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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    4 months ago

    The mental illness angle will be met with

    “Interesting how he so easily acquired a gun.”

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      4 months ago

      What’s even better, he was already on secret service/security radar when he tried to enter the metal detectors by acting weird.

      Why the fuck wasn’t he literally followed at that point?