Very little media coverage of Mr. Mateen at Clinton event

The press is so worried about comments being made by Trump, theyve decided to ignore the father of the Orlando murderer sitting front and center at a Clinton rally.

Marc Thiessen, American Enterprise Institute Fellow, makes the following comment about this on the August 9th edition of the Kelly File:

Hillary continues to get a free pass on stupid things she does?

 

if what happened wasn't so tragic, it would be quite humorous.

it does possess dark humor qualities.

 

Just part of the rigged system. Wikileaks showed us the proof it was happening by showing us reporters all to happy to let the DNC proofread their stuff.
The outlets that ignore stories like Mr Mateen, you can add to that list as part of it.

You can bet if this guy was sitting in the front row of a Trump rally, they'd find time to talk about it....for 4-5 days.

 

And it will continue to be ignored because it's a non-story.

The man hasn't done anything wrong. We're generally not a society that punishes family members for the actions of their familial relations. I disagree with some of the views he apparently holds, but from the information available, there was absolutely no reason to keep him from going to the DNC.

In addition the candidate does not make the selections for which delegates go to the national convention. That is done through the delegate process.

That being said, I'm not surprised that the right-wing wants to punish somebody for a crime he didn't commit. That appears to be an important part of their diseased culture.

 

Yourr right hes done nothing wrong. He just raised the worst mass killer the U.S. has ever seen in a home filled with hatred of gays, supports sharia law, supports our enemies. If he wants to support Hillary its his right. It perfectly illustrates the type of people who support her. If I were gay, Id be asking Hillary why she invites gay haters to her events.

 

Nice big strawman Todd. Noone wants to punish the father, we're simply wondering why many media outlets aren't giving it the same coverage time they would if he was at Trumps rally. You and others would be talking about it for weeks claiming Trump likes the Taliban and is homophobic.

The only honesty in your post is that it will continue to be ignored...which was the entire premise of the thread anyway.

 

You know Siddique Mateen was invited and seated in a prominent position directly behind Hillary at a rally in Kissimmee, Florida, right?
No one is talking about the national convention. And, by the way, not inviting someone to a Hillary rally as an honored guest is not the same as "punishing"
him, though if someone at a Trump rally was a fan of the Taliban and held virulent anti-gay views, I'm very certain you and the rest of the left would go
berserk over that.

And if you think a homophobic father had nothing to do with a son who entered a gay nightclub and began shooting people, then you have to believe that a father holds no influence over a son and the fact that they both believe in death for gays is just some fantastic coincidence.

And totally forgetting the terrorist son of a Taliban supporter for a moment, is it appropriate for Hillary Clinton to honor someone who holds
anti-female, anti-democratic, anti-gay and anti-Semitic views and supports a group that murders small school children? You call that a "non story"?
I call that a gutless cop out and enabling actual evil in the world all to shield your partisan leader.

 

While it was bad, Omar was far from the worst mass killer the US has ever seen.

Omar's rise to mass murderer seems to be more the result of a closet homosexual who was bullied as a kid and prone to extreme anger due to steroid abuse than a religious devotee.

 

I would think principled liberal Democrats would wonder why such a homophobe was allowed to be proudly displayed at the DNC.

 

The left can always be depended on to make excuses for their Muslim voting bloc, who was the 2nd most loyal group for Obama in 2012.



I wonder if some white, right-wing "redneck" had killed 50 gays in a nightclub, progressives would be in here saying "yeah it was bad, but it's not the worst. He was bullied!"

 

It's HOW they are covering it. Notice they all include statement from Clinton's campaign saying they were unaware of it until after the event. He says the DNC invited him. None of the articles I read from the NY Times, Washington Post, ABC News - mentioned this.

Who has asked the DNC about it?

 

Was get rally by invitation only?

 

It us a trial outrage that the wife and the mother of Lee Harvey Ziswald were not arrested and executed.
The mother of the guy who shot at Reagan was never arrested nor have the parents of the guy who shot Gabby Gifford,my he Culumbine killers ir the Aurora killers ir the father of the POS who killed 20 first graders in Newtown Ct, , or the family of Thimothy Vey, or the parents of all of the muderers over tine.

I am a outraged that no parents, spouses, or family members of any killers have ever been arrested ir executed. That is disgusting.

 

Meh... for some reason Muslims in general seem to be offended by the right-wing's constant assertion that all Muslims are either terrorists who have committed an act of terrorism or terrorists who are just waiting for their chance.

Hate to break it to you but it wasn't the worst attack in American history. That distinction, depending on how you define murder, belongs to Timothy McVeigh and anti-government nutjob that was influenced by the sovereign-citizen ideology or Terri Nichols.

 

I see.

So your position is that a candidate is responsible for whoever is sitting behind him or her at a rally, right?

If not, what is your point?

 

Absolutely disgusting.If we were in any other part of the world we would be attending his execution followed by the bulldozing of his house.Here, he gets a prime seat at the killary rally

 

I see.

So your position is that a candidate is responsible for whoever is sitting behind him or her at a rally, right?

If not, what is your point?

 

But what about the lost Hillary votes?Most of the victims would probably vote for her right?Talk about cutting off the nose to spite the face.LOL

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Only if its david duke!!

 

Can I assume you would have the same position if David Duke was sitting behind Trump at a Trump rally?

If not, can you explain the double standard?

 

Too many of them are. We ignore that fact in favor of political correctness (or political benefit) at our own peril.

Actually, the "worst attack in American history" was done by Muslims on 9/11. Were they bullied too, todd? You can't blame their religious beliefs, so you'll have to blame something else for it.

But Omar Mateen has the distinction of being the worst single mass shooter. I know you would greatly prefer that title to be held by an evil white right-wing bogeyman, but that's simply not reality.

It's interesting that 50 homosexuals are killed by a Muslim, and progressives still can't bring themselves to condemn his religious views. Really shows which issues take precedence in the progressive universe.

 

He was invited. He said so.

 

Why didn't you answer my post where I proved the media didn't ignore this event?


Did you see that Mark Foley, former REPUBLICAN congressman who likes little boys and sends them naughty pictures, was right behind Trump(Trump better not have Foley BEHIND him )


OK, Hillary had a law abiding citizen, who isn't accused of any crime at her rally and Trump has a known sexual deviate......care to explain?.....

 

Mateen wasn't a Syrian refugee.. and his father is not exactly important. Do you want the father of the shooter to have celebrity status?

 

I'm not the one trying to make it into a big political scandal. You are.

So your position is that a candidate is responsible for whoever is sitting behind him or her at a rally, right?

If not, what is your point?

As usual, you have none.