Lynch to LGBT: 'We stand with you'

Attorney General Loretta Lynch told gay, bisexual and transgender people in Florida on Tuesday that the federal government supports them after the attack at a gay nightclub, not only in spirit, but with federal funds.

“Let me say to our LGBT friends and family, particularly to anyone who might view this tragedy as an indication that their identities, their essential selves, might somehow be better left unexpressed or in the shadows: this Department of Justice, and your country, stands with you in the light,” Lynch said in prepared remarks given to press Tuesday afternoon. “We stand with you today as we grieve together.”