let s [ bleep ] see it! reporter: until the age of 15, aldrich was known as nicholas f. brink. he legally changed his name in 2016 through the courts in san antonio, texas, court records show. prior to that in 2015, the shooting suspect was the subject of intense online bullying on a still active internet parody page. cnn has found evidence of the mocking comments that spanned a five-month period when he was 15 years old. the page shows photos of him mocking his weight and accuses him of engaging in illegal activity. aldrich is the grandson of california assemblyman randy vopel, who initially compared the january 6th attack to the revolutionary war, but later said he did not condone or support the violence and lawlessness that took place on january 6th. aldrich s family life is chaotic. he was primarily raised by his maternal grandmother, the ex-wife of the assemblyman, a source told cnn.
trigger colorado s red flag law, raising questions about the strength of a tool that allows firearms to be removed from someone who is deemed to be a risk to themselves and others. until the age of 15, aldrich was known as nicolas f brink. he legally changed his name to anderson l aldrich in 2016 through the courts in san antonio, texas, court records show. prior to that, in 2015, the shooting suspect was the subject of intense online bullying on a still active internet parody page. cnn has found evidence of the mocking comments that span a five month period when he was 15 years old. the page, resembling wikipedia, shows photos of him, mocks his weight, and accuses him of engaging in illegal activity. aldrich is the grandson of california assemblymen randy vopel, who initially compared the january 6th attack to the revolutionary war, but later said he did not condone or support the violence and lawlessness that took place on january 6th. aldrich s family life is
capitol on january 6 to the revolutionary war. now as you mentioned, the suspect s grandfather is an outgoing california assemblyman. his name is randy vopel. here is what he told the san diego union tribune. he said, quote, this is lexington and concord, first shots fired against tyranny. tyranny will follow in the aftermath of the biden swear in on january 20th. now he tried to take that back, also saying that did he not con drone violence on january 6th, that he did not condone violence in association with anything involving president biden. but again, jim, we don t know exactly how much interaction the suspect had with his grandfather and the last time they interacted and we reached out to the congressman s office and we have not heard back. jim. rosa flores in colorado springs, thank you so much. well the governor of alabama
Sixty of the 80 current California Assembly members are Democrats, and because California is an overwhelmingly blue state, political analysts are not expecting.