• The grandfather of the man alleged to be behind the mass-shooting at a Colorado gay bar this weekend has been named as a MAGA Republican lawmaker who praised the January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol last year.
• Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, is accused of killing five people and injuring 25 more at Club Q.
• Posts on social media posts made under Aldrich’s mother’s name, Laura Voepel, have linked him to former Republican California state assembly member Randy Voepel – claiming he is his grandfather, reports The Guardian.

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