> 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

> 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...