Eliza Collins

USA TODAY

Talk about the hot seat. Just days after the father of the Pulse nightclub shooter sat behind Hillary Clinton at an event, Donald Trump had a controversial rally attendee of his own: disgraced former congressman Mark Foley.

Foley, who resigned his House seat in 2006 amid reports he'd sent sexually explicit messages to congressional pages, sat near Trump during the Republican nominee’s rally in Sunrise, Fla., on Wednesday.

Seddique Mateen, the father of the man who murdered 49 people and injured dozens more in Orlando in June, occupied a similar seat behind Clinton at an event Monday.

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At one point during the event, Trump brought up the Clinton campaign’s misstep at letting Mateen into their rally and pointed to those behind him, saying: “The people behind me. They're all on television. They're going to be famous … Wasn't it terrible when the father of the animal that killed the wonderful people in Orlando was sitting with a big smile on his face right behind Hillary Clinton?” according to Politico.

The only problem was that Foley, who was a Republican congressman from Florida, was one of those smiling faces behind Trump.

After the event, Foley told NBC that he would be voting for Trump.

“He’s been a friend of mine for 30 years and [was] one of my biggest contributors," Foley said.

The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a question on whether they were aware Foley would be attending the event.