts to accelerate the decline of the US.

Pena, a felon whose criminal past had been a controversial issue during last year's campaign, repeatedly made baseless claims that the election was “rigged” against him as he posed with “Trump 2024” flags and a “Make America Great Again” hoodie

The stupid and the unbalanced will believe the kind of crap Trump was shoveling.

Usually these people are unemployable but they can run as candidates for the GOP.

That’s an u unusual kind of inclusivity.

A minimum of 40 years jail should sort this terrorist scum out.

Of course the typical posters acting like their party can do no wrong and ALL Republicans are sick psychos. There are many cases of the opposite happening to Republican lawmakers as well. How about reprimanding ALL political violence instead of picking and choosing who deserves or doesn't deserve to be shot at?

And this nutter got 'just 26%' of votes? Scary that someone like him could get even 1% of the votes.

Of course the typical posters acting like their party can do no wrong and ALL Republicans are sick psychos

They clearly aren’t.

Still, far too many Republicans are either sympathetic to or fully on board with Trump’s dangerous stolen election crap.

The idiots and sheep don’t know any better, but not enough intelligent Republicans call this dangerous crap out.

“I never conceded my HD 14 race. Now researching my options.”

I’d say his options are rather limited now as in will he eat his choccy pudding or trade it for buddy status.

I'm glad I'm not the only who thinks the Right are full of nut jobs and incompetent "politicians" who only think of themselves and their backed up special interest groups.

More far-right domestic terrorism...

Planning to kidnap and execute the Michigan Governor...

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/final-defendant-michigan-governor-kidnapping-plot-sentenced-over-19-years-prison

Breaking into FBI offices with an AR-15...

https://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-chased-break-fbis-cincinnati-office-police/story?id=88246982

Assaulting an 82 year old man with a hammer...

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/man-accused-in-paul-pelosi-attack-pleads-not-guilty-to-six-charges

Now firing guns into Dem lawmakers homes...

This is what MAGA has brought to our society - and warped the former Repub Party into a cabal of violent kooks, criminals, conspiracy peddlers, and election deniers...

When they lose the next election in 2024, they'll be more of this senseless violence...

How about reprimanding ALL political violence instead of picking and choosing who deserves or doesn't deserve to be shot at?

That’s an easy one. Nobody deserves to be shot at. I’m surprised you had to think about it. “All lives matter”, right?

Before it begins, just a reminder that “somebody else did something similar” is not a valid excuse for wrongdoing. Article is about this particular nut job.

Trump and his MAGA acolytes have fired up their base to the point that they are willing to use violence to argue against elections when they don't like how the people voted.

Very responsible.

Very American.

NOMINATION: There are many cases of the opposite happening to Republican lawmakers as well. How about reprimanding ALL political violence instead of picking and choosing who deserves or doesn't deserve to be shot at?

Would you say the real story here is liberal hypocrisy?

Of course the typical posters acting like their party can do no wrong and ALL Republicans are sick psychos. There are many cases of the opposite happening to Republican lawmakers as well. How about reprimanding ALL political violence instead of picking and choosing who deserves or doesn't deserve to be shot at?

Wrong. The 'typical poster' is the first mistake because you immediately separate into a polarity of party that isn't the subject and is a red herring to switch topics.

The subject is MAGA followers consistently show a disdain for the law of the land, and their confrontation with the constitution and democracy is part of the Trump narrative which has manifested itself into the dangers like an insurrection and candidates who refuse to say they lost an election and protest with violence.

Conservatives who cannot admit actions like this act are 100% in the wrong need to re examine their lives and quit making arguments with fallacy. It goes on and on, how red herring, gaslighting, straw man stuff and lies are part of the arsenal for MAGA lovers.

It has a lot to do with the inability to comprehend what exactly is an argument, because critical thought isn't part of their agenda, lies and narrative are.

No one deserves to be shot at.

People on the left are pretty clear about that. Much of the right thinks violence is an appropriate response to an election when they dislike the people's vote.

Whether or not the election was legitimate is not an excuse to shoot at any building. But as of now, the alleged shooter is presumed innocent.

