Ryan Lucas just flat out lied about the Trump shooter's political views.

Just caught a bit where they ran through what they know about the shooter, going over what he had searched for on his phone, various other things.

It has been reported in several outlets that people who knew him said that he had conservative political views, but Ryan Lucas explicitly said that there was no indication of political ideology.

While it's clear from his searches that he may not necessarily have intended to kill Trump because he was opposed to him politically, accurate information about his political views is extremely important in countering the false narrative from Republican politicians that he was a Democratic party plant or operative.

Is NPR now to the point of lying by omission because they're afraid of accusations of bias?