Posted on 06/19/2016 4:50:11 PM PDT by Kaslin
As part of the Sunday morning roundup, Attorney General Loretta Lynch made the rounds of the cable news shows to preview a report that the Justice Department will be releasing tomorrow regarding the Orlando terror attack. As with most of the coverage of the story we’ve seen over the past week, there was a rush to find out if the attacker was some sort of racist or homophobe and if that’s what led to all the carnage we saw. One of Lynch’s first stops was with Dana Bash, who was filling in for Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union. The Attorney General first wanted to make sure everyone knows that the FBI did the best they could. (The Hill)
“At the time, the FBI did everything it could to see if he was about to carry out anything.”
The FBI had said they previously interviewed Mateen about possible connections to terrorism, but determined he wasn’t a threat. Evidence shows he may have been radicalized and inspired by extremist ideology.
Mateen, who died in a shootout with police, allegedly praised the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and other terrorist groups during the killings.
Lynch is promising that the report tomorrow will not be a full transcript of the shooter’s conversations with law enforcement, but that they will seek to let people know “what motivated this killer” while mentioning his pledges of allegiance to this terror group. But Bash jumped right into the topic of chief interest to the media. Was he screaming about gay men kissing or any related subject? This part of the interview begins right around the 1:30 mark in the clip.
FULL Loretta Lynch INTERVIEW ON CNN "State of the Union" with Dana Bash (19/6/2016)
Attorney General Loretta Lynch: It will contain the substance of his conversations. And there were three conversations between this killer and negotiators.
Dana Bash: He was, of course, in a gay nightclub. Did he talk about his feelings about gay Americans?
Lynch: You know, he didn’t get into that. So we’re still exploring why he chose this particular place to attack. We’re asking people who have information to come forward… We are trying to learn everything we can about this individuals motivations. As you note, he was in a gay nightclub. This was an act of terror and an act of hate targeted against a community, the LGBT community, the Latino community, and of course the LGBT community is so far too often the victims of these types of crimes.
To her credit, Bash asks the question which Social Justice Warriors have been desperately seeking a positive, reinforcing answer on. Did he attack the nightclub patrons because he was going after gays? Keep in mind that the standoff between law enforcement and the terrorist lasted for roughly three hours and, as Lynch reminds us, there were three extensive conversations between them. They obviously asked him why he was doing it as part of their negotiating tactics and he talked about US policy and his dedication to ISIS. With that much time on his hands, if he was some hate filled, right wingnut American (though a registered Democrat) who was making a statement along those lines, don’t you suppose it might have come up?
But notice how seamlessly our Attorney General glides from providing a factual answer to Bash’s question into the administration’s preferred narrative, as well as that of most of the media. Did he talk about gay Americans? No, “he didn’t get into that.” But she then immediately pivots to talking about what progressives want to make this into, despite the fact that she’s already admitted that the terrorist didn’t even suggest such a thing when prompted to discuss his motives.
Lynch showed up on Face the Nation shortly after this and recited the same lines. John Dickerson prompted her by saying he “mentioned ISIS” and asked “what else” he talked about. Did he mention LGBT? She said, yet again, he didn’t bring it up “in that conversation” but then jumped right into the LGBT and Hispanic angle.
Is it any wonder that a recent Gllup poll showed that only 29% of Democrats labeled the shooting as an act of Islamic terror? But 60% described it as an act of “domestic gun violence.” What planet are we living on where one party in this country can ring up those sorts of numbers? How many more blows with the clue bat do you need? A pledge of support to ISIS… trips overseas… a father who supports the Taliban and remains active in Afghanistan politics… an attack during Ramadan. And yet the Democrats are trying to turn this into an election issue over repealing the Second Amendment and how conservatives must want to kill gays and lesbians.
They’re getting the job done, though. I just finished reading a recent piece from Jonathan Capehart where he goes on at length comparing the Orlando killer and his father to a gay themed scene from the movie American Beauty. No… seriously. I’m not making that up. Go read it for yourself. It’s as if we’ve shown up at the wrong garden party and followed Alice down the rabbit hole.
She had it edited out.
“What we’re not going to do is further proclaim this man’s pledges of allegiance to terrorist groups, and further his propaganda,” Lynch said. “We are not going to hear him make his assertions of allegiance [to the Islamic State].”
Lynch went on to say, “This was a simple case of workplace violence directly caused by a youtube video, and the shooter was simply lying about his own motivations, thus it is necessary to censor certain parts of the shooter’s delusional 911 calls to spare the American people the difficulty in hearing false information that runs counter to our official narrative that there’s no such thing as so-called terrorism from certain lone-wolf individuals. In addition, Hillary Clinton’s campaign would be adversely affected if an audio tape of these lies should fall into the hands of her political opposition, who would no doubt use the shooter’s own misleading words to further his own lies.”
Lynch added, “We’re just trying to protect the American people.”
Loretta...was those comments made "before" or "after" editing?
This club might be more like limelight was in NYC. Lots of gays but lots of babes too.
He wasn’t necessarily gay if that’s the case.
“This [attack] was an act of terror and an act of hate targeted against a community, the LGBT community, the Latino community, and of course the LGBT community...”
No, it was an attack against the United States. If it were an attack against a community, the LGBT community, the Latino community, he would has stated as much, and you can bet it would be released in the transcripts. That is the kind of propaganda of the killer they are searching for, not the truth, which they are labeling propaganda.
The real reason will be censored in the release of the transcripts. This censorship is being proclaimed and done in broad daylight and just shows the confidence level of the Obama administration in the complicity of the media and Republicans.
Well Club Orlando was a great big fail you should al resign and disappeared to obscurity I hold Lynch Obama Hilary as if the pulled the trigger themselves
And what did Lorette have to say about San Bernadino? Oh, that’s right..........zzzzzzzzz.
Well the long time muzzie sympathiser didn’t hear him mention ISIL so he is clearly a misunderstood ute.
Lynch is a tool, a POS hack.
This is the person who is supposed to "do the right thing" about indicting Hillary?
The elites are trying desperately to hide the results of their treachery.
Have said right along that the gay thing is a red herring.
It’s shocking how the left has controlled the narrative on this shooting. It’s even more shocking because it isn’t the first time, or second, this type of shooting has happened. There will be more, and one wonders how many more will need to occur before the reality will sink in? My guess, it’s not the number, but the election that will change the narrative. Until then, it’s domestic gun violence.
1. The legal process for Muslims is to carry out their punishment them-self first. Only if they don't carry out their own punishment does Sharia law go into effect. Example: if you're a thief you must cut your own hand off.
2. Qur'an 9:111 generally says all sins are forgiven if you die in Jihad. if he was a Homosexual or not he can die while killing you and I and he is forgiven.
“This club might be more like limelight was in NYC. Lots of gays but lots of babes too.”
That’s my understanding too. That it was a “mixed” club. Many Puerto Rican couples there to listen and dance to good Salsa music.
Yeah, ONCE.
Absolutely. 49 people were killed, whether they were straight, gay or somewhere in between is immaterial. What really matters is that the gunman was a Muslim. Yet another Islamic terror incident in America on Obama’s watch.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.