What was Crooks' motive for attempting to assassinate the former President? Here's my best guess.

Most recent update I could find, posted about an hour ago. A classmate says he was bullied in school every day. Also, his voter registration has been active with the Republican Party since 2021, and he made the $15 donation in January, 2021, to the Progressive Turnout Project, a group working to increase voter turnout for Democrats. Interestingly, he was also a member of a large sportsman's club with a riflery range.

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Who is the suspected Trump shooter Thomas Crooks? A bullied student, nursing home worker

Here's what we know about the man who tried to murder the 45th President of the United States and 2024 Republican nominee for the oval office.

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He probably something his handlers could use against him - "miles to go before you sleep".

All the "registered Republican", donated to Biden stuff becomes meaningless when you consider that the roof not secured.

Deep State wanted Trump dead and they found their patsy.

This ^… the kid was a dud, a loser who lived in the basement of his parent’s home.

No one cares about this lost broken loser, unattractive, pathetic waste.

You ask about his motivation, lol. He got what deserved; he was desperately seeking the lead pill to end his pain.

Stop dissing TeasIe.

STOP....WATCHING......TELEVISION! It's called television "PROGRAMMING" for a reason

He was an average LRC poster?

Effective investigation can only occur when those investigating have an open mind without preconceived ideas or theories.

Most are assuming Trump was the target. Maybe Trump was hit by mistake. The shooter may have known he was going to get shot by the secret service. Maybe it was the shooter’s way of ending his own life.

Pretty sure it was at least partly suicide, not sure what else was intended. I suspect he was just hoping to cause chaos/get super famous.

It's suicide by police coupled with delusions of grandeur. They'll see what I really was, now, or some stupid stuff like that.

"Trump survives assassination attempt" -- good for Trump/Republicans.

"Trump assassinated!" -- even better for Republicans.

Nobody's even going to ask if this guy was planted by the far right?

Speaking of patsy, left wing DEI/ESG Blackrock most likely found their patsy while filming this commercial. They stand to lose a lot in Ukraine with a new President.

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BlackRock yanks 2022 ad featuring Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks

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Thomas Crooks, the 20-year-old who shot and wounded former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, appeared in a 2022 ad for BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest money manager.

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I often read the comments in articles to see if any posters share some insight (or first hand observations) that might help in figuring out what happened.

Anyway, I read this. One guy said he works with people who have fetal alcohol syndrome and that Crooks shows many facial features that are characteristic of this condition.

I mean, I don't know. The kid was obviously mentally ill so I looked up the facial symptoms of fetal alcohol syndrome. One strikingly noticeable feature is that the guy's face is FLAT from the side profile. It almost looks like he has no nose. He also has other facial characteristics of FAS... thin upper lip, smooth philtrum... the area between nose and upper lip without ridges, narrow eye opening (palpebral fissure length).

Regardless, I'd like to know if he was on any medications, especially anti-depressants.

Here's a link that explains everything except the flat nose/face, which is shockingly obvious from a side profile.

Again, I don't know. I'm just throwing this out for comments or if anyone is more knowledgeable of fetal alcohol syndrome.

https://depts.washington.edu/fasdpn/htmls/fas-face.htm

This is good sleuthing. I can't imagine that the parents don't have some key information on their son's issues, but whether they'll provide it is another story.

All the people in the neighborhood that the media interviewed said everything with the family and kid seemed normal, yet the classmates said he was bullied every single day, was a strict loner, wore the hunting clothing to school every day, etc.. Two very different pictures. The school teachers, guidance counsellors, supervisors, etc., also, have not been heard from, but surely, they must have some insight on this kid. Shocking they seemingly let this crap go on, day after day, leaving him to fend for himself. Did they just turn a blind eye or give up on trying to do something? Seems like they were passively complicit with the bullying if they didn't step in to put a stop to it.

The optic, to me, is there were a lot of red flags for a kid ready to erupt with gun violence against the bully culture he was surrounded by, by attempting to assassinate whom he perceived as the Bully-in-Chief.

As a hardcore republican it was just part of his culture to inflict white republican on white republican violence. It is the only thing he knew. He saw the Mike Pence gallows on tv and knew this was the right path.

This. All these guys want is notoriety and to die, which is why they choose to go on these mass shootings - to get shot and for people to remember their names. This is the media's fault for giving so much attention to these events.

The media's fault? Trump CRAVES media attention.

The motive is obvious, he hated Trump and wanted him dead...

Crooks might have registered as a democrat when he was 17 but why would he contribute to an org. that promotes democrat voter registration when he was 20? He obviously changed his mindset and became another hate filled leftist.