Posted on 06/22/2016 12:53:49 PM PDT by mbarker12474
English title: Orlando massacre was "revenge," not terrorism, says man who claims he was gunman's lover
Mateen was "very sweet" and liked to be "cuddled," the man told Univision. But he was upset about the way gay men responded to him.
Omar Mateen, the Muslim gunman who committed the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, was "100 percent" gay and bore a grudge against Latino men because he felt used by them, according to a man who says he was his lover for two months.
“I’ve cried like you have no idea. But the thing that makes me want to tell the truth is that he didn’t do it for terrorism. In my opinion he did it for revenge,” he told Univision Noticias anchor Maria Elena Salinas in an exclusive interview in English and Spanish on Tuesday.
He said Mateen was angry and upset after a man he had sex with later revealed he was infected with the HIV virus.
Asked why he decided to come forward with his story, he said: “It’s my responsibility as a citizen of the United States and a gay man.”
The man said he had approached the FBI and been interviewed three times in person by agents.
Univision was unable to independently verify his account. The FBI confirmed to Univision that it had met with him.
The man, who did not want his true identity revealed, agreed to an interview wearing a disguise and calling himself Miguel. Speaking in fluent Spanish and accented English, he said he met Mateen last year through a gay dating site and began a relationship soon after. He and Mateen were "friends with benefits," he said.
He described Mateen as “a very sweet guy" who never showed a violent side. He loved to be cuddled. "He was looking for love," he said.
When Miguel heard about the massacre on the news he said he was stunned. “My reaction was that can’t be the man I know. It’s impossible that the man I know could do that,” he said.
Mateen opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle during a Latin-themed night at Pulse in the early hours of June 12, killing 49 people and wounding dozens more. He was killed in a shootout with police hours later. Most of the dead were Hispanic.
Investigators are still looking into the motives for his rampage.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch told reporters on Tuesday that investigators may never be able to pinpoint a single motive and have not ruled out witness reports suggesting Mateen might have had gay interests. "While we know a lot more about him in terms of who he was and what he did, I do not want to definitively rule out any particular motivation here," she said. publicidad
In a 911 call from the club, Mateen pledged solidarity with the Islamic State group, and officials say he had explored websites of armed Islamic extremists.
Miguel recalled on one occasion Mateen expressed his criticism of the U.S. war on terrorism and the killing of innocent women and children. "'I told him, you're totally right,'" said Miguel.
Mateen never revealed his name to him, saying only that he was 35 years old and married with a son, Miguel told Univision. He said they met 15-20 times, the last occasion in late December. He said he believed Mateen's second wife knew he frequented gay bars and that his marriage was a smoke screen to hide that he was "100 percent" gay.
“He adored Latinos, gay Latinos, with brown skin – but he felt rejected. He felt used by them – there were moments in the Pulse nightclub that made him feel really bad. Guys used him. That really affected him,” Miguel said. "I believe this crazy horrible thing he did – that was revenge."
Mateen, who liked to drink, expressed frustration over his father's extreme views on homosexuality, which included a belief that "gay people [are] the devil and gay people have to die," Miguel said.
Mateen was especially upset after a sexual encounter with two Puerto Rican men, one of whom later revealed he was HIV positive, he added.
"He [Omar] was terrified that he was infected," he said. "I asked him, 'Did you do a test?' Yes. He went to the pharmacy and did the test … it came out negative but it doesn't come out right away. It takes 4, 5 months." publicidad
"When I asked him what he was going to do now, his answer was 'I'm going to make them pay for what they did to me.'"
Information from the Associated Press was used in this article
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“He [Omar] was terrified that he was infected,” he said. “I asked him, ‘Did you do a test?’ Yes. He went to the pharmacy and did the test … it came out negative but it doesn’t come out right away. It takes 4, 5 months.” publicidad”
...and the homos are demanding the “right” to donate blood and give aids to others.
“Orlando, was “100 percent” gay and bore a grudge against Latino men because he felt used by them...”
Wonderful life, huh?
Here it comes, the latest narrative pivot.
Let’s see proof that this guy ever even met him.
Yes. He thought he was pregnant, but it turned out to be a bad case of diarrhea.
Man?
The new narrative.
His religion had NOTHING to do with it.
It was all because he was angry at being rejected by Latino queers.
Can’t you just SMELLLLLL all the bullsh*t?
Every gay man in the world with HIV got infected by someone else, and none of them have ever committed mass murder. The drama queens are going to make this all about them but it’s really much worse than that.
Yes.
What are chances he is a plant? Or just someone looking for 15 minutes of glory?
Just show us the blue underwear.
He was looking for love in all the wrong places.
he was ‘cuddling’ the shooter for a year and no photos together? not to mention the personality described doesn’t fit the personality described by his workplace or the flowergal at the PitStop bar. The cuddler is lying.
Of course he’s a plant. No one that old and ugly could ever get a 20-something half decent looking ever so exotic lover (to each his own, barf). This guy is nothing but a Benghazi video version 2 distraction so we forget about his missing wife who shares the same last name as the Saudi prince who just flew out after a meeting with our Terrorist in Chief and his Afghanistan presidential candidate wannabe father.
A young Afghani-American whose raging hormones simply needed a little more Astro Glide. He just wanted to be held when his rectum prolapsed and there was no Latin lover that would massage his bum with Benzodent. Oh, those retrograde Latins!
Even if everything in this article is true, it is irrelevant.
The Muslim shooter was still motivated by his religion’s hatred of gays. He thought he could redeem himself in the eyes of Allah by killing 49 gay non believers in the holy month of Ramadan,
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