But yea, we still have “no motive” on why Thomas Crooks tried to kill Trump over the weekend. Yes we do… He hated Trump, was indoctrinated by his teachers and television and even confronted a Hispanic class mate over his support for Trump. He called the Hispanic class mate Vincent Taormina “stupid” for supporting Trump, telling him that he should hate Trump because he’s Hispanic. But yea, let’s still claim no motive.
A former classmate of would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks says the 20-year-old gunman once mocked him over his support of former President Donald Trump and had a general disdain for mainstream politicians across the political aisle.
“I brought up the fact that I’m Hispanic and, you know, I’m for Trump. And he said, ‘Well, you’re Hispanic, so shouldn’t you hate Trump?'” Vincent Taormina told Fox News Digital Tuesday. “No. He’s great. He was a great president. He called me stupid – or insinuated that I was stupid.”
It happened during a discussion in an English class during the 2016 campaign, he said. Trump, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders were all still in the race.