Aaron Alexis’ Friend: He Was Into Violent Video Games, ‘He Was More of a Liberal Type’

Friend of Navy Shooter Aaron Alexis: 'He Was More of a Liberal Type' (RealClearPolitics)

JAKE TAPPER: Millions of Americans obviously play violent video games without any effect. Was there any strain of violence that you ever saw with him relating to the video games or just in day-to-day life?

MICHAEL RITROVATO: No, just that it surprised me that a long time ago, probably a year or so ago, when I was invited to his house to watch a football game, he spent more time in there watching -- playing the game online with some other individual, which was a pretty bloody game of shooting.

He spent more time doing that than entertaining his guests. And I commented to Aaron on that that, wow, man, you're in your 30s, dude. You need to let that stuff go. Like I said, he was -- I would comment, I would say things like, you know, you're a brother of another mother and he would say things like, yes, you're my Italian buddy, mafia guy from New York.

So we had things we joked about. Aaron wasn't conservative like I am. He was more of a liberal type. He wasn't happy with the former administration. He was more happy with this administration, as far as presidential administrations.