Donald Trump’s insistence that he saw one or more television news stories about Muslims in Jersey City celebrating the collapse of the Twin Towers in September 11 provoked outrage on the left.
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The former “Apprentice” star insisted on Tuesday he would be happy to apologize for any erroneous statement, but in this particular case, he has no doubts about his recollection, CBS News noted. “Yes”, New Day co-anchor Chris Cuomo admitted.
“They accused Mr. Trump of being an insulting individual but they’ve levied insults at us that I wouldn’t levy against people I hate”, Scott said. Trump said after the incident, “Maybe he should have been roughed up because it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing”.
“I really felt that their contingency was really selling out their vote for nothing”, said Bryant, who briefly ran for Congress as a Democrat earlier this year before calling off the bid.
Guzman said large celebrations by Muslims in the New Jersey area were not reported and it is a “stretch” for Trump to say thousands celebrated.
“If he carries this message into the general election in Ohio, we’ll hand this election to Hillary Clinton – and then try to salvage the rest of the ticket”, said Matt Borges, chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, according to the New York Times. “I saw it and so many people saw it …” Let him show the evidence of it, ‘ Giuliani said.
Guzmán said there weren’t “thousands of people” cheering, but noted there were Muslims sympathetic to the attacks happening who were “despised in their own community”.
MTV named its new video: “Trump Is Wrong About People “Cheering” 9/11 in New Jersey – Here’s the Evidence”.
-58% of Trump voters think thousands of Arabs in New Jersey celebrated the attacks of 9/11 to only 12% who don’t think that happened. Trump is going to be there and we’ll have to listen to him, again.
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Trump campaign adviser Dan Scavino said the report proved Trump “100% correct.”
Back in 2015, the new video made by MTV shows a totally different person, all grown-up, who doesn’t recall hearing anybody saying “Burn, America!”.
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Trump has also claimed video exists of such celebrations; news channels widely broadcast video of celebrations in the Palestinian territories following the attacks, but none in the US.
