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Orlando shooting: thousands gather in city for vigil – rolling updates Orlando shooting: thousands gather in city for vigil – rolling updates
(35 minutes later)
12.59am BST
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A moment of silence now for the Pulse shooting victims in Orlando.
The names of the victims now echoing through the Phillips Center lawn. And a moment of silence.
Next up, Rasha Mubarak from the Council on American-Islamic Relations of Florida.
“It was just yesterday when Orlando, the City beautiful was dismantled,” she says. “But this, right here, is a unity message. It is a powerful message that we will not late fear and hate divide us.”
12.55am BST
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Dyer says that: “hate will not define our city.”
Now, all the names of the victims are being read.
48 of 49 have been released on the Mayor of Orlando website. They are:
Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34 years old
Stanley Almodovar III, 23 years old
Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, 20 years old
Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22 years old
Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36 years old
Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22 years old
Luis S. Vielma, 22 years old
Kimberly Morris, 37 years old
Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30 years old
Darryl Roman Burt II, 29 years old
Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32 years old
Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21 years old
Anthony Luis Laureanodisla, 25 years old
Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35 years old
Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez, 50 years old
Amanda Alvear, 25 years old
Martin Benitez Torres, 33 years old
Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37 years old
Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26 years old
Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35 years old
Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25 years old
Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez, 31 years old
Oscar A Aracena-Montero, 26 years old
Enrique L. Rios, Jr., 25 years old
Miguel Angel Honorato, 30 years old
Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40 years old
Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32 years old
Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19 years old
Cory James Connell, 21 years old
Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, 37 years old
Luis Daniel Conde, 39 years old
Shane Evan Tomlinson, 33 years old
Juan Chevez-Martinez, 25 years old
Jerald Arthur Wright, 31 years old
Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25 years old
Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25 years old
Jonathan Antonio Camuy Vega, 24 years old
Jean C. Nives Rodriguez, 27 years old
Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33 years old
Brenda Lee Marquez McCool, 49 years old
Yilmary Rodriguez Solivan, 24 years old
Christopher Andrew Leinonen, 32 years old
Angel L. Candelario-Padro, 28 years old
Frank Hernandez, 27 years old
Paul Terrell Henry, 41 years old
Antonio Davon Brown, 29 years old
Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz, 24 years old
Akyra Monet Murray, 18 years old
12.49am BST
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Meanwhile, in Orlando, the crowd for the vigil is growing.
Here's a wide pic of the massive crowd tonight at the vigil in downtown Orlando for shooting victims: pic.twitter.com/S4z1voDV9j
Thousands have shown up for the vigil tonight in downtown Orlando: pic.twitter.com/Ap6ZjaXCg3
Orlando mayor Dyer says that $700,000 has been committed by the Orlando Magic, JetBlue and Darden Restaurants to a newly-opened Orlando fund.
“This is no longer your fight. This is our fight. This is America’s fight,” he says.
Pulse manager Neema Bahrami also speaking. “We will not be defeated,” he says, before leading the crowd in a chant of “we are here to stay.”
12.43am BST
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The NRA, whose official twitter account has not tweeted since June 10, have broken their silence.
Gun laws don't deter terrorists. https://t.co/Y7fqC6IhK1 #2A
.@POTUS & @HillaryClinton have responded to a terrorist attack…by calling for more #guncontrol - @NRAILA Exec. Dir. Chris W. Cox
They are desperate to create the illusion that they’re doing SOMETHING to protect us– even though their policies won't keep us safe - C.C.
Their transparent head-fakes should scare every American because it will do nothing to prevent the a future attack. - C.C.
12.32am BST
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Media in Mexico are reporting Luis S. Vielma as another Mexican victim in the Pulse shooting, though he had dual Mexican-US nationality.
His family is originally from Acapulco, El Financiero TV reported. He operated a Harry Potter ride in an Orlando theme park.
