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Trump has reacted to past shootings in a similar vein and declared in March that his response to the terrorist attacks in Paris and in San Bernardino had changed the tone of the presidential campaign, and helped him clear the field of his presidential rivals.
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Trump, 69, also postponed one of his major campaign events scheduled for tomorrow in New Hampshire and offered words of support to the victims.
Following US president Barack Obama’s speech he added: ‘Is President Obama going to finally mention the words radical Islamic terrorism? “If he doesn’t he should immediately resign in disgrace!”
Afghan-origin gunman Omar Mateen killed at least 50 people and injured more than 53 at a gay nightclub in Orlando in USA deadliest mass shooting incident yesterday.
He says he is prepared to reauthorise torture methods such as waterboarding in terrorism cases and advocates targeting the families of terror suspects. He said the U.S. The official was familiar with the investigation but not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Here are unedited statements that various leaders, candidates, and groups have emailed to WHSV about the 6/12 Orlando shooting.
Islamic State, which controls land in Iraq and Syria, claimed responsibility for the shooting but USA officials said they had seen no immediate evidence directly linking the militant group to the massacre.
“Last night, our nation was attacked by a radical Islamic terrorist”, Trump said in a statement after the massacre cemented fears that the most potent threat to Americans now comes not from the spectacular terrorist attacks that felled the Twin Towers on September 11 but from radicalized home-grown terrorists. Police investigating possible terrorism.
Other politicians started responding when it was first believed that there were 20 fatalities, but officials have now reported that at least 50 people were killed and 53 others were treated for injuries.
Politicians are weighing in on news of the deadly terror attack in a Florida nightclub early this morning.
Seeking to steal the momentum from the Clinton campaign, the Republican presumptive nominee ditched plans to make a speech castigating the former first lady and husband Bill Clinton on Monday. It will run in battleground states beginning Thursday. He acknowledged the tragedy – then said he would not drop out of the race and endorse Clinton until he’s convinced she’s committed to fighting wealth disparity.
Other Florida politicians also tried communicating with their constituents, including both Gov. Rick Scott and Sen.
“Clinton made a false ad about me where I was imitating a reporter GROVELING after he changed his story”.
The Clinton ad uses footage of Trump onstage, flailing his arms in an apparent attempt to mimic New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski, who suffers from a congenital condition that restricts joint movement. However, this didn’t stop Trump from weighing in on leadership at the same time. “We must be smart”, Trump tweeted above.
“We have got to do everything that we can to prevent guns from falling into the hands of people who should not have them”, Sanders said.
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In a tweet just hours after the incident, he wrote: “Appreciate the congrats for being right on radical Islamic terrorism, I don’t want congrats, I want toughness & vigilance”.
