To these leftist journalists, these perps are fellow Democrats. Remember now, the Democrat Party is nothing but a loose coalition of Godless Communists, criminals, and perverts, but they do stick together when one of them is caught committing a crime against a non-Democrat.
I am very leery of what are IMO trolls claiming, “I’m liberal, but I collect guns and love to go to the range and shoot” . I’ve seen a lot of such comments at Youtube, etc., recently....