Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign once profiled the father of attempted assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks … identifying the guy as a strong Republican who was into guns.
Trump’s 2016 campaign amassed a database of millions of voters in swing states and Matthew Brian Crooks was one of them … with Trump’s team determining he was a likely gun owner and “hunter” who would favorably respond to pro-gun rights messaging … according to data first obtained and revealed by the UK’s Channel 4 News.
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The would-be assassin’s mother, Mary, was profiled by Trump’s 2016 campaign too apparently … and she was also identified as a likely gun owner by campaign researchers.
And get this … Trump’s campaign database assigned scores to each of the 6.7 million Pennsylvania voters analyzed ahead of the 2016 election … with the shooter’s father scoring among the top 20 in their Bethel Park hometown in terms of pro-gun-related indicators.
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Crooks’ father legally purchased the AR-15-style rifle his son used in Saturday’s assassination attempt at Trump’s rally in Butler, PA … and TMC reportedly bought 50 bullets from a gun store on the morning of the shooting.
Thomas lived with his parents in Bethel Park … and a neighbor told WPXI the Crooks family had pro-Trump and MAGA yard signs until recently. It’s unclear if the seemingly pro-Trump affiliation applied to Thomas himself — but on its face, it sounds like his parents liked DT.
The shooter’s ex-classmates say he was nicknamed “school shooter” and would get bullied in class … and he was such a poor shot he couldn’t even make his school’s rifle team.
We’re learning more about this guy every day … but the picture isn’t becoming much clearer on his motivation.
