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Scott PowersJune 20, 2016

A new poll by the conservative pollster Rasmussen Reports finds Americans think the Orlando massacre is more about terrorism than guns. The survey found 57 percent of those polled consider the shooting primarily a terrorism issue, while 38 percent thought it was primarily a gun-control issue. However, even those who consider it a terrorism issue […]

Scott PowersJune 20, 2016

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch will meet Tuesday with victims, first responders and other members of the Orlando community affected by the June 12 Pulse nightclub massacre. Lynch’s office announced the visit Monday morning, calling the incident “the terrorist attack in Orlando.” She will be meeting with people at the U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley‘s office for the […]

Scott PowersJune 17, 2016

A family of 16 from Mexico reluctantly came to Orlando’s Camping World Stadium Thursday seeking burial help for their beloved son, slain in Pulse Sunday night. The family members were distraught, not knowing what they needed or how even to ask. They came to Orlando’s established-on-the-fly Orlando Family Assistance Center with just one request and, and before they […]

Scott PowersJune 15, 2016

Orlando-area clergy, politicians, and leaders of the LGBT community came together Wednesday afternoon at the Orange County Administration Building to preach scripture, love and unity as the city prepares for its 49 Pulse funerals. In what some called a nationally unprecedented showing, dozens of Central Florida clergy representing faiths including the Roman Catholic Church, mainline […]

Scott PowersJune 15, 2016

Love is conquering in Orlando. That’s the Day 4 message of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs, as the community pulls together a remarkable recovery effort from Bloody Sunday and confronts a third tragedy in five days. Dyer and Jacobs addressed the city and the world Wednesday morning from outside of […]

Scott PowersJune 14, 2016

Democratic congressional candidate Susannah Randolph has announced a three-point plan for guns including banning assault weapons and expanding background checks. Randolph is running in Florida’s 9th Congressional District, covering south-central Orlando and Orange County, Osceola County and eastern Polk County. Her position on gun violence was released in response to Sunday’s Pulse nightclub massacre. She, […]

Scott PowersJune 13, 2016

Florida’s senior Sen. Bill Nelson told the U.S. Senate today that hate calls are pouring into his Orlando office today about the Pulse nightclub massacre and Nelson implored that America has got to find a way to unite. Nelson, an Orlando resident who spent most of the past two days at the Orlando command center, said […]

Mitch PerryJune 13, 2016

Tampa Bay area Rep. Kathy Castor says when she returns to Congress Monday night, there’s likely to be a moment of silence on behalf of the 49 people killed in an Orlando LGBT nightclub on Sunday morning. But she says the times call for something bigger than that. “I’m pretty tired of having moments of silence without […]

Peter SchorschJune 13, 2016

It took less than 36 hours after the smoke cleared from the shoot-out at Orlando’s Pulse Nightclub before the direction of Marco Rubio‘s political career was made part of the story. Sunday’s mass shooting may have him reconsidering his future service, reports Elizabeth Koh of McClatchy. Rubio discussed his political future with radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt Monday. “I’ve been […]

Tag: Orlando massacre

Rasmussen poll: Orlando massacre a terrorist issue, not a gun matter

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch plans Orlando visit

Orlando Family Assistance Center working, shows ‘Orlando United’

Men and women of cloth and rainbow unite in Orlando

Love is conquering, say mayors Buddy Dyer, Teresa Jacobs

Susannah Randolph call for three-point plan regarding guns

Bill Nelson says hate calls are pouring in

Kathy Castor says she’s weary of having moments of silence in gun tragedies without any action to follow

How the Orlando massacre changes the political calculus for Marco Rubio and so many Florida politicians