The Clinton campaign responded by saying she disagrees with Mateen’s views and disavows his support.
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Two survivors of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando were “outraged” to learn that the gunman’s father was at the same rally they attended for Hillary Clinton in neighboring Kissimmee, Florida on Monday.
Mateen said he supported the former US Secretary of State because, “Hillary Clinton is good for the United States versus Donald Trump, who has no solutions”. This man was Seddique Mateen (pictured above, center), the father of Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen. “The rally was a 3,000-person, open-door event”, the campaign said. He went on and said “I love the United States and I’ve been living here a long time”.
“It’s a Democratic party, so everyone can join”, he said.
But Hillary Clinton has since distanced herself from the father of mass murderer, Omar Mateen.
Autopsy reports released this week also show that only three victims had traces of soot, gunpowder or stippling, meaning most of the victims were likely more than 3 feet away from Omar Mateen when they were shot.
Seddique Mateen, who once ran for the presidency of Afghanistan, has denounced the actions of his son in Orlando.
Not only that, Mateen – whose son murdered 49 people at a gay nightclub just up the road from where Clinton gave her speech – endorsed the Democratic nominee. He could clearly be seen standing behind Clinton as she addressed the audience.
“I wouldn’t expect to have those many hits on those many people if you weren’t actually trying to take aim and make sure you hit your target rather than running around, spraying bullets”, said Wright, who also has no connection to the case. Republican Donald Trump – who begins his own Florida tour with a rally in Sunrise on Wednesday night – created his own distraction Tuesday with remarks about “Second Amendment people” preventing Clinton from appointing Supreme Court justices. The affiliate later interviewed Mateen, who held up a large, yellow pro-Clinton banner calling her “good for national security” and “gun control laws”.
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“I wish my son joined the Army and fought ISIS and destroyed ISIS, that would be much better”.