Universal Orlando statement on Luis Vielma, Harry Potter ride worker that died in #Orlando shooting. @jk_rowling pic.twitter.com/2SQkDIQbxs
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling tweeted her sorrow at Vielma’s death earlier today:
Luis Vielma worked on the Harry Potter ride at Universal. He was 22 years old. I can't stop crying. #Orlando pic.twitter.com/Nz2ZCWxNsS
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The square in downtown Orland is already filling up with several thousand local people coming to mark a vigil for the 49 victims of the Pulse shooting which starts shortly, reports Ed Pilkington.The square in downtown Orland is already filling up with several thousand local people coming to mark a vigil for the 49 victims of the Pulse shooting which starts shortly, reports Ed Pilkington.
A giant rainbow ribbon has been laid out on the grass and people have been invited to leave messages on a scroll of paper running the length of the parkA giant rainbow ribbon has been laid out on the grass and people have been invited to leave messages on a scroll of paper running the length of the park
“You will be forever in our hearts” someone has written. “RIP angels another”. Many have simply said “Orlando strong” and “love will conquer hate”.“You will be forever in our hearts” someone has written. “RIP angels another”. Many have simply said “Orlando strong” and “love will conquer hate”.
Hating Hamidullah, an imam from a mosque just five minutes walk away, left a message that said “God bless America. May God be with the families of those affected by this tragedy.”Hating Hamidullah, an imam from a mosque just five minutes walk away, left a message that said “God bless America. May God be with the families of those affected by this tragedy.”
He told the Guardian that he wanted to convey that as an American born in Texas, Islam had nothing to do with the carnage at the night club. “people are very embarrassed,” he said of his community of Orlando Muslims.He told the Guardian that he wanted to convey that as an American born in Texas, Islam had nothing to do with the carnage at the night club. “people are very embarrassed,” he said of his community of Orlando Muslims.
“And we are hurt,” he went on. “The terrible image the killer put forward is no way Islamic. And we hurt along with the families, here in Orlando the city of entertainment and vacations.”“And we are hurt,” he went on. “The terrible image the killer put forward is no way Islamic. And we hurt along with the families, here in Orlando the city of entertainment and vacations.”
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As The Oregonian points out, much of the commentary describing the Orlando shooting as “the deadliest in US history” makes the mistake of discounting some of the early massacres of Native Americans.As The Oregonian points out, much of the commentary describing the Orlando shooting as “the deadliest in US history” makes the mistake of discounting some of the early massacres of Native Americans.
When Autumn Depoe-Hughes—a descendant of survivors from the Sand Creek massacre in 1864 in which at least 70 Native Americans were killed— started seeing the headlines, her stomach dropped.When Autumn Depoe-Hughes—a descendant of survivors from the Sand Creek massacre in 1864 in which at least 70 Native Americans were killed— started seeing the headlines, her stomach dropped.
“It looked to me like a rewriting of history,” she said. “I saw my family’s history disappearing before my eyes.”“It looked to me like a rewriting of history,” she said. “I saw my family’s history disappearing before my eyes.”
The article goes on to point out that Sand Creek was by no means the only massacre of Native Americans missed out by the headlines. Most famous - and largest of all - is the December 1890 massacre of at least 150 people of the Sioux tribe at Wounded Knee.The article goes on to point out that Sand Creek was by no means the only massacre of Native Americans missed out by the headlines. Most famous - and largest of all - is the December 1890 massacre of at least 150 people of the Sioux tribe at Wounded Knee.
Some estimates put the death toll closer to 300 and, though Wounded Knee is the most known massacre, it is just one of roughly half a dozen similar incidents that haven’t been counted on our country’s morbid historical tally of gun deaths.Some estimates put the death toll closer to 300 and, though Wounded Knee is the most known massacre, it is just one of roughly half a dozen similar incidents that haven’t been counted on our country’s morbid historical tally of gun deaths.
To be sure, many thousands have died in armed military conflicts in the U.S. throughout history and those deaths should be counted in a different category than the events in Orlando, but Depoe-Hughes noted that “these massacres differ from wars and battles because some were done under the waving of white flags, and promises of safety,” as was the case at Wounded Knee.To be sure, many thousands have died in armed military conflicts in the U.S. throughout history and those deaths should be counted in a different category than the events in Orlando, but Depoe-Hughes noted that “these massacres differ from wars and battles because some were done under the waving of white flags, and promises of safety,” as was the case at Wounded Knee.
