Former classmate recalls Trump shooter
grilling him over support for former POTUS:
'Did not like politicians'
Fox News,
by
Michael Ruiz
Original Article
Posted By: Beardo,
7/17/2024 10:46:33 AM
A former classmate of would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks says the 20-year-old gunman once mocked him over his support of former President Donald Trump and had a general disdain for mainstream politicians across the political aisle. (snip) "He would just talk, talk and act like he knew everything, especially politics related, and he would say it in a tone that was like, 'I'm better than you,' in a type of way," he said.
He also pushed back on reporting that Crooks was a complete loner. He had a friend group, he said, although it was both small and concerning.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Northcross 7/17/2024 11:01:44 AM (No. 1759133)
It is amazing that 4 days after this kid was identified, that there is almost nothing known about him. No social media presence. Virtually no reports from people who must have known him. Relatives. Classmates. Teachers. This guy almost did not exist in a world where everything people eat for breakfast is broadcast on the internet. Very suspicious.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
mobyclik 7/17/2024 11:08:36 AM (No. 1759139)
That description in the lead paragraph describes about 90% of the know-it-all liberals.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
dbdiva 7/17/2024 11:11:41 AM (No. 1759142)
Crooks was arrogant and deemed everyone as "stupid" if they didn't agree with his political opinions. Sounds familiar; we've all been called stupid and ignorant at one time or another by those who have an extremely elevated sense of their own "brilliance" ~ nonexistent brilliance IMO.
He was the perfect poster boy for dem party. I'm sure they're proud.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
anniebc 7/17/2024 11:17:08 AM (No. 1759149)
Young and dumb.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Luandir 7/17/2024 11:20:19 AM (No. 1759154)
A young, naive skull full of mush who could be pumped full of "Hitler" and "End of Democracy" imagery, then sent off through a convenient crack in the security wall to "save democracy", and silenced when he was no longer useful.
Change my mind.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
DVC 7/17/2024 11:43:34 AM (No. 1759182)
Intelligent, yet a loner, and 'smarter than you guys'. Hated Trump, disliked politicians in general. And at some point, all the Dem, media and celebrity calls to 'save our democracy', 'stop this monster', and 'he's literally Hitler' gave him the will to in his mind, be a hero and save the country from "literal Hitler".
Two sides to this setup. First you spend years pumping the "literally Hitler" crap, and then lots of people normalize the "he should be killed" kind of thoughts by saying them repeatedly, without any pushback, both media figures and celebrities.
And then you provide both inadequate SS protection, but you send out Jill to western PA to draw away even more of the already inadequate SS protection. And you put in place DEI hires who are incompetent in SS, so inadequate numbers and resources, and how many are fools and idiots?
Just keep increasing the odds that this would happen, rhetorically driving for nutcases like this one, and limiting the SS capabilities at ever turn.
Incite the nuts, limit the protection.
Limit the protection more, incite the nuts some more.
Make the protection less competent, incite the nuts some more.
Rinse, repeat until you get the desired outcome.
Then "gee, what a surprise!"
Not a surprise.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Dreadnought 7/17/2024 12:31:09 PM (No. 1759244)
In plain sight...
""They were definitely the type, and they did, make threats to shoot up our school," he said.
Although he and other classmates suspected Crooks himself was behind a threat, he said he had no firm proof. But after the threat came in, the future would-be assassin didn't return to school for a few days."
That's a disconnect in the media's narrative.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
red1066 7/17/2024 1:01:14 PM (No. 1759289)
The kid was a loser. His classmates in high school said as much. That's why they bullied him. That's why they said he was a little off. He was a loner with apparently no friends, and the internet and social media was the place to interact with outside world without being bullied of called weird. He was operating in his own little world. This is why there is no info about this kid after three or four days. There is no information. The kid for the most part was off the grid.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
privateer 7/17/2024 1:43:02 PM (No. 1759327)
Or...there was tons of social media presence, evidence, which has conveniently disappeared. Unexpectedly.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 7/17/2024 2:08:31 PM (No. 1759350)
IMHO, it was an inside job. Crooks was offered the 73 virgins (from the mullahs??) and paradise in exchange for what he did while the local cops looked the other way. On the remote chance he would survive, a butt load of more wealth and paradise was on the table. He took the first deal.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
YorkieMom 7/17/2024 6:35:00 PM (No. 1759556)
So true, #2. I just spent time with the one sibling in my family who is liberal. It was torture.
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