“Of course he likes Hillary because Hillary won’t say the words radical Islamic terrorism”, Trump said of Mateen’s father, who had no knowledge of his son’s plot to kill people at an Orlando night club in June.
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Mrs Clinton’s campaign spokesman Nick Merrill clarified the situation and said: “She disagrees with his views and disavows his support”.
How did Seddique Mateen, the father of the Orlando terrorist who attacked a gay nightclub killing 50 people, end up on stage directly behind Hillary Clinton? He later told a reporter for WPTV, a Palm Beach-based NBC affiliate, that he wanted to attend the rally as a member of the public and a Clinton supporter.
Mr Mateen said: “Hillary Clinton is good for United States versus Donald Trump, who has no solutions”.
The Clinton campaign has disavowed Mateen’s support and explained that the rally was an open event with minimal screening and that campaign officials were unaware that Mateen had attended until after it had concluded.
“The rally was a 3,000-person, open-door event for the public”.
Michael Knox, a Jacksonville-based firearms expert, said the large number of victims with multiple wounds could also suggest Mateen was firing rapidly at groups of people in the crowded nightclub. “That would be much better”.
As she spoke, there in the audience with a hat and mustache was Seddique Mateen, sitting behind her in the stands at the Exhibition Hall at Osceola Heritage Park.
“Why the surprise? I love the United States of America and I have been living here for a long time”, said Mateen Seddique, from Afghanistan, to the local channel WPTV. When Clinton talked about visiting the site of the gay nightclub shooting, Seddique Mateen was seen taking pictures of the Democratic nominee. He also complained that Muslims in the USA are not reporting “mad men” to the police or Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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The uproar surrounding Donald Trump’s “Second Amendment people” remark has rightly blotted out the sun for the past 24 hours or so, but not for lack of trying by the news media and/or Trump apologists. These seats are usually reserved for invited guests.
