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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 01:25 PM Jun 2016

Trump takes another victory lap over Mateen "cheering 9/11 attacks"

Donald J. Trump Verified account
?@realDonaldTrump

I thought people weren’t celebrating? They were cheering all over, even this savage from Orlando. I was right.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/742464647878561794


The Tweet links to:

http://nypost.com/2016/06/13/orlando-killer-cheered-911-attacks-former-classmates-say/

Orlando gunman cheered 9/11 attacks, former classmates say

As a teenage high school student in Florida, gay nightclub mass murderer Omar Mateen cheered as terrorists flew jumbo jets into the Twin Towers on 9/11, his former classmates recalled.

Self-proclaimed Islamic State devotee Mateen was a sophomore when the al Qaeda terrorists attacked New York on Sept. 11, 2001 — and classmates vividly recalled his offensive reaction to America’s darkest day, according to the Washington Post.

One former classmate said he was in the same room with Mateen during the 9/11 attacks. While everyone in the classroom was shocked or angered, Mateen was celebrating.

“But Omar was saying some really rude stuff. Stuff like, ‘That’s what America deserves.’ That kind of thing. It wasn’t right,” the former classmate said.
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Trump takes another victory lap over Mateen "cheering 9/11 attacks" (Original Post) Miles Archer Jun 2016 OP
I'm afraid Trump is going to flame out before the convention. Arkansas Granny Jun 2016 #1
I just made that same point in another thread. CincyDem Jun 2016 #2
Trump Monkey just can't stop digging Lance Bass esquire Jun 2016 #3
If you haven't seen my GD post from yesterday... Miles Archer Jun 2016 #4
Freakin' Trump! skip fox Jun 2016 #5

CincyDem

(6,385 posts)
2. I just made that same point in another thread.
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 01:30 PM
Jun 2016

I agree with you. Hate to see him peak (bottom out) too soon and give the Rethugs and excuse to run someone else. "Hand him his ass..." will be an understatement and would be a wonderful thing to watch.
 

Lance Bass esquire

(671 posts)
3. Trump Monkey just can't stop digging
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 02:01 PM
Jun 2016

Everytime he opens his mouth it gets worse for him and the Republican party.

He is single handedly destroying 35 years of Reagan era agendas over the course of a 12 month campaign.


Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
4. If you haven't seen my GD post from yesterday...
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 02:24 PM
Jun 2016

...it's been reported that the RNC basically begged Trump to offer his condolences on Orlando and then shut the hell up.

And of course he did the opposite of that.

He's a loose cannon and he's only getting looser.

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