Republican or not, his base motivation was a hatred of Christans which is hardly a Republican value. Contradictions aside, this was an evil person at his base governed by hatred. He armed himself looking for some confrontation. Beyond the sewer of the Internet, I don’t see a conspiracy. His support came from faceless haters that inhabit the Internet.
It’s speculated that when he said he was a Republican he was referring to Irish REPUBLICAN Army.
He wasn’t a Republican. That was just a lie stated by Alan Colmes.