Suspect was registered as Republican voter, state records show
abcnews.go.com

Thomas Matthew Crooks, the suspectin Saturday’s shooting, was registered as a Republican voter, according to Pennsylvania records.

Already the republicans are dismissing his voter registration as meaningless. Here comes the “mental illness” angle.

Edit: apparently it’s not uncommon to register with the party you oppose in PA. This is going to be a fun ride.

  • MagicShel@programming.dev
    5·
    5 months ago

    He was 20. He could have voted only in a single election. Someone said he donated to democrats 3 years ago. This math is confusing the fuck out of me.

      • DarkCloud@lemmy.world
        8·
        5 months ago

        With just the same first and last name, where as the Republican party registration had other corroborating data, such as middle initial, address, and date of birth.

        So the donation is nowhere near as solid as the Republican party registration.

      • MagicShel@programming.dev
        1·
        5 months ago

        17 year olds, supposedly. (I can’t verify the three years ago, so grain of salt.)

        This doesn’t really make sense and we might just have to wait for actual details from the investigation.

        • dragontamer@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          5 months ago

          Some people are saying $10, which is a lot more to a kid than to an adult. But kids can afford $10.

          EDIT: $15 to more reliable sources. Still in the rough ballpark tho

    • Asafum@feddit.nl
      1·
      5 months ago

      Unfortunately I think what we’re going to learn is that he’s one of those people that register Republican to vote in their primaries to choose the weakest candidate giving Democrats a better chance.

      Either way I unfortunately think this is going to give Trump yet another boost… God knows that’s what we needed…

      • MagicShel@programming.dev
        1·
        5 months ago

        That’s possible. Because we damn sure aren’t going to learn that people are more complicated than a simple black & white label.

        If this comes across as argumentative, I don’t mean it that way. It’s just pure cynicism.

      • Gerudo@lemm.ee
        1·
        5 months ago

        I read a snippit that in PA, it’s not uncommon to register for the other party. More than likely, he really was a dem/non repub.