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Suspect in Trump assassination attempt had registered as Republican but motive unknown
ABC News | Disney ^ | July 14, 2024 | ByPierre Thomas, Olivia Rubin, Peter Charalambous, Luke Barr, and Jack Date

Posted on 07/14/2024 1:37:11 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man is suspected to be the gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump on Saturday, firing several shots and killing at least one spectator, federal and local law enforcement agencies said.

Investigators are looking at what sources describe as misinformation that the suspected gunman appears to have been recently consuming and whether it played any role in the incident, according to law enforcement sources.

So far, investigators have not uncovered any ties to extremist organizations or individuals, though they continue to scour information from the suspect's phone and other digital devices, according to the sources. Increasingly, the shooting was looking like a lone wolf attack, sources said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: assassination; election2024
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To: PoeToaster

Proof for that statement? 67 year old man donated $15? Or a unemployed 17 year old did. Which is more likely

While you at it

Proof that he was a “registered Republican”?

Funny how the source for both statements is the same new agency.

Try to be a rational adult in your posting for a change. It will be a nice change of pace for you


41 posted on 07/14/2024 2:10:52 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
registered as Republican but motive unknown

Yes, by all means, we must protect his motive for registering as a Republican.

42 posted on 07/14/2024 2:11:22 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: MNJohnnie

Children don’t get recorded as donors to political campaigns, and it doesn’t make sense for a child to write that they are “not employed” if they are in school. Try to use logic.


43 posted on 07/14/2024 2:12:12 PM PDT by PoeToaster
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Why did it take five ABC News/Disney reporters to discover that this guy was a registered Republican?

Was "The Pirates of the Caribbean" ride shut down and they all had extra time on their hands?

44 posted on 07/14/2024 2:13:31 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: PoeToaster

Thanks for proving my point. Reply in less then 1 minute. Obvious troll. So grow up and act like an adult for once.


45 posted on 07/14/2024 2:14:54 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: politicket

What, the Soros payments don’t count as official work? /s

/s (well sort of...)


46 posted on 07/14/2024 2:17:02 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Enter the Dumbstream Media.

We have people posting on TikTok their dismay that he missed. He had the same motivation as every media brainwashed moron.


47 posted on 07/14/2024 2:17:19 PM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: blueunicorn6

ABC is Disney


48 posted on 07/14/2024 2:26:44 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist! )
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To: Beowulf9

Sounds like parental revenge motive.


49 posted on 07/14/2024 2:27:52 PM PDT by cnsmom
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To: leaning conservative

I heard earlier that he was a food service worker in a nursing home.


50 posted on 07/14/2024 2:30:02 PM PDT by Shortstop7
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

A middle aged man that I worked with was a hardcore democrat and he was a registered republican.
He confided in friends that he wanted to be on their mailing lists to find out about republican candidates running for political office.
When he was confronted about his left wing views, he would instantly deflect criticism by stating that he was a registered republican, usually with a smirk.
This acquaintance is not unique. He said that he got the idea from other democrats.
The various GOP campaign literature that he received either online or by snail mail never changed his mind or altered his political views in any way.
The brainwashing techniques from democrats is often very successful, usually with malcontents, poorly informed people, folks who are gullible or people on government assistance who believe the lies about republicans cutting their benefits.
Thomas Crooks being a ‘registered republican’ is meaningless.
What he did speaks much louder.


51 posted on 07/14/2024 2:35:47 PM PDT by Thapsus_epiphany (Socialism is a prison, Communism is a death camp )
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To: All

Many liberals registered as republicans so they could vote for Nicki Hailey ( against Trump)


52 posted on 07/14/2024 2:38:53 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Attempting assassination trumps voter registration in my book.


53 posted on 07/14/2024 2:39:52 PM PDT by xp38
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To: DoughtyOne
Saw this video at Lame Cherry. It's supposed to be Crooks, looks like him.
Dude is a beaut.
Video is the second item on the page.

https://lamecherry.blogspot.com/

54 posted on 07/14/2024 2:49:46 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Operation Chaos was a Democrat thing before Rush Limbaugh encouraged his listeners to do it.


55 posted on 07/14/2024 2:56:16 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Very interesting that he was kicked off the shooting team back in high school. I guess he took that rejection pretty seriously and took up learning how to shoot pretty well. Well enough to almost assassinate POTUS.


56 posted on 07/14/2024 2:59:36 PM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Yep.

But notice how quickly the lamestream got that out there.

They know he's not MAGA because of a donation to actblue.

57 posted on 07/14/2024 3:03:48 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

My leftist idiot BIL in Florida is registered as a pubbie. He says it is so he can vote in the primaries for the least electable Republican.


58 posted on 07/14/2024 3:11:41 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ("If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there")
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To: Shortstop7

How did he afford expensive guns & ammo? He obviously trained somewhere I assume.


59 posted on 07/14/2024 4:15:44 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: hardspunned

And he donated to Act Blu on Biden’s inauguration day. And he’s got your usual leftist parents.


60 posted on 07/14/2024 4:17:05 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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