Speaking to thousands at a packed Columbus rally, Trump said techniques practiced until late in the Bush administration and disavowed by President Barack Obama should be brought back because they work. Ben Carson says he, too, saw video of Muslims cheering the 9/11 attacks in New Jersey.
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Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop at Des Moines Area Community College Newton Campus on November 19.
Trump said: “George, it did happen”.
Cruz’s Iowa team said one of the reasons why Cruz is starting to catch on is that he doesn’t just appeal to evangelicals, but also to libertarians, moderate Republicans, and even some Democrats. You bet your ass I’d approve it. You bet your ass.
Fox News’ Megyn Kelly followed up with Carson on Monday night, asking if he wanted to walk back his comments publicly.
“The difference over the last two or three months each time he comes to the state, it just seems like there’s more excitement and people seem to be starting to understand that they have their champion in this election cycle”, Cruz’s Iowa State Director Bryan English told ABC News. “What the exact number is, I don’t know, and I don’t think it’s relevant”. Since the Paris attacks, Mr. Trump has risen in the polls – something that could prove that Americans are exhausted of the other candidates tiptoeing around the issue and caring more about not offending people than watching out for the safety of United States citizens. “I really think that would be a stretch”.
Donald Trump is facing major backlash for claiming some American Muslims celebrated when the Twin Towers fell on 9/11. That’s “where you have large Arab populations”, Trump added.
“And I watched those people jump and I watched the second plane hit…” I’m going to have a midterm test in about 78 days and then we won’t have to worry about any more speculation.
On Monday, Trump tripled down, demanding an apology from critics, pointing to a Washington Post article on September 18, 2001, which he says proves his point.
George Pataki, the governor of NY at the time of the attacks who is also running for the Republican presidential nomination, responded on Twitter.
Unfortunately, there are a lot of those people around, and they vote in Republican primaries. “That was not the case, as best as I can remember”.
“It changes everything”, Cohen said.
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The comments came during a weekend where Trump called for surveillance of mosques, the use of waterboarding, a registry list for all refugees and in which he retweeted a follower’s tweet containing bogus statistics falsely implying blacks were responsible for most murders of both races.
