Mir Seddique
Mir Seddique
Mir Seddique operates religious non-profit The Durand Jirga, Inc. in Port St Lucie, Florida. He is an immigrant from Afghanistan and an ethnic Pashtun. He is the father of Pulse Orlando Shooting killer Omar Mateen. [17]Mir hosts a political TV show and sympathizes with The Taliban. [15]
Seddique insists his son's crime has nothing to do with ISIS or Islam. He told NBC News:
“This has nothing to do with religion.
We are saying we are apologizing for the whole incident.
We weren’t aware of any action he is taking.
We are in shock like the whole country.”
However, ISIS has already taken credit for the massacre.
Endorsement of Hillary Clinton
In August 2016, Mir was spotted sitting right behind Hillary Clinton during her rally in Kissimmee, Florida located near Orlando, Florida. During the speech Hillary spoke about the Pulse Orlando Shooting. [-1] [18]
After the rally he endorsed Hillary Clinton saying:
"Hillary Clinton is good for United States versus Donald Trump, who has no solutions," he said, revealing he had even brought a homemade pro-Clinton sign.
When first asked about his attendance, Mir said, ****"We've been cooperating with the federal government, and that's about it.
Thank you."
When asked if her campaign was aware, Mateen said, "It's a Democratic Party, so everyone can join." [19]
The Hillary Clinton campaign were unaware of his presence and said:
"The rally was a 3,000-person, open-door event for the public," and that "This individual wasn't invited as a guest and the campaign was unaware of his attendance until after the event."
When asked if he thought anyone would be surprised to see him at the rally, he said "Why should they be surprised?
I love the United States, and I've been living here a long time." [19]
When asked about his decision to attend the event, Mir added: “I spoke a lot about that and wish that my son (Omar Mateen) joined the Army and fought ISIS. That would be much better.” [19]