A day after the mass shooting at a gay nightclub inOrlando, Fla., Donald Trump made a series of false statements, misstatements and overstatements in TV interviews and a speech about the attack: • Trump said “many people” thought the Orlando shooter, Omar Mateen, “was a whack job,” but they didn’t report him. In fact, Mateen’s co-workers in 2013 reported that he boasted of having terrorist ties, and the FBI investigated and interviewed him. • Trump said U.S. law enforcement agencies “have to look at the mosques” to stop terrorism. In fact, the FBI investigated Mateen again in July 2014 because he attended the same mosque as a Florida man who carried out a suicide bombing mission in Syria. As it did before, the FBI closed its investigation without action. • There is no evidence for Trump’s claim that “many people,” including neighbors of the San Bernardino shooters, saw “bombs all over the floor” of the apartment but did not report it to authorities because of concerns about racial profiling. • Trump implied that some Syrian refugees are members of ISIS because they had “cellphones with ISIS flags on them.” Norwegian officials found images of ISIS flags on some refugees’ phones, but the head of Norway’s asylum program said there may be other reasons for that — including the need to pass through areas controlled by ISIS. • He repeated his claim that Syrian refugees are coming into the United States with “no documentation” and “no paperwork.” Some refugees may lack documentation, but the head of the refugee affairs division of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services told Congress that “in general they have many, many documents.” • Trump called for a “stop [to] the tremendous flow of Syrian refugees into the United States.” The refugee crisis in Syria caused by the Islamic State has displaced nearly 5 million Syrians. Under Obama, the U.S. has accepted about 6,000 Syrian refugees — which represents 1.2% of all refugees who have been placed in the U.S. during that time. Read more http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...check-donald-trump-orlando-shooting/85887130/
Trump could and did have facts distorted by the media. They don't like him because he is not "typical". Trump should have said nothing inflammatory and should have expressed sympathy. His Big "MOUTH AND EGO" fostered a landslide of controversy. This event does prove he is not ready as a diplomatic and crafty statesmen. He is no more than a redneck in a 4 thousand dollar suit. Its time to vote for none of the above and choose an independent. We really have no choice as the electoral college wins the presidential election. WE ARE SCREWED. Trump would set us into another war.
