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Crooks had been [[Voter registration in the United States|registered to vote]] since September 2021, the month he turned 18.<ref name="USA Today-2024" /> He registered as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]].<ref name="USA Today-2024" /><ref name="NBC News-2024">{{Cite web |last1=Reilly |first1=Ryan J. |last2=O'Donnell |first2=Kelly |last3=Winter |first3=Tom |last4=Dienst |first4=Jonathan |date=July 14, 2024 |title=Trump rally shooter identified as 20-year-old Pennsylvania man |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-rally-shooter-identified-rcna161757 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/2024.07.14-192415/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-rally-shooter-identified-rcna161757 |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |access-date= |website=[[NBC News]] }}</ref><ref name="The New York Times-2024" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 14, 2024 |title=FBI Identifies Thomas Matthew Crooks as 'Subject Involved' in Trump Rally Shooting |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-07-14/fbi-identifies-thomas-matthew-crooks-as-subject-involved-in-trump-rally-shooting |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714055632/https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-07-14/fbi-identifies-thomas-matthew-crooks-as-subject-involved-in-trump-rally-shooting |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |access-date= |work=[[US News & World Report]] |publisher= |agency= }}</ref> He had only voted once, in the [[2022 United States elections|2022 midterm elections]].<ref name="CNN-2024" />
On January 20, 2021, at the age of 17, he donated $15 to the Progressive Turnout Project, a liberal [[voter turnout]] group, through the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] donation platform [[ActBlue]].<ref name="Reuters-2024" /><ref name="The New York Times-2024" /><ref name="BBC News-2024" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Josefczyk |first1=Aaron |last2=Ward |first2=Jasper |last3=Singh |first3=Kanishka |date=July 14, 2024 |title=Trump's shooter was a registered Republican, had donated to a Democratic PAC |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/trumps-shooter-was-a-registered-republican-had-donated-to-a-democratic-pac/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714112120/https://www.timesofisrael.com/trumps-shooter-was-a-registered-republican-had-donated-to-a-democratic-pac/ |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |access-date= |work=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref> His donation was made the same day that President
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