The words ‘ICE = KKK’ were sprayed onto the side of the building in red paint, leading many GOP members to believe the fire was a politically motivated arson attack.

A fire damaged the entryway at the Republican Party of New Mexico’s Albuquerque headquarters early Sunday, which the party called “a deliberate act of arson.”

The FBI is investigating a suspected arson attack at New Mexico's Republican Party headquarters that left the front of the building resembling a bomb site. Photographic evidence that emerged Sunday showed structures charred throughout the front hall and the words "ICE=KKK" graffitied in red spray paint onto the edifice of the building.