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What we know about the 20-year-old man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump
https://www.yahoo.com ^ | July 14, 2024 | MICHAEL BIESECKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and JIM MUSTIAN

Posted on 07/14/2024 4:11:29 PM PDT by Enterprise

The 20-year-old nursing-home employee from suburban Pittsburgh who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump was a registered Republican who packed explosives in the vehicle he drove to the campaign rally an hour from his home.

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Crooks tried out for the school's rifle team but was turned away because he was a bad shooter, said Frederick Mach, a current captain of the team who was a few years behind Crooks at the school.

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Crooks used an AR-style rifle, which authorities said they believe was purchased by his father. Kevin Rojek, FBI special agent in charge in Pittsburgh, said that investigators do not yet know if he took the gun without his father's permission.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: mofo
Crooks was apparently not a good shot (the irony) and used a rifle belonging to his father.
1 posted on 07/14/2024 4:11:29 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: Enterprise

He was practicing, obviously.


2 posted on 07/14/2024 4:13:06 PM PDT by Jonty30 (He hunted a mammoth for me, just because I said I was hungry. He is such a good friend. )
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To: Enterprise

The way you can be sure they’re an FBI stooge is if they have bomb making materials in the car. 😏


3 posted on 07/14/2024 4:13:58 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: All

The loser believed the radical left will embrace him.


4 posted on 07/14/2024 4:16:08 PM PDT by Freeleesy
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To: Enterprise
"registered Republican" - the MSM media has been so careful to keep that front and center in every piece they do. As if anyone with a brain thinks he was a sincere party member. Watch them sweep his Antifa affiliations under the carpet as much as possible.

They (the MSM) are a BIG part of the problem here, and need to be constantly hammered for their propaganda and hate.

5 posted on 07/14/2024 4:17:25 PM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
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To: Enterprise

RE: His father....

I posted this earlier but it helps us understand....

CNN revealed this:

“Both of Crooks’ parents worked as social workers, according to state license records. His father is registered to vote as a Libertarian and his mother is registered as a Democrat, state voter records show.”

By Casey Tolan, Danny Freeman, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Curt Devine and Isabelle Chapman, CNN July 14, 2024


6 posted on 07/14/2024 4:17:55 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: EnderWiggin1970

He registered as a Republican so he could vote against MAGA candidates in the 2022 election. It was a big thing the demoncrats were pushing the last few election cycles. He definitely wasn’t a Republican.


7 posted on 07/14/2024 4:19:51 PM PDT by Prince of Space (Trump 2024!)
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To: Enterprise
What we know?

Only what central planning tells us. So find out on your own if you are so inclined.

8 posted on 07/14/2024 4:20:45 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: Enterprise

Looks like the Deep State has its cover story:

Just as after 9/11 we needed legislation to break down the silos within the federal government, now we apparently need some policies to make sure the SS and local police coordinate better together:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13633223/FBI-25-years-suspect-Trump-assassination-attempt-security-disaster.html


9 posted on 07/14/2024 4:21:29 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: frank ballenger

The rotten apple didn’t rot far from the tree.


10 posted on 07/14/2024 4:22:07 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: Jonty30

My sense was that it was someone who had some familiarity with a firearm.


11 posted on 07/14/2024 4:23:51 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: Enterprise

He has a different last name from his father.


12 posted on 07/14/2024 4:24:05 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: Enterprise

If the rifle belong to dear old dad, then the crooks household ought to be prepared to go ahead and lose that house in civil court matters when the people who were injured and killed by the rifle sue


13 posted on 07/14/2024 4:28:37 PM PDT by suasponte137
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To: Georgia Girl 2
"The way you can be sure they’re an FBI stooge is if they have bomb making materials in the car. "

Gasoline? Lithium Ion battery? Soda pop and Mentos?
14 posted on 07/14/2024 4:32:46 PM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: Enterprise

“Bad shot” turned back police behind him and was able to rapidly fire 3-6 rounds before the sniper took him out. What the two snipers were doing behind Trump by not killing the shooter first is maddening. The reason Trump is alive is windage and his head movement. I guess video games or movie trained the shooter.


15 posted on 07/14/2024 4:32:51 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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