A college student was arrested after authorities said she made an online threat to kill Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a Republican candidate for governor of California who blamed the alleged threat on “absolute lies and the dehumanizing political rhetoric” that Bianco said has prompted violence against those with conflicting ideology.

Cal State San Marcos police arrested Danielle Lopez on Sept. 25 on suspicion of making criminal threats, threatening a school/public officer/employee and threatening a public official, according to Lt. David Collins, a spokesman for the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. Lopez posted bail the same day. Lopez had not been charged as of Tuesday.

Bianco, in an interview on Tuesday, Sept. 30, said the threat was made on Sept. 25, a day after the c

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