A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

Court documents obtained by CBS News said Christopher Moynihan was arrested Sunday after saying in text messages that he planned to “eliminate” Jeffries when the top House Democrat spoke at an event in New York City on Monday.

According to a court filing by prosecutors in the New York state criminal case, Moynihan wrote, “Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC I cannot allow this terrorist to live.”

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    2 days ago

    It makes sense once you understand the conservative mindset: “Anyone who disagrees with me in even the most tepid of ways is a flaming liberal and doesn’t deserve to exist, because I’m so fragile I must be validated in my beliefs at all times.”

    Once you recognize that we’re dealing with an entire political party that has actively driven itself insane and become a cult, this sort of thing becomes perfectly expected.