Florida Gov. Rick Scott called for the Obama administration to release the full, unedited transcripts of communications with the Orlando gunman on Monday after the FBI released partial transcripts.
The Republican governor said he “absolutely” disagrees with Attorney General Loretta Lynch, who has said the transcripts won’t be released in full to avoid revictimizing the survivors of the massacre.
“I’ve gone to funerals and sat down and cried with the parents. I have visited individual in the hospitals. They’re grieving. They want answers,” Rick said during an interview on Fox News.
He continued: “If it was my family, I would want answers, and you would too. We all would like answers. [Lynch] should release everything that doesn’t impact the investigation.”
The remarks come after House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) criticized Obama’s administration for not releasing the full transcripts, calling the decision to release “selectively edited” transcripts “preposterous.”
I didn’t know Skeletor was included on Roger Ailes’ email list.
President Obama replied to the request with driving directions for the governor to find some good sand to pound.
Gollum says what?
Gov Scott? Did you mention to those grieving–
about your acceptance of NRA contributions–
and your support for the right to easily purchase
modifiable semi-automatic weapons like the AR-15?
Yeah. I thought not.
jw1
I really cannot believe these people are this stupid. Why in the world would you hand your political opponents such a powerful argument? Because all the president needs to do, if he even responds, is to point out that people are being murdered, possibly pleading for their lives and screaming in their final moments of life and not subjecting the families to the agony of having to hear their loved one die. This is about having compassion for the families and giving the dead some dignity. Of course, thats just the emotional argument. Never mind the fact that this is an ongoing investigation and some information needs to be withheld from the public just as is always, always, always the case in any homicide investigation.