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© Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Clinton, Trump adjust politicking following Florida shooting
By LAURIE KELLMAN WASHINGTON©2025 GPlusMedia Inc.
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kurisupisu
“Is President Obama going to finally mention the words radical Islamic terrorism? If he doesn’t he should immediately resign in disgrace!”
Of course he won't, he is all for Muslims coming to the US en masse!
toshiko
Is Clinton still strict gun control advocator?
Is Trump supported by NRA?
badsey3
It is nice to see Hillary finally come out of the closet on this.
CrazyJoe
Trump's response is to congratulate himself. That's his response to everything actually. I've never seen anyone so needy for praise.
badsey3
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/santa-monica-police-arrest-man-901887
Seems to be more LGBT hits that Hillary will need to appease.
Outrider
what exactly is obamas problem with using the expression "radical islam" ??
presto345
Trump always knows exactly what to say, doesn't he? Yet still he sounds so hollow.
MarkG
That's been a question since Ft. Hood shooting Outrider. Why didn't Obama destroy ISIS when it was an easier task?
Political correctness I guess. Extreem political correctness. Non-productive political correctness.
pointofview
Hillary is just pandering to the LGBT community. In the meanwhile she`s totally fine to let Muslims preach extreme hate towards them. Throwing them off buildings, drowning etc. Such hypocrisy.
Zaphod
It is interesting to see how toned-down this article is. Can you imagine if the shooter had been a registered Trump supporter? The press brouhaha would be spectacle to behold.
Wakarimasen
Adjusted how? Trump was his usual pompous offensive self and Hilary mouthed platitudes and toed the politically acceptable line.
viking68
Smug Trumph. He is an idiot, plain and simple. The only reason he is the Republican nominee for president is because the Republicans party and Republicans are so out of touch.
The shooter was an American who had a grudge against gay people. His father said the shooter was motivated because he saw two gay men kissing in Miami. He was being radicalized by a former U.S. Marine and ex-convict who encouraged crimes against gay people. So, all the actors are domestic, and the real reason for the shooting is an angry homophobe.
Trump's supposed policies to block immigration of Muslims would have never stopped this shooting since everyone involved were Americans. He callously congratulates himself, for what? Hate and policies that would have done nothing to stop this shooting. I'm just surprised he didn't congratulate the shooter, because I am sure he is also a homophobe, like the rest of the Republican establishment. They don't believe in liberty, except when it applies to policies that support their wealth.
Wc626
I'm not a big supporter of LGBT, but I feel really bad for LGBT community. After listening to what Trump and Clinton have to say, I hope Caitlyn Jenner will come out and do press conference.
Hmmmmmm
A close look at Obama’s rhetoric shows he has not referred to the “Islamic State” by that name since he plunged the U.S. military into an undeclared but escalating war against the group two years ago. Obama, who tends to stick with “ISIL,” explained his thinking roughly one month after the first U.S. airstrikes against the group.
"ISIL is not Islamic" No religion condones the killing of innocents. And the vast majority of ISIL’s victims have been Muslim,” he said on Sept. 10, 2014. “And ISIL is certainly not a state. “
Obama went on, “it is recognized by no government, nor by the people it subjugates. ISIL is a terrorist organization, pure and simple. And it has no vision other than the slaughter of all who stand in its way.”
Texas A&M Aggie
Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, pushed for gun control
So, Mrs. Clinton - who is best buds with the Islamic terrorist nations and takes their bribe money - wants not to address the radical Islamic terror issue but wants to disarm Americans and make it impossible for us - who have the Constitutional right right to keep and bear arms - to defend ourselves, our families and our property.
Nary a one of my 13 guns -- including three AR-15's -- have ever gotten out of the safe they are in, loaded and cocked themselves, walked out of the house and down the street looking for someone to shoot or kill.
Screw gun control, Mrs. Clinton. I support Muslim control. . . .
LFRAgain
{slow clap...} Still keeping it classy, I see.
Whatsnext
viking68 You also forgot to mention the shooter pledge to Isis and called 911 pledging to Isis on his way to the scene. So to be more accurate is was an Islamic terrorist targeting a soft target of a homosexual bar. Also in the Koran it's very clear that gays are looked down upon and should be killed. Look it up. Islam on homosexuality. So to say Islam has nothing to do with this shooting is just plain ignorance.
Outrider
To the western leaders like obama who like to rule as to who is Islamic and who is not I have news for you: the Islamic world is laughing and resentful at both your ignorance and your arrogance. Who are you to speak for Islam? Let Islam speak for itself - and the lists of Islamic groups and individuals who disagree with you ( make that VIOLENTLY disagree) are very very long.
bass4funk
Doing so would legitimize what everyone else already knows and that's we are at war with radical Islam. Obama is one of the worst presidents ever. He just won't say the obvious and he will always put other countries ahead of his own. In order to be PC you don't want to rock the boat, so you need to make another excuse to call radical Islam something different from what it really is and as long as you do that, you never fight this and take the next precautionary steps.
goldorak
The church and Christian 'integrists' a la Ted Cruz aren't particularly tolerant either. Same for the 3rd Reich and many other non religious movements. Islam doesn't have a monopoly on anti-homosexuality. They have plenty of allies.
viking68
Islam was an excuse to do what he wanted. That was the part Islam and ISIS played.
The fact is that this person was an American, and the people involved are Americans. He lived his whole life in America.
No supposed policy of Trumph's to block Muslims from immigrating would have changed the result, and Trumph deserves no credit whatsoever.
Serrano
Glorious leader Trump, show us the way.
May your enemies move to Canada because they are too hypocritical to move to Mexico.
theeastisred
We all saw it, Donny.
Outrider
Hillarys going for the LBGT and Muslim vote.
WilliB
goldorak:
Islam has a monopoly on coming with a religious law that mandates the killing of homosexuals, and which is actually enforced in countries with Shariah. To try to relative that with Christian opposition to gay marriaga or wedding cakes is ignorant to put it mildly.
nath
Different shades of black.
Lizz
The fact is that this person was an American, and the people involved are Americans. He lived his whole life in America.
____________________________________________________ It would have caught his parents moving here. And if ISIS has infiltrated the FBI or Department of Homeland Security, which I am beginning to wonder, Trump will have policies to address the threat becoming internal. It isn't like a ban is going to be the only proposal.
PTownsend
That's scary thinking. I would encourage you to read up on the damage done to individuals and individual freedoms by McCarthy and other ultra right wing extremists in the 1950's. If you don't want to read, watch the movie Trumbo with B Cranston and H Mirren. Do right wing reactionaries really want to go back to the 1950's? Is that why 'progressive' is a pejorative to them?
nath
You know what's really scary, what if ISIS became the president of the world!!! That's really scary.
I think we need to start torturing all world leaders to find out what commitments to terrorist groups they are hiding.
serendipitous
Texas
13 guns? Even though you only have two hands?!
WilliB
Strangerland:
No, a completely different ballgame. If you are not able to see that... good grief
Wc626
The LGBT have been made of as an example of being a "soft target". Perhaps they should be supporting Trump.
As far as the muslim vote, they should be careful. Hillary was once on board with hawks like Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld. She was ALL FOR that unilateral invasion. Go trump ! Go Hillary! Whichever can get the job done & stick it to america'S enemies . . . .in this case -radical islam.
toshiko
Clinton oppose assault gun
Trump. People should be able to own assault gun for protection
Congress were discussing to declare war against ISIS
bass4funk
As I said before, this should propel Trump to the White House. Obama wants more gun control, this is a joke, congress will never go along with it, after what happened the other day, forget it.
Serrano
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