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Thomas Matthew Crooks ID’d as gunman who shot Trump during Pa. rally
NYPost ^ | 7/13/24 | Joe Marino

Posted on 07/13/2024 9:16:47 PM PDT by hardspunned

he gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump Saturday was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, sources told The Post.

Crooks, of Bethel Park, Pa., squeezed off shots — one of which grazed Trump in the ear — at an outdoor rally in Butler, just outside Pittsburgh.

Sources said Crooks was planted on a roof of a manufacturing plant more than 130 yards away from the stage at Butler Farm Show grounds.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: New York; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: assassinationattempt; butler; crooks; markviolets; maxwellyearick; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkpost; pennsylvania; thomascrooks; thomasmatthewcrooks; thomasmcrooks; trumpshooter; trumpshotbutokay; violets

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To: cquiggy

Someone must have told Ss don’t shoot first.


21 posted on 07/13/2024 9:51:59 PM PDT by inchworm (al )
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To: kalee
I thought it was some guy named Mark Violets.

That's the problem with Twitter.

Journos are in such a hurry to be the first to post breaking tweets that practically everything that comes out in the first few hours after a major event will turn out to be pure BS.

Now they're trying to say Crook was a registered Republican. True? Who knows? But voter registration screenshots are pretty easy to fake.

22 posted on 07/13/2024 9:54:46 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: leaning conservative

headshot via RadarOnline:
https://radaronline.com/p/trump-assassin-first-photo-thomas-matthew-crooks/

photo of him on rooftop via TMZ, seconds before death:
https://www.tmz.com/2024/07/13/trump-rally-gunman-seen-opening-fire-shooting-gets-killed-new-video-clip/#continued


23 posted on 07/13/2024 10:10:54 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: Drew68

PA has 13 million people. Very plausible that there are multiple people with the same name and age.


24 posted on 07/13/2024 10:11:54 PM PDT by Krosan
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To: blueplum

Thank you.


25 posted on 07/13/2024 10:12:59 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: hardspunned

https://www.caclubindia.com/assets/thomas-crooks/

It won’t let you copy text from the article.


26 posted on 07/13/2024 10:18:31 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: jonrick46

Indeed he was Antifa as previously reported. Shocker.


27 posted on 07/13/2024 10:35:50 PM PDT by KingofZion
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To: hardspunned

Thomas Matthew Crooks Affiliations:

Portland Black Bloc: Known for aggressive tactics during protests.

Seattle Antifa Collective: Coordinated anti-fascist actions across the Pacific Northwest.

New York City Antifa: Notorious for confrontations with far-right groups.

Los Angeles Antifa Network: Organized counter-protest against alt-right groups.

Chicago Anti-Racist Action: Dedicated to combating white supremacy in the Midwest.


28 posted on 07/13/2024 10:39:46 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: jonrick46

Per FNC: FBI just confirmed that shooter was Crooks.


29 posted on 07/13/2024 10:41:04 PM PDT by Windcatcher
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To: KingofZion

See my post #28.


30 posted on 07/13/2024 10:41:51 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: jonrick46
Doesn't this guy Crooks work? Where does he get
his money from? If he is not employed somewhere, who
is supporting him? Who pays his bills? Where does he live?
31 posted on 07/13/2024 11:31:41 PM PDT by StormEye
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To: StormEye

Good questions. Being a troublemaker should not be rewarded. It’s like paying someone to rob a bank.


32 posted on 07/13/2024 11:50:10 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: Drew68; Krosan

It was easy to find his registration. He was registered Republican.

So, either he changed his mind later, or he just wanted to vote in the Republican primary.


33 posted on 07/14/2024 12:19:59 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Drew68

I have the PA voter database current as of 2023, I think. Crooks lived at 2506 Milford Dr. Bethel Park, PA, and was registered as a Republican. Doesn’t really mean much, my father loved Donald Trump, and was a registered Democrat.


34 posted on 07/14/2024 12:41:52 AM PDT by Big E
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If that guy registered as a Republican,it could possibly have been to gaub access to events, or as some have suggested, to vote against MAGA candidates.


35 posted on 07/14/2024 6:19:12 AM PDT by Peter ODonnell (A conspiracy theory is usually a fact that a leftist cannot endorse)
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To: Peter ODonnell

... gain access ... typing at sunrise before first covfefe of day ...


36 posted on 07/14/2024 6:21:43 AM PDT by Peter ODonnell (A conspiracy theory is usually a fact that a leftist cannot endorse)
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To: StormEye

He probably caught autism from Tik-Tok, medicated, Weed. Probably suicidal, probably told people he was going to do it. Probably encouraged online.


37 posted on 07/14/2024 6:23:29 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: Peter ODonnell

Registered to vote for Haley likely.


38 posted on 07/14/2024 6:23:58 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: Drew68

I saw somewhere that he may have registered R just so he could vote against Trump in the primary?


39 posted on 07/14/2024 7:37:12 AM PDT by muffaletaman (IMNSHO - I MIGHT be wrong, but I doubt it.)
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