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THOMAS MATTHEW CROOKS TRUMP CAMPAIGN PROFILED FATHER

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THOMAS MATTHEW CROOKSTRUMP CAMPAIGN PROFILED FATHER ...

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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.
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. 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.

 

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The father was profiled by Trump's campaign and the son was captured on film by BlackRock. High level publicity for ordinary folks.

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The father was profiled along with 6.7 million Pennsylvanians. What's the uptake here? It's no secret the political campaigns use Big Data to gather information on every one of us registered voters.
 
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The father was profiled along with 6.7 million Pennsylvanians. What's the uptake here? It's no secret the political campaigns use Big Data to gather information on every one of us registered voters.
Big data got to me also. Joe, Trump and even Nikki Haley have sent spam texts to my phone. I have blocked all three, and now my phone automatically sends most political text messages to the spam folder.
 
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Big data got to me also. Joe, Trump and even Nikki Haley have sent spam texts to my phone. I have blocked all three, and now my phone automatically sends most political text messages to the spam folder.
Interesting. I never receive political emails, or texts.

Never.
 
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THOMAS MATTHEW CROOKSTRUMP CAMPAIGN PROFILED FATHER ...

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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.
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. 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.

Apart from this fun family tidbit, I wonder if they will ever find a motive? If they do will they tell us? Perhaps the allure of finding his name predominantly in the history books was enough?
 
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The father was profiled along with 6.7 million Pennsylvanians. What's the uptake here?
The main finding is that Dad was one of the nuttiest of gun nuts. (if the profiling is accurate)

(And the son belonged to a gun range and appears to have had some enthusiasm for the pastime.)

Overall significance? Who knows?
 
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The main finding is that Dad was one of the nuttiest of gun nuts. (if the profiling is accurate)

(And the son belonged to a gun range and appears to have had some enthusiasm for the pastime.)

Overall significance? Who knows?

TMZ:
"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."


I'm guessing these "pro-gun" indicators are based on his internet activity...i.e. interest in guns. Without further information on their tracking criteria, I would not characterize that interest any further....
 
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Apart from this fun family tidbit, I wonder if they will ever find a motive? If they do will they tell us? Perhaps the allure of finding his name predominantly in the history books was enough?
That seems to be the long and short of it.
 
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Interesting. I never receive political emails, or texts.

Never.
They don't waste energy or money on those already in their pocket. ;)
 
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THOMAS MATTHEW CROOKSTRUMP CAMPAIGN PROFILED FATHER ...

MAGA Sign At Family Home

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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.
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. 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.

Lots of things coming out about this ... will just have to wait and see ... there are things that don't seem "add up" ... ongoing investigation.
 
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