Obama said the nation would continue to be relentless in its fight against terrorist networks like Al Qaeda and Islamic State. Obama: ‘Lone wolves’ require different approach “Hatred toward people because of sexual orientation, regardless of where it comes from, is a a betrayal of what’s best in us,” he said.ġ:26 P.M. Obama said he was pleased the Senate would hold votes on gun safety measures, one day after Democrats waged a filibuster to force the issue.Įarlier, Obama met with the owners and staff of the Pulse nightclub, a place, he said, to “be who you truly are.” The attack, an “act of hate,” was an opportunity for Americans to reflect on how we treat one another, Obama said. Such a notion “defies common sense,” he said, without naming Trump.
In Orlando, Fla., President Obama referred to Donald Trump’s recent claim that more lives could have been saved at Pulse if more patrons were armed themselves. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, Fla., on June 16, 2016. President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden place flowers for the shooting victims at a memorial at the Dr. Obama: Notion that being armed would have saved Orlando victims ‘defies common sense’ Watch President Obama speak in Orlandoġ:28 P.M. The motives of this killer may have been different than mass shooters in Aurora or Newtown, but the instruments of death were so similar.ġ:52 P.M. President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden at a memorial in Orlando, Fla., for the victims of Sunday’s mass shooting at a gay nightclub. Who they were: The victims of the Orlando terror attack
It was at this time that the FBI began an investigation into Mateen that was later deemed inconclusive.” Our agency then made the appropriate notifications to inform our federal partners. Our courthouse supervisor first requested that G4S management transfer him out of the courthouse rotation permanently. “In early 2013, our staff was made aware of inflammatory comments made by Mateen. Lucie County Courthouse as part of a contract with G4S Secure Solutions USA Inc. “Omar Mateen was one of multiple contracted security guards that rotated through the St. Lucie County in Florida, said Thursday that the man who carried out the massacre at an Orlando nightclub was removed from his job as a security guard at the county’s courthouse in 2013 after he made inflammatory comments about women, Jews and the mass shooting at Ft. Omar Mateen, shown in undated photograph. Orlando shooter had been removed from his job as a courthouse security guard