There’s A Reason Trump Targets Terrorists’ Families

[DonViejo]

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What’s new on the Democrats-Are-Terrorist-Lovers beat?

Well, the father of Orlando gay nightclub shooter Omar Mateen attended a Hillary Clinton rally on Monday — sweet, sweet clickbait for the right wing blogosphere, and thus, the national media.

The Clinton campaign responded to criticism of Seddique Mateen’s attendance by claiming they did not invite him to the rally, nor were they made aware of his attendance until after the event had concluded. They failed to clarify whether they would have asked Mateen not to come if they had known ahead of time that he planned on attending. But why should the Clinton campaign walk back Mateen’s attendance?

Omar Mateen’s father received plenty of national attention after his son’s attack in August because of the alleged influence of Mateen’s upbringing on his eventual declared loyalties to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (and others — Mateen cited various unaffiliated extremist groups). While Seddique has a history of commenting on Afghan politics, occasionally buying public access air time in California and posting YouTube videos on the subject, there’s no evidence that he was involved in the attack or knew about it ahead of time.

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http://www.nationalmemo.com/theres-reason-trump-targets-terrorists-families/

[exboyfil]

1. Like any other citizen

so long as he is not disruptive, he should be allowed to attend. There is no particular reason to invite him either.

[forgotmylogin]

2. Hear hear...I do not think there's actually a problem.

The father does not by proxy hold the same ideals as his son. Perhaps that's why he attended: to support the candidate who would have prevented his and other people's children from committing such acts.