Mod: MAGA terrorism has grown some deep roots.The Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooter is reportedly the grandson of MAGA Republican representative Randy Voepel, who supported the January 6 insurrection and compared it to the Revolutionary War (Heavylink): Anderson Lee Aldrich is the 22-year-old suspect accused of perpetrating a mass shooting at Club Q, a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The November 19, 2022, attack left five dead and 25 injured.
The active-shooter burst into the nightclub with a long rifle and opened fire inside just before midnight,
Colorado Springs Police Lieutenant Pamela Castro said in an early morning news conference on November 20.
Aldrich was subdued by heroic patrons, who were credited with saving lives,
Castro said. One disarmed
Aldrich and beat him with the suspect’s own gun, according to
NPR.
Heavy has confirmed that
Aldrich is the grandson of outgoing
Republican State Assemblymember Randy Voepel, the former mayor of
Santee,
California.
Voepel represents the
71st District in the
San Diego area. There were calls to expel
Voepel from the state
Assembly after he made comments comparing the
January 6 attacks to the
Revolutionary War.
Aldrich’s mother,
Laura Voepel, has written posts praising
Randy Voepel on
Facebook and confirming he is her father.
“This is
Lexington and
Concord. First shots fired against tyranny,”
Randy Voepel, who was defeated in a
Republican primary in August 2022, said in a
San Diego Union-Tribune article three days after
January 6. “Tyranny will follow in the aftermath of the
Biden swear-in on
January 20th.” According to the
San Diego Union-Tribune,
Voepel“later tweeted that he condemned violence and lawlessness.”
Voepel and his office did not immediately respond to requests for comments from Heavy.
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