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.

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    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.

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      A person with his name donated $15 on the day Biden was inaugurated, when he was 17.

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        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.

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        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.

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          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