Max R. Smith recalled taking an American history course with Crooks as a sophomore. He did recall Crooks making political statements — but they shed no light on his actions Saturday.
“He definitely was conservative,” he said. “It makes me wonder why he would carry out an assassination attempt on the conservative candidate.”
Smith recalled a mock debate in which their history professor posed government policy questions and asked students to stand on one side of the classroom or the other to signal their support or opposition for a given proposal.
“The majority of the class were on the liberal side, but Tom, no matter what, always stood his ground on the conservative side,” Smith said. “That’s still the picture I have of him. Just standing alone on one side while the rest of the class was on the other.”
Maybe he was an even bigger extremist who thought that Trump’s legacy would live longer if he was martyred. Let’s not speculate on why he did it without any actual information.
Do we have actual proof of him being a conservative?
He was a registered Republican but there are plenty of people who did that just to fuck with the primaries and never voted R.
Personal accounts describe him as conservative and defending conservative values even if he was the only one in class
Gotcha, thank you for the info!
Maybe, like any intelligent person, and he was, he realized that he didn’t want to live in the Fourth Reich if Trump gets reelected.
Maybe he was an even bigger extremist who thought that Trump’s legacy would live longer if he was martyred. Let’s not speculate on why he did it without any actual information.