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Do you mean physically too far to the left for the shot? If you’re trying to frame this as a political comment it’s an odd comment. Additionally, the shooter ha

Do you mean physically too far to the left for the shot? If you’re trying to frame this as a political comment it’s an odd comment. Additionally, the shooter has so far been identified as a registered Republican. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/13/donald-trump-shot-live-updates.html https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/13/donald-trump-shot-live-updat...

talldatethrow 2y ago
That donated to Democrats.
webninja 2y ago
He’s a Democrat donor that registered Republican likely to pick someone else during the primaries. Possibly because the Democratic establishment decided to (by some degree) “skip Democracy” by not holding a primary election to potentially replace Biden. Hence people that wanted to participate in the political process had to be Republican to participate in a primary election. It was my understanding at the time of posting before much pictures came out that the bullet and the aim was too far to the left which was the perfect line up for a politics joke. Similar jokes include [a person] is so far left or so far right that they can’t walk a straight line down a sidewalk without falling over.
- lamontcg 2y ago
  You're hanging the idea that he was left-wing on a single $15 donation (made when he was 17 years old, over 3 years ago). He could have done that for any reason, including just trying to impress some girl he knew. > likely to pick someone else during the primaries The word "likely" is doing an awful lot of work here. I'm finding it more "likely" that the $15 donation happened before he fell into a right wing rabbit hole on YouTube (based on the guntuber t-shirt, I suspect his YouTube recommendations were a lot more right-leaning than left).
  - webninja 2y ago
    Changing your political party is free. I do that all the time on nearly every election cycle before reverting back to Independent again. Putting your money where your mouth is isn’t free. We’ll find out more as more information comes out. I’m surprised that’s the part you’re hanging your hat on. With all of the layoffs happening by the day, and the increasing political divide on non ideological basis by the reporting media, the country is becoming more and more ripe for a civil war. The people want change as well as a complete reset on the country’s priority list. Just everyone disagrees on what the changes should be and how to rank the priority list. It’s hard to see for someone on the left or the right but it’s easy to see as someone caught in the middle of it all. I just want to end with a message to bridge the growing divide in our country both ways. Why do you think half of our country votes the opposite way that you do? Could it be they have seen things in the world that you have missed? What has the other side seen that you haven’t?
    - lamontcg 2y ago
      > Putting your money where your mouth is isn’t free. This is a 17-year-old kid making a $15 donation. It isn't like he pulled together $250k to donate to some super PAC. Meanwhile: > Former student Max R. Smith remembered Crooks as an intelligent classmate with conservative political leanings. Smith recalled participating in a mock debate in a course they took together, where their teacher posed questions on government policy and had students stand on opposite sides of the classroom to signal their support or opposition. > “The majority of the class were on the liberal side, but Tom, no matter what, always stood his ground on the conservative side,” Smith said. “That’s still the picture I have of him. Just standing alone on one side while the rest of the class was on the other. ... It makes me wonder why he would carry out an assassination attempt on the conservative candidate.” https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/thomas-matthew-crooks-trump-shooter-id-butler-20240714.html https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/thomas-matthew-cr...
  - cactusplant7374 2y ago
    The $15 donation is contested. I'm waiting for the results of the official investigation if they even care about this detail. There are plenty of lone wolf's throughout history and what political party they belong to is not very interesting outside of a talking point.

talldatethrow 2y ago

That donated to Democrats.

webninja 2y ago

He’s a Democrat donor that registered Republican likely to pick someone else during the primaries. Possibly because the Democratic establishment decided to (by some degree) “skip Democracy” by not holding a primary election to potentially replace Biden. Hence people that wanted to participate in the political process had to be Republican to participate in a primary election. It was my understanding at the time of posting before much pictures came out that the bullet and the aim was too far to the left which was the perfect line up for a politics joke. Similar jokes include [a person] is so far left or so far right that they can’t walk a straight line down a sidewalk without falling over.

lamontcg 2y ago
You're hanging the idea that he was left-wing on a single $15 donation (made when he was 17 years old, over 3 years ago). He could have done that for any reason, including just trying to impress some girl he knew. > likely to pick someone else during the primaries The word "likely" is doing an awful lot of work here. I'm finding it more "likely" that the $15 donation happened before he fell into a right wing rabbit hole on YouTube (based on the guntuber t-shirt, I suspect his YouTube recommendations were a lot more right-leaning than left).
- webninja 2y ago
  Changing your political party is free. I do that all the time on nearly every election cycle before reverting back to Independent again. Putting your money where your mouth is isn’t free. We’ll find out more as more information comes out. I’m surprised that’s the part you’re hanging your hat on. With all of the layoffs happening by the day, and the increasing political divide on non ideological basis by the reporting media, the country is becoming more and more ripe for a civil war. The people want change as well as a complete reset on the country’s priority list. Just everyone disagrees on what the changes should be and how to rank the priority list. It’s hard to see for someone on the left or the right but it’s easy to see as someone caught in the middle of it all. I just want to end with a message to bridge the growing divide in our country both ways. Why do you think half of our country votes the opposite way that you do? Could it be they have seen things in the world that you have missed? What has the other side seen that you haven’t?
  - lamontcg 2y ago
    > Putting your money where your mouth is isn’t free. This is a 17-year-old kid making a $15 donation. It isn't like he pulled together $250k to donate to some super PAC. Meanwhile: > Former student Max R. Smith remembered Crooks as an intelligent classmate with conservative political leanings. Smith recalled participating in a mock debate in a course they took together, where their teacher posed questions on government policy and had students stand on opposite sides of the classroom to signal their support or opposition. > “The majority of the class were on the liberal side, but Tom, no matter what, always stood his ground on the conservative side,” Smith said. “That’s still the picture I have of him. Just standing alone on one side while the rest of the class was on the other. ... It makes me wonder why he would carry out an assassination attempt on the conservative candidate.” https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/thomas-matthew-crooks-trump-shooter-id-butler-20240714.html https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/thomas-matthew-cr...
- cactusplant7374 2y ago
  The $15 donation is contested. I'm waiting for the results of the official investigation if they even care about this detail. There are plenty of lone wolf's throughout history and what political party they belong to is not very interesting outside of a talking point.