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minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·4 months agoThe shooter was identified as 20-year old Thomas Matthew Crooks, as reported by the BBC, and was a registered Republican.
minus-squareBombOmOm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down6·4 months agoRegistering R in PA which has closed primaries just means he lived in a red district and wanted to vote in the only primary that matters. He donated to progressive groups.
minus-squareDelta_V@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·4 months agoBy that same Trojan Horse logic, donating to Biden’s political opponents doesn’t make the situation any clearer.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down2·4 months agoIt’s quite common in safe districts to register with the predominant party and donate elsewhere.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·4 months agoNobody is a typical R or D at that point. There isn’t a PAC out there that is just straight DNC or GOP. That’s not a realistic standard.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·4 months agoNo you’re just grasping at straws to paint this guy as anything other than a democrat when the reality is we don’t know shit about him yet.
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoGroupS? The BBC reported that he donated a few bucks to a Liberal party or something, but that’s all I’ve heard
The shooter was identified as 20-year old Thomas Matthew Crooks, as reported by the BBC, and was a registered Republican.
Registering R in PA which has closed primaries just means he lived in a red district and wanted to vote in the only primary that matters. He donated to progressive groups.
By that same Trojan Horse logic, donating to Biden’s political opponents doesn’t make the situation any clearer.
It’s quite common in safe districts to register with the predominant party and donate elsewhere.
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Nobody is a typical R or D at that point. There isn’t a PAC out there that is just straight DNC or GOP. That’s not a realistic standard.
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No you’re just grasping at straws to paint this guy as anything other than a democrat when the reality is we don’t know shit about him yet.
GroupS? The BBC reported that he donated a few bucks to a Liberal party or something, but that’s all I’ve heard