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By Michael Austin May 22, 2026 at 5:00am
A woman from New Braunfels, Texas, was indicted earlier this month for allegedly trying to torch a local Republican Party headquarters and two private businesses.
Grace Carol Brown, a 22-year-old who subscribes to radical left-wing ideology, allegedly sought to burn down a building hosting the Comal County Republican Party Headquarters and the two businesses, according to a May 8 release from the Department of Justice.
An indictment said that Brown “broke a window of the building and threw a backpack inside.”
She was then allegedly “unsuccessful in her attempt to climb into the building through the broken window,” leading her to “light a rolled magazine on fire” and try to throw it “inside the building.”
“The backpack found inside the building allegedly contained, among other items, one container of ethanol, two containers of gasoline, a lighter and matches,” the Department of Justice release added.
UPDATE: Texas woman Grace Carol Brown who was arrested earlier this year for setting fire to the Comal County Republican Party headquarters was just slapped with TERRORISM charges
If convicted she faces a minimum of 15 years in prison pic.twitter.com/rRIXmLQzQ5
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 5, 2026
Brown had “displayed antipathy through writings and actions toward the goals and activities of the Comal County Republican Party,” as well as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal law enforcement agencies, the Department of Justice alleged.
Those sentiments extended to “certain Executive Branch officials.”
According to the indictment, Brown indeed allegedly scrawled a message on a sheet of notebook paper that appeared to say, “Report this: I burned down the Nazi Party of NB’s office. F*** DJT. F*** ICE. Liberty or die.”
New Braunfels Woman Indicted for Attempted Arson of Comal County Republican Headquarters @FBISanAntonio https://t.co/sfYdX8Wmp6 pic.twitter.com/cUsza09Vfj
— U.S. Attorney WDTX (@USAO_WDTX) May 8, 2026
“DJT” are the initials of President Donald John Trump.
The note also had the three-arrow anarchist emblem associated with Antifa, which the Trump administration classifies as a domestic terrorist organization.
The Department of Justice release noted that Brown was charged with burglary of a building and arson, as well as federal charges.
She could spend between 5 and 20 years in prison.
FBI officials are investigating the incident with the help of the New Braunfels Police Department and the New Braunfels Fire Marshal’s Office.
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Michael wrote for several entertainment news outlets before joining The Western Journal in 2020. He now serves as Managing Editor, which involves managing the editorial team and operations, guiding the publication’s editorial direction, and writing, editing, curating and assigning stories as needed.
Birthplace
Ames, Iowa
Nationality
American
Education
Iowa State University
Topics of Expertise
Cultural Politics, Pop Culture, Christian-Conservatism