A few years ago someone who had worked on Bernie Sanders presidential campaign shot 50-100 bullets at a group of Republicans playing softball. Because they were Republicans. These types of incidents are not acceptable.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/shooting-reported-congressional-softball-practice

Sore-losing in America continues to spread and metastasize infecting the brains of millions. Where did this mental virus come from? Why and how did this contagion evolve into a pandemic of stupefying proportions? Just askin'.

Velvet Swan: A few years ago

That story is 5 and a half years old. We all know it well since the Right reaches back into the past to defend their weekly acts of violence in 2023 as "everything is equal, I just needed to go back a half decade to find an example on your side."

If you want to say a few years ago, use Portland. That's usually the most recent the Right can get.

See ya next week.

Trump and his MAGA-cabal spread hate, division, and faux outrage in an attempt to obtain political power to enhance their ability to grift and swindle money...

The far-right media swamp spreads hate, division and fear to capture and manipulate their lower educated viewer base...

That toxic brew manifests itself in outright violence like Jan 6th, and the many incidents of far-right terrorism like the one this article outlines...

That's unlikely to change as long as this "devil's partnership" continues...

When Republicans said they need to focus on issues like gang violence, drive by shootings and fentanyl I didn’t imagine they’d be so ‘hands on’

Before it begins, just a reminder that “somebody else did something similar” is not a valid excuse for wrongdoing. Article is about this particular nut job.

How convenient. it already began 9 minutes before you posted that and you totally ignored it. Cause this is the "good for you" kind of somebody else did something similar, right?

Planning to kidnap and execute the Michigan Governor...

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/final-defendant-michigan-governor-kidnapping-plot-sentenced-over-19-years-prison

Breaking into FBI offices with an AR-15...

https://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-chased-break-fbis-cincinnati-office-police/story?id=88246982

Assaulting an 82 year old man with a hammer...

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/man-accused-in-paul-pelosi-attack-pleads-not-guilty-to-six-charges

A shooting in the USA, what a surprise!

There are many cases of the opposite happening to Republican lawmakers as well.

Nomination - would you care to guide us to an example of a situation in which a Democrat refused to accept the result of an election, arranged for Republicans' family homes to be shot at with deadly force, and got arrested with 800 pills of America's deadliest drug?

Now imagine if he had to be impeached by a house of representatives from the same party and only then put on a political trial in the senate before being arrested. Silly, right? Yet the us requires that for some.

Typical republican from the MAGA gang who with his authoritarianism and belligerence, believes that everything can be solved with guns...

Wait, only Trump supporters buy guns? I think that has yet to be the funniest thing you have posted to date.

Unfortunately maaaaany people in the US believe that with guns they solve everything..

Or if you are powerful enough and have deep connections, you can use the swamp.

According to some republicans they are innocent until proven guilty but democrats are guilty until proven innocent. And one republican supporter stated they are not charged until found guilty.

This guy seems like a MAGA poser at best. He doesnt represent MAGA or what MAGA stands for. same as that shooter supposedly didnt represent what Bernie stands for or the car driver didnt represent what Farakhan stands for as he murder a police office at the Capitol.

Democracy in the USA has long been under threat,

Yes.

but in the last few years the moves to further undermine democracy have gotten increasingly violent.

Very true.

A minority of the country has tried to overturn elections.

As well as undermined and tried to eject a duly elected President

Voting and elections are central to the US republic, but some who claim to be 'patriots' do not want to accept the results of elections when they or their favorite candidates does not win.

Oh, I agree! Both sides should always except the outcome of an election whether it is in 2016 or 2020.

Pena, a felon whose criminal past had been a controversial issue during last year's campaign, repeatedly made baseless claims that the election was “rigged” against him as he posed with “Trump 2024” flags and a “Make America Great Again” hoodie.

So this clown is a convicted felon and proud member of MAGA-nation... What a surprise...

“I dissent. I am the MAGA king,” he posted the day after the election. And on Nov. 15, he added: “I never conceded my HD 14 race. Now researching my options.”