Depoe-Hughes emailed every publication she saw using the headline. The article continues that she “was quick to note that her anger was in no way meant to diminish the heart-wrenching events in Orlando in which 49 members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community—people who don’t have access to many of the safe spaces afforded to the heterosexual community—sought to enjoy each other’s company in an environment that should have been a refuge from the dangers they face every day.”Depoe-Hughes emailed every publication she saw using the headline. The article continues that she “was quick to note that her anger was in no way meant to diminish the heart-wrenching events in Orlando in which 49 members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community—people who don’t have access to many of the safe spaces afforded to the heterosexual community—sought to enjoy each other’s company in an environment that should have been a refuge from the dangers they face every day.”
But presenting the events in Orlando without historical context does a disservice to us all, Depoe-Hughes said, especially Native Americans, whose brutal treatment at the hands of the U.S. government has often been given less attention than it deserves.But presenting the events in Orlando without historical context does a disservice to us all, Depoe-Hughes said, especially Native Americans, whose brutal treatment at the hands of the U.S. government has often been given less attention than it deserves.
You can read the whole article here.You can read the whole article here.
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In Orlando, people are writing messages on paper taped to the ground where the vigil is startingIn Orlando, people are writing messages on paper taped to the ground where the vigil is starting
Thousands are gathering outside Dr. Phillips Center in downtown Orlando to honor the victims of the Pulse shooting pic.twitter.com/9MF4UD5f0AThousands are gathering outside Dr. Phillips Center in downtown Orlando to honor the victims of the Pulse shooting pic.twitter.com/9MF4UD5f0A
Messages of love, support and #OrlandoStrong drawn at vigil. pic.twitter.com/kgFqx4Cmy6Messages of love, support and #OrlandoStrong drawn at vigil. pic.twitter.com/kgFqx4Cmy6
Mayor Buddy Dyer is on the scene.Mayor Buddy Dyer is on the scene.
Families and friends of the victims. Your City is with you and will continue to be with you. #OrlandoUnited pic.twitter.com/vsbk3KVV0SFamilies and friends of the victims. Your City is with you and will continue to be with you. #OrlandoUnited pic.twitter.com/vsbk3KVV0S
12.01am BST12.01am BST
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Chaotic scenes in CongressChaotic scenes in Congress
House Democrats interrupt the moment of silence to demand action on gun control.House Democrats interrupt the moment of silence to demand action on gun control.
Clyburn has interrupted moment of silence for Orlando shooting in protest of lack of action on gun violenceClyburn has interrupted moment of silence for Orlando shooting in protest of lack of action on gun violence
Democrats chanting "where's the bill" asking about legislation to deal with guns after moment of silence for #Orlando. Giving Ryan the bizDemocrats chanting "where's the bill" asking about legislation to deal with guns after moment of silence for #Orlando. Giving Ryan the biz
Clyburn tries to ask a parliamentary inquiry on guns after #Orlando. Ryan rules him out of order. Says he didn't state proper inquiryClyburn tries to ask a parliamentary inquiry on guns after #Orlando. Ryan rules him out of order. Says he didn't state proper inquiry
Dems screaming "no leadership," "pass the bill." GOP dissolve moment of silence and disperse as final vote of the night gets castDems screaming "no leadership," "pass the bill." GOP dissolve moment of silence and disperse as final vote of the night gets cast
11.51pm BST11.51pm BST
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In this heartbreaking interactive, meet the 48 named victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting.In this heartbreaking interactive, meet the 48 named victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting.
Like Stanley Almodovar, 23, who worked as a pharmacy technician, was described as “kind but sassy”, by a friend, Ivelisse Santiago, according to the Washington Post. She said he defended her when she fell down dancing at a club. “He was so proud of who he was,” she told the newspaper.Like Stanley Almodovar, 23, who worked as a pharmacy technician, was described as “kind but sassy”, by a friend, Ivelisse Santiago, according to the Washington Post. She said he defended her when she fell down dancing at a club. “He was so proud of who he was,” she told the newspaper.
