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Myers and another student said that Crooks tried to join the high school's rifle team but was rejected and asked not to return after a "preseason" session."He didn't just not make the team, he was asked not to come back because how bad of a shot he was, it was considered like, dangerous," said Myers.
😂 if only comedy writers could come up with brilliant shit like this
He never talked politics or even mentioned trump in conversations with friends.
https://abc7ny.com/post/donald-trump-rally-shooting-suspect-thomas-matthew-crooks/15061083/
Max R. Smith recalled taking an American history course with Crooks as a sophomore. He did recall Crooks making political statements. "He definitely was conservative," he said.
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 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."
A high school classmate, Jason Kohler, said Crooks was a "loner" who was "bullied so much in high school."
He would regularly wear hunting outfits and was made fun of for the way he dressed, Kohler said.
"He would sit alone at lunch. He was just the outcast. It's honestly kind of sad."