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Thomas Matthew Crooks ID’d as gunman who shot Trump during Pa. rally
NY Post ^ | 7/13/2024 | By Joe Marino and Katherine Donlevy

Posted on 07/13/2024 8:53:59 PM PDT by NohSpinZone

https://nypost.com/2024/07/13/us-news/thomas-matthew-crooks-idd-as-gunman-who-shot-trump-during-pa-rally/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter

The 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 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: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: New York; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: assassination; assassinationattempt; banglist; butler; crooks; maxwellyearick; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkpost; pennsylvania; pronounswaswere; thomascrooks; thomasmatthewcrooks; thomasmcrooks; trump; trumprally; trumpshooter; trumpshotbutokay
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To: Texas Fossil; All

He was murdered to hide his employer. This is a coup. Plain and simple.


121 posted on 07/13/2024 11:06:35 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: Drew68

The only connection I care about is his connection with the FBI.

The FBI knows in advance many killings and mass murders. The Orlando gay nightclub shooting is a prime example of how the FBI sat on this until it happened.

And based on the video proofs we have seen tonight from the scene - with more to come I’m sure - it seems clear that officials watched this happen when they could have stopped it.


122 posted on 07/13/2024 11:07:16 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that's told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Nice underbite


123 posted on 07/13/2024 11:10:21 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Vendome; All

Bingo! The kid was hired and all the parts and pieces were in place. The kid was no more than an imbecile hired to pull a two pound trigger. Good thing he was a lousy shot. 130 yards is nothing.


124 posted on 07/13/2024 11:10:57 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
it seems clear that officials watched this happen when they could have stopped it.

I'm not quite sure if I'm ready to go there yet. I did see the video of the SS sniper seeming to take his time. In truth, he could've just been trying to get a bead on the guy --who was already aimed and ready to fire on President Trump.

Sometimes what looks like a conspiracy is simply incompetence.

This much I do believe however: There's plenty of people in this country (and not all of them Democrats) who were profoundly disappointed that Crook missed.

When I first heard the news that there was an assassination attempt on Trump, I was both equally shocked, and not shocked at all.

125 posted on 07/13/2024 11:23:12 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68

Who is Mark Violets. (Look at the picture).

And why the the Penn State Police say they had him in custody?

https://www.caclubindia.com/assets/mark-violets-antifa-trump-shooter/


126 posted on 07/13/2024 11:25:30 PM PDT by moonhawk (Jeffrey Epstein did't kill himself; George Floyd did.)
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To: moonhawk
Who is Mark Violets. (Look at the picture).

Mark Violets was falsely identified early on (there's a thread here about it). Alleged to be an Antifa member. The photo that accompanied him was of some Italian sportscaster.

Totally fake news.

127 posted on 07/13/2024 11:29:05 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68

I ask myself - is it possible for someone to hit a target at 130 yards away when they had no previous idea there was a target to be shot? All in half a second?

I answer myself - Hell NO.

Those cops knew well in advance the shooter was there. The SS agent did not take his time. Not at all. He had already taken aim and returned fire before Trump even hit the deck. Yet in that split second that first agent did take his eye off the scope - look at the roof - then back to the scope and then fired. Pretty quick assessment I must say.


128 posted on 07/13/2024 11:32:53 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that's told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: Drew68

Look at the picture in my link. It’s not the Italian guy. I saw that earlier thread. this is different, looks like the same guy in the other photos. Check it out.

And again, who did they have in Custody?


129 posted on 07/13/2024 11:34:45 PM PDT by moonhawk (Jeffrey Epstein did't kill himself; George Floyd did.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I do hope very specific questions get asked about this. Why did they wait until the shooter fire until they shot him? Why was the roof not secured? And, why did they ignore multiple reports about the shooter?


130 posted on 07/13/2024 11:34:46 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Assassination Attempts Won't Stop Trump.)
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To: Windcatcher

Nope, back to Maxwell Yearick

https://x.com/MattWallace888/status/1812361016245678539?t=UnfzYB5VaYpO0WOAgYMOQw&s=09


131 posted on 07/13/2024 11:48:16 PM PDT by struggle
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To: Drew68

It’s not crooks. Crooks just released a video saying it wasn’t him.


132 posted on 07/13/2024 11:59:51 PM PDT by struggle
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To: Sequoyah101

Buried on a hill in Terra Lingua ...

World ain’t what it seems is it Gunny.


133 posted on 07/14/2024 1:17:17 AM PDT by Blueflag (To not carry is to choose to be defenseless.)
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To: dpetty121263

That was Buffalo, NY


134 posted on 07/14/2024 1:22:59 AM PDT by jimjohn (We're at war, people. Start acting like it.)
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To: NohSpinZone

BUMP


135 posted on 07/14/2024 3:37:48 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: doorgunner69

20 year old guy. The odds are that there was a liberal girlfriend and his little head was thinking for his big head.


136 posted on 07/14/2024 3:51:26 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: NohSpinZone

Here is a YouTube video of Thomas Matthew Crooks stating that he hates Republicans and he hates Trump. I can’t make out the last part, but it sounds like he says that they got the wrong guy.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DM9SVbojbl4


137 posted on 07/14/2024 4:00:48 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: NohSpinZone

Just did a search and found that the shooter’s father, also named Matthew Crooks lives at the same location. The Republican party registration they are claiming must be the father’s.


138 posted on 07/14/2024 4:15:30 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: RummyChick

The father has the same name, same address and is 53 years old.


139 posted on 07/14/2024 4:19:35 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: Responsibility2nd

Good find. That is most likely the kill shot. It’s interesting watching the podium action at the same time.


140 posted on 07/14/2024 4:24:23 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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