Comment on The shooter donated to ActBlue according to AP.
aleph@lemm.ee 2 months ago20-year-old, registered Republican, Thomas Matthew Crooks is the shooter, yes, but the donation to ActBlue referred to in the healing of this post was apparently made by somebody else.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 2 months ago
The donation was made by the shooter as the fbi confirmed. The addresses and name match.
aleph@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Ah, ok - I assumed that you linked an outdated source but yes, it does appear that they are the same.
For the record, here’s confirmation of the donation address:
pbs.twimg.com/media/GSelv7KXsAACr7m?format=jpg&na…
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Right now, all we know is he is a registered Republican, but that is meaningless by itself. It is common for Democrats to register as Republicans to vote in the primary.
That doesn’t mean he wasn’t a Republican, but we do not know at this point in time.
We know he donated 15 dollars to a blue group. By itself, once again meaningless.
I get people want to jump to conclusions and speculate, but we do not know much about the situation at this time.
aleph@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Right, which is a bit odd why OP chose to highlight this one fact as the headline for this article.