In the wake of the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting , Rohrabacher put out a press release stating that he felt " outrage " and a " renewed commitment to defeat and destroy the radical Islamic movement that fosters such mayhem . " He stressed that Americans must " be sure not to label all Muslims as terrorist murderers . " Rohrabacher met Seddique Mateen , the father of the shooter , in 2014 during routine meetings with constituents . He called Mateen an " estranged individual . " On June 10 , 2017 , during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Lebanon 's Hezbollah , a day after two ISIL attacks in Tehran , Rohrabacher said that : Rohrabacher 's statement was criticised in social media by British political journalist Mehdi Hasan , Human Rights Watch Deputy Director Jim Murphy , journalist Negar Mortazavi , and the National Iranian American Council , among others
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