I'm not sure the current resident of Mar-A-Lago permits any sharing of that title, given its ability to grift money...

Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina described Pena as the “mastermind” of an apparently politically motivated conspiracy leading to shootings at the homes of two county commissioners and two state legislators between early December and early January. No one was injured, but in one case bullets passed through the bedroom of a state senator’s 10-year-old daughter.

And once again, an innocent Dem family member is put in danger due to the crazed actions of a MAGA terrorist...

Along with fellow Trump worshipers Santos, Gaetz, Boerbert, MTG, and Gosar, this guy is a perfect example of the losers that inhabit today's Repub Party...felons, liars, and kooks...

Pena spent nine years behind bars after his arrest in April 2007 for stealing electronics and other goods from several retail stores as part of what authorities described then as a burglary crew. He was released from prison in March 2016, and had his voting rights restored after completing five years probation in April 2021, corrections officials said.

So this guy was a convicted felon for burglary - but Repubs nominated him anyway...

Pena ran unsuccessfully in November against incumbent state Rep. Miguel P. Garcia, the longtime Democrat representing House District 14 in the South Valley. Pena got just 26% of the vote, but refused to concede.

And he still managed to get 26% of the MAGA Repub vote....how telling...

He was being held pending an initial court appearance Wednesday on charges including multiple counts of shooting at a home and shooting from a motor vehicle, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, conspiracy and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Now he'll face charges and likely conviction for auto theft, assault with a deadly weapon, drug trafficking, and a felon in possession of a firearm....

All which means that when he gets out of jail in 10 years, he'll get nominated as a Repub again and get 40% of the vote...

Welcome to MAGA-world...

SuperlibToday  09:36 am JST

That story is 5 and a half years old. We all know it well since the Right reaches back into the past to defend their weekly acts of violence in 2023 as "everything is equal, I just needed to go back a half decade to find an example on your side."

If you want to say a few years ago, use Portland. That's usually the most recent the Right can get. 

See ya next week.

So saying shooting people 5 years ago was not good then and shooting a house now is not good either--saying they are both bad--then to you that is justifying violence? Or are you saying it was ok to shoot people 5 years ago because the victims were Republicans but it is not ok to shoot a Democrat's house today?

The Left has really lost it on this one.

The Left has really lost it on this one.

Did you read the article? Seems like a massive maga own goal to me. If anything it’s helping ‘the left’.

Change your government through your voting, not through guns and violence. That is reserved for other countries when democracy needs to be delivered.

Sadly, this is not about personal wittle opinions

Yeah, that's sad.

these are historical facts.

That Trump has turned the GOP into a cult based on election denialism? Yes. Let's not try applying it to the Democrats, because it simply isn't true. Holding a president accountable for verifiable wrongdoing does not equal overturning the results of an election.

This guy seems like a MAGA poser at best. He doesnt represent MAGA or what MAGA stands for. 

The nature of MAGA is that it will get more and more extreme. It is essentially opposed to democratic governance. The two largest democracies in the western hemisphere have both (within a couple of years of each other) had likeminded groups attempt to overturn elections based on baseless allegations of fraud, led on by charismatic leaders who believe that they alone represent the will of the TRUE people. That is not democracy.

Lol, yeah, that's why people are leaving that state.

lol dragging out that old chestnut again? Lemme guess, they’re moving to Florida lol.

Imagine if it was the other way around

Comical deflection, but okay.

It won’t be news

Nah, it would be news. Decent people of any political stripe would criticize it without reservation or whatabouts.

Yeah, that's sad.

Yup!

That Trump has turned the GOP into a cult based on election denialism?

Well, with the information we now know thanks to Musk, Trump was on many levels vindicated.

Yes. Let's not try applying it to the Democrats, because it simply isn't true. Holding a president accountable for verifiable wrongdoing does not equal overturning the results of an election.

No, they are by demanding the same standard to be applied to both men for doing the same thing, either charge them or don't and in Joe's situation it's worse because he had files unsecured, in various places and NO secret service present. When you have liberals and the liberal media joining the conservatives then you know poo poo has hit the fan.

