Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill later issued a statement saying, “Hillary Clinton disagrees with his views and disavows his support”.
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He told WPTV that he was “cooperating” with the investigation into his son.
“It’s two-on-one”, the IN governor and Donald TrumpDonald TrumpPence: Media “overwhelmingly biased” for Clinton Trump applauds NYPD for response to Trump Tower climber Trump: Clinton has “temperament of a loser” MORE’s running mate said on Fox News’s “Hannity”.
ABC, CBS and NBC devoted a total of 25 minutes and 35 seconds on Trump’s comments on Tuesday, versus 4 minutes and 41 seconds about Seddique Mateen, whose son Omar killed 49 people at the Florida nightclub in June and who was at the Clinton rally on Monday, the Media Research Center (MRC) reports. “This individual wasn’t invited as a guest and the campaign was unaware of his attendance until after the event”.
Either Hillary Clinton is going deaf or she just flat-out ignored a pertinent question.
At another point during the rally, the Republican nominee called President Barack Obama “the founder of ISIS” – and doubled-down on that outrageous and unfounded claim by calling Hillary Clinton the “co-founder” of the terror group.
“What attracts this man to Hillary Clinton?”.
The Clinton campaign said earlier Tuesday they were not aware of his presence.
Everyone who’s a Democrat can join the rally, Seddique Mateen further explained. “What attracts him to Hillary Clinton?”.
A local television channel captured footage of Mrs Clinton this week speaking in Kissimmee, just south of Orlando.
In another YouTube video, Seddique Mateen reportedly expresses his support of the Afghan Taliban, while denouncing the Pakistani government, and in response to Omar’s attack on the Pulse nightclub, Seddique says that it had nothing to do with religion.
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, appearing for the first time with Trump, gave the crowd more of what they wanted when he affirmed their belief that “the media has failed you” – to more boos. But Mateen’s views on gays and Islamic religion’s teaching about homosexuality have also been a source of controversy.
