The gunman says he helped a defeated Republican target the homes of Democrats in New Mexico.

A man in the US state of New Mexico has pleaded guilty to helping a defeated Republican candidate carry out drive-by shootings at the home of Democrats.

The defendant, Demetrio Trujillo, says the candidate, Solomon Peña, hired him after failing to win a seat in the state legislature in November 2022.

Over the following weeks, the residences of several Democratic officials were attacked in Albuquerque.

  • @Garbanzo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13•11 months ago

    I don’t really see how that could work on its own. So the party is banned, so what? All the deplorables are still around and now they’ve got one more grievance to get riled up about. By fracturing the party you nullify their political power and that’s obviously a good thing, but it might increase the likelihood they resort to terrorism. The only solution I can see working is fixing our education system, but that doesn’t help in the short term.

    • Zorque
      8•11 months ago

      The thing is, the active fascists are an extreme minority in most cases. They only have support because of the methods of disinformation and populism they use.

      The majority of their base aren’t horrible people who want to see the world burn down around them. They’ve just been told that’s whats best for them by charismatic politicians.

    • @GiddyGap@lemm.ee
      5•11 months ago

      So the party is banned, so what? All the deplorables are still around and now they’ve got one more grievance to get riled up about.

      They would have limited power when their party doesn’t have any votes.