Morrissey slams Donald Trump’s response to Orlando shootings: ‘It’s anti-gay and pro-gun’

Speaking out: Morrissey has slammed Donald Trump's reaction to the Orlando shootings
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Jennifer Ruby14 June 2016
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Morrissey has hit out at Donald Trump for his response to the Orlando shootings.

The British musician thinks that the Presidential candidate has ‘avoided’ offering any words of support to the gay community following the horrific attack on Sunday.

In a new post on his website, the singer wrote: “Donald Thump – probably America’s next President – reacts to the massacre by explaining how, if the people in the club were armed with guns, then there would have been fewer casualties.

“This, of course, is his own way of avoiding any words of support to the Orlando gay community. (it is their own fault for going into a nightclub without hand grenades).”

He continued: “Donald Thump would therefore probably claim that the massacred children of Sandy Hook would still be alive today if only they'd had the common sense to carry sawn-off shotguns to school.

“The Thump response to Orlando is therefore anti-gay and pro-gun possession.”

Discussing the Presidential race in general, Morrissey admitted that he was supporting neither Trump nor Hilary Clinton.

“The larger disaster is the two leading faces in the presidential race, as the world prepares to shake its head in disbelief when the new president is named,” he wrote.

Morrissey then and now - in pictures

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“Clinton is the face and voice of pooled money. (and will therefore repay the established elite with whatever they want if she is elected).

“Donald Thump is George Wallace – hating just about anyone who doesn’t happen to be Donald Thump. Surely this is not 2016 America?”

Morrissey went on to say that former Democrat candidate Bernie Sanders would have been his choice to run the country.

“The true victory of the presidential race has been the independent success of Bernie Sanders, whose approach has been so sane and intelligent and measured that he has been therefore all but entirely ignored by the U.S. media, who cannot understand anyone who is not blood-thirsty,” he wrote.

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