{"id":45585,"date":"2016-08-09T16:57:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T20:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=45585"},"modified":"2016-08-09T16:57:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T20:57:57","slug":"why-the-father-of-the-orlando-mass-shooter-was-sitting-behind-hillary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=45585","title":{"rendered":"Why The Father Of The Orlando Mass-Shooter Was Sitting Behind Hillary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Zerohedge.com<\/p>\n<p>Well this is a little awkward&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user5\/imageroot\/2016\/08\/03\/clinton%20shooter%20teaser.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user5\/imageroot\/2016\/08\/03\/clinton%20shooter%20teaser_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2016\/06\/12\/like-father-like-son-orlando-terrorists-father-expressed-support-for-afghan-taliban\/\">Taliban-supporting<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/orlando-shooting-omar-mateen-father-seddique-mateen-taliban-god-punish-gays\/\">gay-punishing<\/a>, father of Orlando mass-murderer Omar Mateen appeared to find the words of Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton appealing as he cheered her on at a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wptv.com\/news\/state\/orlando-shooters-father-attends-hillary-clinton-rally-in-kissimmee\">campaign rally in Kissimmee<\/a><\/strong> (just south of Orlando!).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2016\/08\/07\/20160808_hillary2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2016\/08\/07\/20160808_hillary2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>His reason for being there&#8230; Simple:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>&#8220;Hillary Clinton is good for United States versus Donald Trump, who has no solutions..&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hillary Clinton spoke to a crowd in Kissimmee, just south of Orlando.\u00a0 She was supposed to be talking jobs, but started the speech off paying tribute to those affected by the Pulse Nightclub shooting.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>&#8220;I know how many people, families, loved ones, and friends are still grieving, and we will be with you as you rebuild your lives.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wptv.com\/news\/state\/orlando-shooters-father-attends-hillary-clinton-rally-in-kissimmee\">But local media WPTV<\/a> happened to notice the man, who has a mustache and was wearing a red hat, behind Clinton. <strong>It was Seddique Mateen, the father of Orlando mass shooter Omar Mateen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>NewsChannel 5 asked Mateen what he was thinking about when Clinton spoke about the Orlando incident.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been cooperating with the federal government, and that&#8217;s about it,&#8221;<\/strong> he said. &#8220;Thank you.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mateen didn&#8217;t want to answer any other questions, but <strong>just hours later, WPTV ran into him by chance at a rest stop on the way back to West Palm Beach.\u00a0 He wanted to do an interview&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<strong>and show us a sign he made for Clinton.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2016\/08\/07\/20160808_hillary3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2016\/08\/07\/20160808_hillary3_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally when asked if he thought some people would be surprised to see him there, especially given the proximity to Orlando.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>&#8220;Why should they be surprised?\u00a0 I love the United States, and I&#8217;ve been living here a long time,&#8221; <\/strong><\/em>Mateen said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course, the fact that the mass-shooter&#8217;s father was so perfectly placed seated right behind her is probably just a coincidence&#8230; but The Clinton campaign was very quick to deny it once social media noticed&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The rally was a 3,000-person, open-door event for the public. <strong>This individual wasn&#8217;t invited as a guest and the campaign was unaware of his attendance until after the event.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Still, we are sure if Matteen&#8217;s appearance had been embraced by the nation&#8217;s liberals <em>(for being brave enough to appear and support real change in America or something like that) <\/em>then the campaign spin may have been different.<\/p>\n<p>One final piece of food for thought&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Imagine Osama Bin Laden&#39;s father seated directly behind Bush at a rally right after 9\/11 in NYC. That&#39;s what just happened in Orlando.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/The_Real_Fly\/status\/763052760694595585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p>Clinton definitely did not want to answer any questions about it&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"node-links\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"max-width-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"fitvid699817\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LZl14P6fbV4\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"node-links\"><\/div>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-08-09\/why-father-orlando-mass-shooter-was-sitting-behind-hillary\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-08-09\/why-father-orlando-mass-shooter-was-sitting-behind-hillary<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"node-links\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}