{"id":2295383,"date":"2024-07-15T14:18:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T18:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-the-trump-rally-shooter-yelling-about-slashing-republican-throats\/"},"modified":"2024-07-15T14:20:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T18:20:40","slug":"fact-check-does-this-video-show-the-trump-rally-shooter-yelling-about-slashing-republican-throats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-the-trump-rally-shooter-yelling-about-slashing-republican-throats\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show The Trump Rally Shooter Yelling About \u2018Slashing Republican Throats\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-this-video-show-the-trump-rally-shooter-yelling-about-slashing-republican-throats%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2295383&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A \u200bsocial media \u200cpost claiming to \u2063show the attempted assassin of Former President Donald Trump, Thomas Matthew Crooks, threatening to &#8216;slash Republican throats&#8217; \u200don a college campus is false. The video is from\u2063 2020 and\u2063 was taken at Arizona State University where a student was yelling at a &#8220;Students for Trump&#8221; setup. \u2062The FBI is\u200b investigating Crooks&#8217;\u200d motive for the attempted assassination, treating it as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nsba-apologizes-for-letter-describing-potential-domestic-terrorism-at-school-board-meetings\/\" title=\"NSBA Apologizes For Letter Describing Potential Domestic Terrorism At School Board Meetings\">potential domestic terrorism<\/a>. Crooks, who would have \u2064been 16\u200b at the\u200b time, \u2064did not graduate high\u2064 school until 2022. The viral post misidentifies Crooks and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-semitism-is-a-feature-not-a-bug-why-democrats-seem-to-think-jew-hatred-began-with-adolf-hitler\/\" title=\"Anti-Semitism Is A Feature, Not A Bug: Why Democrats Seem To Think Jew Hatred Began With Adolf Hitler\">falsely accuses<\/a> him of making threatening remarks \u2064towards \u200dRepublicans. The incident at ASU did not feature Crooks, \u2063who was not a\u2062 student\u200d at the time.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>A viral <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/61555993475774\/videos\/792727033044328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media post<\/a> claims to show the attempted assassin of Former President Donald Trump, Thomas Matthew Crooks, yelling on a college campus, threatening to \u2018slash [the former President\u2019s and] Republican throats.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The video is from 2020 and was taken on the Arizona State University campus. Crooks would have been 16-years-old at the time of the recorded incident, but did not graduate high school until 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are attempting to gain access to Crooks\u2019 cell phone as part of an investigation into his motive for attempting to assassinate the former president, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/fbi-trying-determine-motive-attempted-trump-assassination-rcna161851\">NBC News.<\/a> The shooting, per the FBI, is being investigated \u201cas an assassination attempt and potential domestic terrorism,\u201d the outlet reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A viral social media post claims to show Crooks yelling at a group of people allegedly showing their support for the former president. In the video, the man can be seen yelling in the middle of a public square at a Republican venue setup, threatening to \u2018slash all Republican throats\u2019 along with other expletives. A text overlay on the video reads \u201cThomas Matthew Crooks was NOT a Republican.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe same media that insights such unstable people is now mentioning that he was registered as a Republican. Oh, and they are all calling for unity,\u201d the post\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/human-smugglers-are-using-bidens-border-incompetence-and-social-media-to-find-their-next-victims\/\" title=\"Human Smugglers Are Using Biden\u2019s Border Incompetence And Social Media To Find Their Next Victims\">caption reads<\/a>. \u201cYep. I guess when you miss you have to appear righteous.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/07\/15\/fact-check-threads-image-falsely-identifies-man-accused-of-shooting-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: THREADS IMAGE FALSELY IDENTIFIES MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING TRUMP)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DVegQW05C1Y&#038;t=3s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> is several years old and does not feature Crooks. The incident occurred at the Arizona State University (AZU) campus in 2020, where a student was yelling at a \u201cStudents for Trump\u201d setup on campus, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/local\/tempe\/2020\/02\/06\/asu-working-identify-man-yelling-slash-republican-throats-video\/4683903002\/\">The Arizona Republic<\/a>. AZU campus police said at the time that they were \u201cworking to identify the man and confirm whether he is a student,\u201d the outlet reported. Check Your Fact could not find a follow-up article identifying the man in the video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DVegQW05C1Y?si=_eJ6bl-ffpkv6yC5\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Crooks was not a student at the time of the incident, attending Bethel Park High School until his graduation in 2022, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/14\/us\/politics\/trump-gunman-thomas-crooks.html\">The New York Times<\/a>. Subsequently, he graduated from the Community College of Allegheny County with an associate degree in engineering science earlier this year, the outlet reported. Crooks can be seen in a 2022 commencement video uploaded by his school district on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/RkGUEBN_u8U?si=PHiV3GILTIqveL6m\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RkGUEBN_u8U?si=PHiV3GILTIqveL6m\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>This story is part of our ongoing coverage of the Trump Assassination Attempt. Please consider viewing our other articles on this breaking news story.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/07\/15\/fact-check-threads-image-falsely-identifies-man-accused-of-shooting-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">THREADS IMAGE FALSELY IDENTIFIES MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING TRUMP<\/a><\/strong><br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/07\/15\/fact-check-video-trump-ufc-denver-shot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VIRAL X VIDEO FALSELY CLAIMS TRUMP ATTENDED UFC DENVER FIGHT AFTER BEING SHOT<\/a><\/strong><br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/07\/15\/fact-check-trump-shot-multiple-times-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WAS TRUMP SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES DURING THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT?<\/a><\/strong><br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/07\/14\/fact-check-viral-photo-of-mark-violets-is-not-trump-rally-shooter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VIRAL PHOTO OF \u2018MARK VIOLETS\u2019 IS NOT TRUMP RALLY SHOOTER<\/a><\/strong><br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/07\/14\/fact-check-photo-of-trump-rally-shooter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VIRAL PHOTO OF MAN IS NOT TRUMP RALLY SHOOTER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A social media post falsely claims to show Thomas Matthew Crooks, the attempted assassin of Former President Donald Trump, yelling on a college campus and threatening to harm Republicans. However, the video is from 2020 and does not feature Crooks, who would have been 16 years old at the time. The FBI is investigating Crooks&#8217; motive for the assassination attempt, which is being treated as potential domestic terrorism. Crooks was not a student at the time of the incident, as he was still in high school until his graduation in 2022. The video actually shows a different individual yelling at a Republican setup on the Arizona State University campus. Crooks graduated from the Community College of Allegheny County with an associate degree in engineering science in 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1075,"featured_media":2295384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2161411483-scaled-e1721058396536.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13420,3911,35117,34984,4440],"class_list":["post-2295383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fact-check","tag-republican","tag-slashing-throats","tag-trump-rally-shooter","tag-video"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2161411483-scaled-e1721058396536.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2295383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2295384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2295383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2295383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2295383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}