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  • jon-nycJ Online
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    jon-nyc
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    #11

    From NYT:

    The gunman was a registered Republican, his mother was a Democrat and his father a Libertarian

    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
    -Cormac McCarthy

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    • HoraceH Offline
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      Horace
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      #12

      Glad that’s straight. Something for everybody to feel good about.

      Education is extremely important.

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      • 89th8 Offline
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        #13

        Plenty of wackos out there. This would happen more often if security allowed it. Seems just like a mentally unstable dude who wanted to do something big in life, probably devoid of any feelings. Who knows.

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          #14

          One of his high school classmates gave the usual description that Crooks was a loner who was heavily bullied in school.

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            #15

            Video of shooter on the roof. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNyoBhwy/

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            • kluursK kluurs

              Video of shooter on the roof. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNyoBhwy/

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              @kluurs said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:

              Video of shooter on the roof. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNyoBhwy/

              wow

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              • jon-nycJ Online
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                jon-nyc
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                #17

                Trump signs in his yard?

                https://www.newsweek.com/thomas-matthew-crooks-donald-trump-sign-yard-neighbor-assassination-attempt-1925678

                Granted he lived with his parents but he’s the only republican in the house.

                "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                -Cormac McCarthy

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                • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                  Trump signs in his yard?

                  https://www.newsweek.com/thomas-matthew-crooks-donald-trump-sign-yard-neighbor-assassination-attempt-1925678

                  Granted he lived with his parents but he’s the only republican in the house.

                  JollyJ Offline
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                  @jon-nyc said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:

                  Trump signs in his yard?

                  https://www.newsweek.com/thomas-matthew-crooks-donald-trump-sign-yard-neighbor-assassination-attempt-1925678

                  Granted he lived with his parents but he’s the only republican in the house.

                  His dad is a Libertarian. And...You know, some Republicans split vote their ballot. Perhaps some Dems do it, too.

                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                  • kluursK Offline
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                    #19

                    Maybe he was just trying to impress a girl?

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                    • HoraceH Offline
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                      #20

                      One detects the faint whiff of hope in the air, hope against hope, that the attempted assassination of Trump can be blamed on Trump.

                      Education is extremely important.

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                      • LuFins DadL Offline
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                        #21

                        Signs were taken down months ago. Who wants to bet that one of the parents is proTrump, one is anti-Trump, and there has been strife…

                        The Brad

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                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                          Trump signs in his yard?

                          https://www.newsweek.com/thomas-matthew-crooks-donald-trump-sign-yard-neighbor-assassination-attempt-1925678

                          Granted he lived with his parents but he’s the only republican in the house.

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                          #22

                          @jon-nyc said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:

                          he’s the only republican in the house.

                          Probably the only Democrat who registered as a Republican. That happens, you know.

                          ETA: As has been said before, a lot of people in PA are registered "Republicans" so that they can vote in GOP primaries - presumably for the weakest candidate.

                          How many "Republicans" donated to left-wing causes?

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            xenon
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                            #23

                            I heard about someone who allegedly knew him say that he was a really bad shot and was embarrassed about it. Not sure if that's true at all.

                            But this could be as simple as him going after the most high profile target in the world to disprove those who made fun of him.

                            There doesn't have to be a political explanation.

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                            • X xenon

                              I heard about someone who allegedly knew him say that he was a really bad shot and was embarrassed about it. Not sure if that's true at all.

                              But this could be as simple as him going after the most high profile target in the world to disprove those who made fun of him.

                              There doesn't have to be a political explanation.

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                              George K
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                              @xenon said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:

                              I heard about someone who allegedly knew him say that he was a really bad shot and was embarrassed about it. Not sure if that's true at all.

                              I've seen a rumor that he was thrown off the rifle club because he was such a bad shot.

                              There doesn't have to be a political explanation.

                              That's right.

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                LuFins Dad
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                                #25

                                No signs…

                                https://www.foxnews.com/us/neighbor-says-trump-shooters-family-had-no-political-signs-yard-parents-affiliations-surface

                                The Brad

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                                  How many 20-year olds have NO social media presence?

                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                    No signs…

                                    https://www.foxnews.com/us/neighbor-says-trump-shooters-family-had-no-political-signs-yard-parents-affiliations-surface

                                    jon-nycJ Online
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                                    jon-nyc
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                                    #27

                                    @LuFins-Dad said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:

                                    No signs…

                                    Fox found a neighbor that said no, Newsweek found a neighbor that said yes.

                                    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                    -Cormac McCarthy

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                                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                      @LuFins-Dad said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:

                                      No signs…

                                      Fox found a neighbor that said no, Newsweek found a neighbor that said yes.

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                                      LuFins Dad
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                                      #28

                                      @jon-nyc said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:

                                      @LuFins-Dad said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:

                                      No signs…

                                      Fox found a neighbor that said no, Newsweek found a neighbor that said yes.

                                      Fox found 2, including the local captain for the Trump team that distributes the signs and fundraises. The other is an unidentified neighbor that said they noticed it several months ago, but nothing now… :eyeroll:

                                      The Brad

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                                      • HoraceH Horace

                                        One detects the faint whiff of hope in the air, hope against hope, that the attempted assassination of Trump can be blamed on Trump.

                                        jon-nycJ Online
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                                        jon-nyc
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                                        #29

                                        @Horace said in Thomas Crooks - what we know:

                                        One detects the faint whiff of hope in the air, hope against hope, that the attempted assassination of Trump can be blamed on Trump.

                                        No, one is choking on the vast plume of hope (assumption, really) that the assassination attempt can be blamed on the outgroup’s rhetoric even though there is not yet any evidence he was caught up in that.

                                        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                        -Cormac McCarthy

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                                        • MikM Away
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                                          I think the truth is that a sad, lonely young man made a very bad decision.

                                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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