Almodovar’s mother, Rosalie Ramos, was awakened by a call at 2am on Sunday telling her something had happened. She told the Sentinel her son posted a Snapchat video of himself singing and laughing on his way to Pulse nightclub. “I wish I had that (video) to remember him forever,” she told the newspaper.Almodovar’s mother, Rosalie Ramos, was awakened by a call at 2am on Sunday telling her something had happened. She told the Sentinel her son posted a Snapchat video of himself singing and laughing on his way to Pulse nightclub. “I wish I had that (video) to remember him forever,” she told the newspaper.
Or Jerald Arthur Wright, 31, known to friends as Jerry, who went to Pulse on Saturday night to celebrate a friend’s 21st birthday, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Wright worked at Disney World, and had previously attended Northeastern University. “Jerry, you touched the lives of countless people and you will continue to live on in our hearts and memories,” wrote one friend on Facebook.Or Jerald Arthur Wright, 31, known to friends as Jerry, who went to Pulse on Saturday night to celebrate a friend’s 21st birthday, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Wright worked at Disney World, and had previously attended Northeastern University. “Jerry, you touched the lives of countless people and you will continue to live on in our hearts and memories,” wrote one friend on Facebook.
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A snap from actor and theatre producer Simon McBurney from the vigil at Old Compton Street in London’s Soho.A snap from actor and theatre producer Simon McBurney from the vigil at Old Compton Street in London’s Soho.
A friend sent this photograph of Old Compton street tonight. No words. Beyond words now. Silence. Together. pic.twitter.com/vGSMP2DgYYA friend sent this photograph of Old Compton street tonight. No words. Beyond words now. Silence. Together. pic.twitter.com/vGSMP2DgYY
11.29pm BST
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In Orlando, hundreds have already begun to gather for tonight’s vigil for the victims of the attack at Pulse nightclub.
This is the area the city has designated to pay respect to the victims #OrlandoStrongWatch: https://t.co/f6f4yrOOiI pic.twitter.com/OVHkWEq5vr
Hundreds already here in downtown Orlando for tonight's vigil. Many passing out flowers, writing signs, sharing hugs pic.twitter.com/c5QI8YRPFx
The vigil is scheduled to start at 7pm EST.
11.14pm BST
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Three of the victims of Sunday morning’s shooting were Mexican citizens, diplomatic sources and Florida officials have said.
Juan Chávez Martínez, 25, from Huichapan in Hidalgo state just north of Mexico City, lived in Davenport, outside Orlando, according to his Facebook profile. On Monday his friend Tomas Martinez told the Orlando Sentinel that he was still shaken by the weekend’s tragedy. “My heart is still breaking for my friend. It is very hard to talk right now. He had a lot of friends. I do not know any information about his family,” Martinez said.
Joel Rayón Paniagua, 32, from Veracruz state.
Miguel Angel Honorato, 30, from Apopka, Florida, had been in the club with three friends, all of whom made it home safe. But Honorato, who had a wife and three children, did not. One of his eight siblings, Jose, told local media Miguel owned a Mexican restaurants with their parents.
10.57pm BST
22:57
Ed Pilkington
The owner of the gun range and store that sold a pair of semi-automatic firearms to the shooter at the Pulse nightclub has put out a statement trying to justify his actions, reports Ed Pilkington in Orlando.
Ed Henson, a retired New York City cop, told local reporters in front of his store, the St Lucie Shooting Center, that it made no difference where Omar Mateen acquired his deadly weapons. “If he hadn’t purchased them from us I’m sure he would’ve gotten them from another shop in the area,” he said.
"If he hadn't purchased them from us I'm sure he would've gotten them from another shop in the area."-gun shop owner pic.twitter.com/1WkvYVrpQ7
He added: “He’s evil, we happened to be the gun store he picked.”
Over three hours early on Sunday morning, the gunman killed 49 club goers and put 53 more in hospital by wielding .223 assault rifle made by Sig Sauer and a Glock 9mm handgun.
