When you have a high profile or mass shooting, there seems to be an immediate race to find out who the shooter is to try to determine their motivation and often what side of the political aisle they’re on.
The Trump assassination attempt was no exception. You immediately had people searching the background of the shooter, who has been identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks. And you knew that you’d have bad Democratic takes on the issue. I wrote about one of them earlier from a staffer of Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS).
But Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) apparently decided that he wanted to contribute to the bad/misleading takes of the day.
“I don’t know why a Republican would try and kill his party’s own nominee with an assault rifle,” Swalwell posted.
“But it’s wrong. Violence has never been the answer. Violence is not the answer. Violence will never be the…
