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His whole family was of a similar mindset; better put a laser focus on their activities, because you know they'll be next.
Nothing suggests that his motivations edit: for the spree killing were in any way political.
"Robert Card's social media sites showed support for Trump, among other politicians. As shown by the video, Card liked tweets from high-profile conservative figures such as Donald Trump Jr., Tucker Carlson, Dinesh D'Souza. He also engaged with publications from former house speakers Kevin McCarthy and Jim Jordan, as per the video."
He had clear mental health issues. He recently lost a girlfriend and a job. He shot up two locations where he and that girlfriend had spent time. His body was found next to the recycling center he'd been fired from.
He was also a right-wing militia nut job, but nothing about this spree killing suggests that his motivations for it were political.
But it does support the notion that the severely mentally ill or those prone to the sorts of delusions that lead to mass murder are drawn to right wing extremist ideologies. It's why a staggeringly lopsided proportion of terrorist attacks and mass killing acts are perpetrated by the right wing extremists.
I don't disagree with that one bit. Socially acceptable delusions are very attractive for people who are already prone to delusions in general, and make the notion of believing other things without evidence easier.