In 2016 the Trump campaign built a database profiling millions of voters in key battleground states – including the family of Trump’s would-be assassin Thomas Crooks.
It found that both the parents of Thomas Crooks were very likely to be gun owners and shared other gun-related lifestyle indicators.
From the details that have come out about him already I would be surprised if he wasn’t referred as that before. It is actually a pretty common “nickname” for kids that don’t fit in even when they don’t have hunting as a main personality trait already.
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They left out the part where his classmates used to refer to him as “the school shooter.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2024/07/16/trump-signs-posted-outside-attempted-assassins-home-neighbors-say-what-we-know-about-thomas-matthew-crooks/
From the details that have come out about him already I would be surprised if he wasn’t referred as that before. It is actually a pretty common “nickname” for kids that don’t fit in even when they don’t have hunting as a main personality trait already.
I used to get called the Columbine kid all the time for being goth back in my day, among other bullying
His classmates said he was a loner, but because he was a bully, not because he was the quiet kid.