From google’s ai overview:
“Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump in July 2024, was a registered Republican, but his full motivations and political alignment remain unclear.
Key facts about Thomas Matthew Crooks:
Political affiliation: While voter records showed Crooks was a registered Republican, he also made a $15 donation to the Progressive Turnout Project, a Democratic-aligned political action committee, in January 2021. A year later, his father told investigators that his son was in the middle of the political spectrum and would "argue both sides".”
See? Not entirely conservative?