New York – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump insisted on Sunday he was “100 percent right” when he said he saw Muslims in Jersey City, New Jersey, cheering the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center even though fact-checkers have debunked his claim.
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In a phone interview on NBC’s Meet the Press, Trump said he was getting an “unbelievable response” from “hundreds” of people who told him they also saw televised Muslim celebrations of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in Manhattan.
“I saw it. So many people saw it. And, so, why would I take it back? I’m not going to take it back,” said Trump, who has been among the most vocal of the Republican candidates in the race for the November 2016 election in expressing skepticism about Muslims living in the United States.
Trump came under fire last week after making remarks at a rally and in a nationally televised appearance that he had seen thousands of people in Jersey City cheer the collapse of the Twin Towers in Manhattan.
On Saturday, he appeared to reframe his words by saying the sentiment was shared worldwide.
Trump has been a front-runner in many of the polls ahead of next year’s election for the White House. But as the fight against terrorism has come sharply into focus as a campaign issue following the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris, he has lost some of his lead.
In the past five days, he dropped 12 points from 43 percent to 31 percent, according to Reuters/Ipsos opinion polling of Republican voters nationally, though he continues to hold a wide lead over his competitors.
When his remarks were revisited as an issue on NBC, he said: “All over the world – forget about New Jersey for a second – all over the world, it was reported that Muslims were celebrating the fall of the World Trade Center.”
But he quickly rejected NBC anchor Chuck Todd’s assertion that “this didn’t happen in New Jersey.”
“It did happen in New Jersey,” Trump said. “I have hundreds of people that agree with me.”
He said people were reaching out on social media, telling him in person at campaign rallies and calling the Trump Organization, saying, “We saw it. It was dancing in the streets.”
“I have a very good memory, I’ll tell you,” Trump said. “I saw it somewhere on television many years ago. And I never forgot it.”
Trump is telling the TRUTH – every American remembers 9/11 TERRORISM and how the Muslims in NJ rejoiced by
Of course we all remember the vile sights of those lowlives cheering while America mourned! Does the mainstream liberal media realLy believe that if you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth ? Obviously, but all honest people know the truth and Trump is telling it to the democrats’ dismay,
We all DID see the reports.. And you, the media, were practically gloating at the time. You were so happy to report that there were people publicly displaying hate for America…what you, the media, feels inside but is often scared to show.
The more you deny it, the more we LOVE Trump for sticking up to you liberal America haters.. Keep lying and denying now and TRUMP’s numbers will go up even more. We may not love Trump, but we loath you and your hate for America.
WE all DID see the pictures and videos in YOUR papers, news reports and websites. NO, I didn’t count how many. And no, I don’t remember where in NJ it was.. BUT, there were many people and they were celebrating in NJ. At least, that’s what you told us at that time… You (proudly) showed it off! If anyone lied about it, it was YOU!
What part of Trump do you identify with?
A- his disgusting remarks about women
B- his racist remarks about Mexicans
C- his insulting gestures about the handicapped reporter he knew for 10 years but now forgot
D- all of the above + the utter coarseness of his speeches and use of foul language?
Why should he take it back? IT IS A FACT!!
Perhaps the sheepsheadbabyyid should search under the Washington Compost because it was recently found again on their site.
Muslim taxi drivers were tooting their horns at Tullamarine Airport, Australia as it happened. Shouldn’t come as a surprise.
I like Trump. He takes away money from the rich (Bankrupt for times) and using it to entertain the poor. (His followers are uneducated,low income)
I predict the Pulitzer Prize for the person who can find the footage.
Trump is a fascist. Give him some time and he will drive tens of millions of Hispanics and millions of Jews into the gas chambers. He is a disaster for the United States and the republican party. he is guaranteeing a victory for Hillary Clinton.