He came to the Pulse loaded with high-capacity clips carrying 30 rounds each – all of which he bought in three days in early June at the shooting center about 15 miles from his home in Fort Pierce.
Hillary Clinton earlier today lamented how easy it was for Mateen in Florida to buy firearms that she described as “weapons of war”. But Henson attempted to rebut the argument that the shooter exploited lax gun laws by insisting he completed a full federal background check before acquiring the weapons.
Henson told the Orlando Sentinel that if it were too easy for Mateen to acquire lethal firearms, then that was not his fault. “I have a business. I follow the law, I don’t make the law.”
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At least four regular customers at the gay Orlando nightclub where a gunman killed 49 people Sunday morning said today that they believe they had seen the killer, Omar Mateen, there before, reports the Orlando Sentinel.
“Sometimes he would go over in the corner and sit and drink by himself, and other times he would get so drunk he was loud and belligerent,” said Ty Smith, who also uses the name Aries.
He saw Mateen at the club at least a dozen times, he told the Orlando Sentinel.
“We didn’t really talk to him a lot, but I remember him saying things about his dad at times,” Smith said. “He told us he had a wife and child.”
You can read the whole piece here.
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10.37pm BST
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In a statement naming the officers involved in the shootout at the Pulse nightclub, the Orlando police department spoke of the emotional challenges their officers face in the wake of the tragedy.
One of the most difficult tasks for any law enforcement officer is making death notifications to next of kin.
Our personnel have done that over more than 24 hours with great care and compassion for the families and loved ones who have suffered devastating losses.
Those relatives and friends have been kind and gracious in a most unbearable time of grief.
The officers involved were:
Officer working extra duty at Pulse: Officer Adam Gruler, member of OPD since 2001
First Patrol Unit On Scene (Also a SWAT Member): Lieutenant Scott Smith, member of OPD since 1992
First Patrol Unit On Scene (Also a SWAT Member): Sergeant Jeffrey Backhaus, member of OPD since 2004
SWAT: Officer Timothy Stanley, member of OPD since 1998
SWAT: Officer Kevin Easterling, member of OPD since 1994
SWAT: Officer Andrew Bishop, member of OPD since 1994
SWAT: Sergeant James Parker, member of OPD since 1991
SWAT: Detective Raul Rivas, member of OPD since 1992
SWAT: Lieutenant Jonathan Bigelow, member of OPD since 2001
SWAT: Officer Ricardo Duenas, member of OPD since 2014
Officer shot in the Kevlar helmet: Officer Michael Napolitano, member of OPD since 2012
10.34pm BST
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48 of the 49 victims of the shooting at Pulse nightclub have been identified, according to the Orlando mayor’s office.
The latest to be identified is Akyra Monet Murray, who was 18 years old.
10.22pm BST
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Orlando gunman's father speaks
Jessica Glenza
The Guardian’s Jessica Glenza has spoken with the father of the gunman at his house in Port St. Lucie.
Reporters were allowed into Seddique Mateen’s house one-by-one, and asked to take their shoes off. Mateen was wearing a grey suit and a blue silk tie, Glenza says.
“The loss of these people, I feel more than the loss of my son,” he told the Guardian. “What he did, I don’t forgive him.”
He said his son could have got “a master’s degree, become a doctor, make a lot of money.”
Mateen said his son visited him “two to three times a week” at his house. He said he came there on Saturday, the day of the shooting, at “around three or four.”
Asked what they spoke about, he said he didn’t remember.
However, he attempted to cast aspersions on his son’s first wife, Sitora Yusufiy, who said that his son, Omar Mateen, beat her. “I think she did to get some fame and some news,” he said, calling her “an opportunist”.
About the incident in Miami, where in previous interviews he has said that the sight of two men kissing appeared to enrage his son, Mateen said that “it was unusual behaviour in front of the kids and women.”
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9.55pm BST
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Ben Quinn
The vigil in the heart of London’s gay community is being followed up with parties that are still going hard on the streets of Soho, reports Ben Quinn.
There’s a defiant buzz outside the Admiral Duncan pub, scene of a horrific nail bomb attack 17 years ago by a British neo-nazi.
