Authorities investigate damaging fire at New Mexico’s GOP headquarters
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New Mexico GOP Headquarters Targeted in Suspected Arson
Above: The Republican National Committee logo during the Republican National Committee spring meeting in Houston, Texas, US, on March 8, 2024. Image copyright: Callaghan O'Hare/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The Spin
Republican narrative
This deliberate attack on key values and freedoms, as well as the right to political expression, is no isolated incident. Rather, it represents a disturbing pattern of politically motivated violence encouraged by the silence, implicit encouragement, and inflammatory rhetoric of the Democrats, whose failure to stand against political violence has not only made incidents like these possible but, tragically, more frequent.
Democratic narrative
The Democratic Party has always condemned—and will continue to condemn—any form of political violence, regardless of the target. Our response to the violent and cowardly act on Sunday has been no different, yet the Republicans are weaponizing this incident to spread false and inflammatory accusations that deepen the political divide in our country and risk further violence. If they have any shame at all, the Republicans must apologize for behaving so irresponsibly.