We don’t know that he intended anything beyond getting the hell out of there.
Looked like he was accelerating toward the crowd.
People who are surrounded can accelerate forward. People in a panic can acclerate forward.
Forward is easier than backward.He may have been bent on mayhem or he may have been trying to get out of Dodge before he got pulled out of his car. That is not something that is apparent from the reports so far. Everyone from left to right seems to have leapt to the same conclusion and that is to crucify him so the Libs will think we are sensitive or something.