Andrea Dykes, 27, who was pregnant, John Light, 32, and Nick Moore, 31, were killed by the blast. All were having a drink before a night out in London’s West End. Seventy-nine others were seriously hurt.
Elsewhere along Old Compton Street, other little gatherings of faith groups, drag Queens and all sorts of Londoners are continuing.
At one point, a man from Florida spoke movingly to crowds who had gathered around a group of dancers at one end of the street.
Here’s a flavor of what’s still going on after that vigil earlier:
And another view, captured from a rooftop by Imani Amrani.
One of the most beautiful moments at the #Orlando vigil on Old Compton Street #Solidarity #LGBT pic.twitter.com/b5hYNG3RR1
9.41pm BST
21:41
Ben Jacobs
More from Ben Jacobs at this afternoon’s Trump rally, who reports that the presumptive Republican nominee for president also used his speech to make the election a referendum on “radical Islam.”
The presumptive nominee said “this is not just a national security issue, it’s a quality of life issue” and argued We need to tell the truth about how radical Islam is coming to shores, and it’s coming with these people folks, it’s coming.
He derided Hillary Clinton for saying “Muslims are peaceful and tolerant people” and warned that admitting Syrian refugees “could be a better, bigger more horrible version of the legendary Trojan horse.”
He went on to claim that Muslims in the United States are aiding terrorist attacks. “The Muslim communities, most importantly they have to work with us, they have to cooperate with us and turn in the people they know are bad. They have to do it and they have to do it forthwith,” said Trump. The presumptive nominee added that many Muslims are hiding behind “political correctness” to avoid sharing their knowledge of terrorist activities to law enforcement officials.
Trump went on to say “people who know what was going on and they knew exactly, they used the excuse of racial profiling which was probably an excuse given to them by their lawyer, so they don’t get in trouble.”
The presumptive Republican nominee also went out of his way to proclaim himself as an advocate of the LGBT community. He claimed “Hillary Clinton can never claim to be a friend of the gay community as long as she continues to support immigration policies that bring Islamic extremists to our country who suppress women, gays and anyone who doesn’t share their views.”
Clinton though is an ardent supporter of non-discrimination laws against LGBT Americans as well as same-sex marriage. Trump is opposed to same-sex marriage and has dodged on the question of non-discrimination laws in the past.
The presumptive Republican nominee, who has already called for Obama to resign from office for not using the phrase “radical Islam,” implied earlier Monday that the president was somehow colluding with terrorists. “We’re led by a man that either is not tough, not smart, or he’s got something else in mind,” Trump told Fox News.
He later added “he doesn’t get it or he gets it better than anybody understands -- it’s one or the other and either one is unacceptable.”
The presumptive Republican nominee had long indulged in the conspiracy theory that Obama was not born in the United States and claimed that he sent investigators to Hawaii to discover the truth.
Trump, who has been endorsed by the NRA, reiterated his opposition to further gun control measures. Although the New York real estate mogul once supported a ban on assault weapons, he has since become “a Second Amendment person” and has attacked Hillary Clinton based on the false claim that she wants to “repeal the Second Amendment.”
Trump also said: “The only reason the killer was in America in the first place was because we allowed his family to come here”
You can read Trump’s speech in full on his Facebook page.
9.28pm BST
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In a chilling foreshadowing of Sunday morning’s tragedy, this video from a PBS news hour special with President Obama from just 11 days ago shows the president speaking of his anger at the inability of the government to prevent people under investigation for Isis links from buying firearms because of the NRA.
“I just came from a meeting today in the Situation Room in which I’ve got people who we know have been on ISIL websites, living here in the United States, US citizens, and we’re allowed to put them on the no-fly list when it comes to airlines, but because of the National Rifle Association I cannot prohibit those people from buying a gun,” the president says.
He continued:
This is somebody who is a known ISIL sympathizer, and if he wants to walk in to a gun store or a gun show right now, and buy as much, as many weapons as ammo as he can, nothing is prohibiting him from doing that, even though the FBI knows how that person is.
You can watch the video in full below.
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