{{cquote|[T]he 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.
{{cquote|[T]he 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.
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"I brought up the fact that I'm Hispanic and, you know, I'm for Trump. And he said, 'Well, you're Hispanic, so shouldn't you hate Trump?'" Vincent Taormina told Fox News Digital Tuesday. "No. He's great. He was a great president. He called me stupid – or insinuated that I was stupid."<ref>https://www.aol.com/news/former-classmate-recalls-trump-shooter-080043511.html</ref>}}
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"I brought up the fact that I'm [[Hispanic]] and, you know, I'm for Trump. And he said, 'Well, you're Hispanic, so shouldn't you hate Trump?'" Vincent Taormina told Fox News Digital Tuesday. "No. He's great. He was a great president. He called me stupid – or insinuated that I was stupid."<ref>https://www.aol.com/news/former-classmate-recalls-trump-shooter-080043511.html</ref>}}
"According to the New York Times, federal campaign-finance records show" a Thomas Crooks (no middle name) "donated $15 to the Progressive Turnout Project, a [[liberal]] voter turnout group, through the Democratic donation platform [[ActBlue]] in January 2021."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/14/us/politics/trump-gunman-thomas-crooks.html Here’s What Is Known About the Suspected Gunman]. By Jack Healy, Mike Baker, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Katie Benner. ''The New York Times'', July 14, 2024. Authorities identified the gunman as a 20-year-old man from Bethel Park, a town about an hour’s drive from the site of the shooting.</ref> Whether or not this is the same Thomas Crooks remains to be seen. Hours before the incident, the aforementioned [[progressive]] ''TurnoutPAC'' tweeted about Trump supposedly "destroying Democracy." Quote:
"According to the New York Times, federal campaign-finance records show" a Thomas Crooks (no middle name) "donated $15 to the Progressive Turnout Project, a [[liberal]] voter turnout group, through the Democratic donation platform [[ActBlue]] in January 2021."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/14/us/politics/trump-gunman-thomas-crooks.html Here’s What Is Known About the Suspected Gunman]. By Jack Healy, Mike Baker, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Katie Benner. ''The New York Times'', July 14, 2024. Authorities identified the gunman as a 20-year-old man from Bethel Park, a town about an hour’s drive from the site of the shooting.</ref> Whether or not this is the same Thomas Crooks remains to be seen. Hours before the incident, the aforementioned [[progressive]] ''TurnoutPAC'' tweeted about Trump supposedly "destroying Democracy." Quote: