The man who shot a top GOP congressman and several other people early Wednesday morning had a long history of run-ins with the law and for years had professed a deeply held disgust with the Republican Party.
Social media activity and letters to the editor show a man who blamed Republicans for the country’s economic woes going back to the Great Depression. A prolific writer of letters to the editor in his local newspaper, he railed against income inequality and what he saw as failed GOP policies.
