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This is what I think needs to be pointed out more often. He is a former Trump supporter who feels betrayed by Trump's actions in office. A former cult member woke up and realized that Trump was a threat to the nation. Of course, being a former cult member, and lacking the strongest of connections with reality, he decided that hiding in the bushes and trying to shoot him was a reasonable solution.
The article however says, "Routh’s past online posts suggest the suspect has not been consistent about his politics in terms of supporting Democrats or Republicans."
All these articles are trying to say he wasn't really a Republican or a Democrat and trying to run cover for the GOP. But that's not true. The fact is that he's a former Trump supporter, a former Republican, who realized that Trump was full of shit but he still had a head full of the GOP's and Trump's violent rhetoric. Being a consistent supporter of one party or the other is irrelevant. This had nothing to do with Democrats and everything to do with the GOP and Trump promoting violence and availability of deadly weapons like the one he used.
That's a bingo.
Yeah. His actions were unwise and influenced by the violent rhetoric of the far right, but he was right to feel betrayed. I want other trump cultists to come to those realizations, but instead of choosing violence to choose to stand up, speak to those still in, and try to help heal this country and bring it onto the right path.