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

    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…

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      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.

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      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.