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[Trump Shooting] Suspect was registered as Republican voter, state records show (abcnews.go.com)

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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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[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

There’s apparently a video of him saying he hates trump and republicans. It’s getting messy.

[-] OsaErisXero@kbin.run 37 points 2 years ago

That was by a lookalike from 4chan I thought, the blue shirt video?

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

There's certainly going to be absolutely no end to that bullshit as well.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Corporate News Sewers: "Well there's only one thing for it. MORE POLLS!!!"

[-] kescusay@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

What's surprising is how unsurprised I am by that shit. I didn't read it and go, "No way, no one would do that!" Nope. As soon as I stumbled on it, I thought, "Well of course the chuds on 4chan did that."

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah, blue shirt in the car.

That would be really bizarre if a dude that looks so much like the shooter was able to whip out a video so quickly. The only thing I couldn’t quite tell was that images of the shooter looks like he has an underbite almost, and the vid clip guy looks more normal.

Edit: found it. Allegedly someone called Maxwell Yearick?

E2:… ok. So looking up Maxwell Yearick gets things a little confusing. There are nsfw images of the deceased shooter that definitely look like he has the slight underbite/protruding lower jaw. Yearick is a protester who was arrested at a political demonstration and I don’t think he looks like the video guy at all nor do I think he looks like the deceased. Blue shirt guy looks closest, but we’ll have to see what shakes out of that.

[-] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I won't be surprised if they will use generative AI to spread disinformation as well

They can make the shooter say and do more or less anything, even if it's not true

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