The nature of MAGA is that it will get more and more extreme.

Wait, and the Dems haven't??? ROFL!

It is essentially opposed to democratic governance.

Did you feel that way in 2016?

The two largest democracies in the western hemisphere have both (within a couple of years of each other) had likeminded groups attempt to overturn elections based on baseless allegations of fraud, led on by charismatic leaders who believe that they alone represent the will of the TRUE people. That is not democracy.

Lol, Plastic just don't go there, you are a funny guy. For 6 years not a single word from you about democracy being trampled over. Not a word. This is why no one takes the left seriously.

lol dragging out that old chestnut again? Lemme guess, they’re moving to Florida lol.

Yes, as well as Tennessee, Oklahoma, Montana

GOP saying

Don't want to do the time, don't do the crime.

The party of law and order.

The party of cons, and ex-cons.

Bass: calling out liberal one-sided hypocrisy.

Ah, so one night say the biggest takeaway from this story is liberal hypocrisy.

What are the odds?

The party of law and order.

Liberals cannot talk about Law and Order

The party of cons, and ex-cons.

Chicago??

For 6 years not a single word from you about democracy being trampled over. Not a word. This is why no one takes the left seriously.

Total nonsense.

Liberals cannot talk about Law and Order

Because they investigated Trump's attempted coup. What a lawless bunch!

the biggest takeaway from this story is liberal hypocrisy.

from the comments on this article and nearly all the others, it is.

let me go check the today Biden stole classified documents article, and all the previous articles and see how many times "but Trump" is there?

in Joe's situation it's worse 

Because he lied about the docs, refused to return them, shuffled them around, claimed he had absolute authority to keep the docs, claimed the FBI planted the docs, got his own judge to block an investigation. Yeah, Joe's situation is so much worse.

No one was injured. No one was hit. The targets were buildings.

Good thing he didn't actually shoot people, like what took place in Mayfair, PA (start the research!) the other night.

Wonder what was the motivation for that shooting.

Liberals cannot talk about Law and Order

OK. I'll let you talk about law and order. What do you think about this MAGA King in New Mexico? Would you have voted for him?

o why did this 7 time felon who did 9 years get nominated then?

do you have to be nominated by someone to run for state office?

check the today Biden stole classified documents article

Stole?

Thieves don't voluntarily give up their loot before they're found out.

You know what thieves do? They claim they have nothing, they claim its their own stuff, they refuse to give up the loot, and they get raided.

yeah, this dude was nominated to represent MAGA

who in "MAGA" nominated him?

I dont see anyone or anything listed as nominating or endorsing him.

OK. I'll let you talk about law and order. What do you think about this MAGA King in New Mexico? Would you have voted for him?

Huh? Rhetorical question? I wouldn't vote for him just as you wouldn't vote for the crazy like liberal like  Darrell Brooks

This story is about a guy who calls himself the MAGA King. Donald Trump coined the term MAGA.

You asked me if I would vote for the guy. I replied, I would as much as you would vote for Darrell Brooks.

Pena got just 26% of the vote, but refused to concede.

That's still a lot of votes

Pena spent nine years behind bars after his arrest in April 2007 for stealing electronics and other goods from several retail stores as part of what authorities described then as a burglary crew.

This person is why voting rights should never be returned to convicted felons. 1 and done. Voting is a privilege.

"Best and brightest" - that's just sad, if true.

I would as much as you would vote for Darrell Brooks.

Was Darrell Brooks a Democratic candidate for office?

My suspicion is that you would have voted for Pena, because he's MAGA and he worships the same god you do.

This person is why voting rights should never be returned to convicted felons. 1 and done. Voting is a privilege.

I'm not sure about that but they should be barred from running for public office at least

Was Darrell Brooks a Democratic candidate for office?

No, but he was a liberal, so if he were running, would you vote for that kind of a person knowing his background? Yes or No?

My suspicion is that you would have voted for Pena,

No need to guess, I would vote for Trump or DeSantis, you should know that by now.