Ryuu96 said:
The shooter donated $15 dollars to the Progressive Turnout Project on January 20, 2021. He made this donation fourteen days after January 6th, which was a danger to democracy. The timing of this donation indicates how this person felt about January 6th. Many Republicans were unhappy about January 6th. The shooter was a registered republican in the state of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is 1 out of 10 states that is a closed primary. That means only voters who are registered to a major party may participate in its primary election. (Registering as a Republican to vote against the MAGA movement). Or...He could be a Republican voting against the MAGA movement, like thousands of Nikki Haley's voters, or Republicans in this very forum who are voting Democrat because they don't like the MAGA movement, or Republicans currently in congress who have said they won't vote Donald Trump or Republicans who have left Congress who have publicly condemned Donald Trump. He is part of an age group that is statistically more ideologically progressive. I am pointing out his age because we aren't talking about a 60 year old person where, statistically speaking, is more conservative. Statistics aren't a fact on a individual, meaning just because "statistically" his age group is more progressive, doesn't mean it's a fact that he is. Also Trump's been gaining quite a bit with the youth voter according to recent polls, it's not cut and dry. It's possible that he was a Democrat...Then switched to Republican, not sure why that is so hard for you to believe. I don't think anyone is really saying he was always Republican, I'm certainly not, I'm saying it's plausible he switched to being a Republican. When you add up his age, his donation to the Progressive Turnout Project, didn't like Trump (tried to assassinate him), and the fact that this was a closed primary, indicates that the shooter was likely a radical progressive democrat. Radical because he shot at a former president. Progressive because he didn't donate to a republican anti-trump group, but rather a progressive project. Still not a fact. | 
