Both Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson have made claims of alleged Muslim celebrations after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. As the backlash begins, only one of them is still standing by his word.
On Monday, Donald Trump claimed that he saw “thousands and thousands” of Muslims celebrating the 9/11 attacks in Jersey City.
He clarified his statement Tuesday, saying he “saw people getting together and in fairly large numbers celebrating as the World Trade Center was coming down” both “on television and I read about it on the Internet.”
Trump then said he’d received hundreds of calls and tweets in recent days from people telling him they’d also witnessed the scenes he described.
As evidence, Trump cited a Sept. 18, 2001, story in The Washington Post that said in the hours after the attacks, authorities “detained and questioned a number of people who were allegedly seen celebrating the attacks and holding tailgate-style parties on rooftops while they watched the devastation on the other side of the river.”
Meanwhile, fellow Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is backing away from his Monday claim that he saw American Muslims celebrating the Sept. 11 attacks.
A spokesman for the retired neurosurgeon said Carson “does not stand behind” his statement to reporters hours earlier that he also saw news reports of Muslims in New Jersey cheering the 2001 terrorist attacks.
“He does not believe Muslim Americans in New Jersey were celebrating the fall of the Twin Towers,” Carson spokesman Doug Watts said. “Rather he recalls the ample news footage of crowds in the Middle East celebrating the tragic events of 9/11.”
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
I am a lawyer in the State of New Jersey. On the Friday following 9/11, I had to be in court in Paterson, NJ. I was crossing the street heading to the Passaic County Courthouse in Paterson at 1:30 pm that day and a half dozen cars filled with young Arabic men were driving down the street in front of the courthouse blaring Arabic music and cheering. Our entire community was in mourning. Their cheers were disturbing and obvious. Whether you like Trump or not, he undoubtedly saw similar behavior on 9/11 as he says.
You are right and trump is awesome
Dr. Carson needs to think more and talk less. With each gaffe I have less confidence in the wisdom of supporting the good doctor.
The good doctor does not answer a question he rambles on about anything except for answering the question because he does know the answer. Carson does not have experience with the real world and how to deal with it. He gives speeches and does surgery and even that is past tense. What experience does he have about saving this country he has nothing. Trump knows how to employ people because he does it everyday. He knows about giving insurance he knows about foreign policies and contracts trump is already changing the world. People have become more aware of immigrants because he wants to make it legal. Americans have definitely stepped up the process on taking our vets our homeless and putting Americans first. Trump is wanting to do a clean up of the mess Oblama had caused. Trump hasn’t lied or taken anyone’s money. He is a entrepeuner a business man. Sometimes people are jealous because he has money and they don’t which is wrong. I look at what he is saying. Trump set the precedence for what can be done to fix Ameririca. He cares that is why he is running for President. he can just kick back and do nothing because is already rich. Or help America !! He makes more money now than he would as President.
does it really matter who saw what? IT HAPPENED!
I am for Donald Trump For Mister President. think we need him, we have not had a
Man like Donald Trump in a long long
time. He has guts to say whats going
to be and means it.
I wholeheartedly agree!!!
Every day, we can’t wait to hear what Mr Donald Trump has to say – he is spot on and we admire him very much. We will vote for him because he is the only open truthful courageous and yes “gentleman” that we have ever had.
Your energy has to be “God-given”………….USA is blessed to know you………….sincerely Wil/au.
Now the rich man Trump in his every show doesn’t fell short of slinging mud on Muslims but if he unfotunately win his first trip will be to Saudi Arabia. Now he want to get the support of jews
Muslims were celebrating in the streets in Brooklyn after the towers fell. That is a fact!!!! I was disgusted then and am more so now……..has everyone conveniently forgotten??
I saw the video clip also. Dr. Carson did not say he did not see the video he just did not know if they were Muslims from New Jersey or from some other location. That is also what I recall.
The media is trying to spin something out of everything that Dr. Carson says, and why do you think that is? I’ll tell you. He is a threat! Go Ben go.
i AGREE – THE MEDIA SPINS EVERYTHING THAT CARSON SAYS PUPOSEFULLY TO TRY TO MAKE HIM LOOK STUPID. WHEN ARE THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY GOING TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES, AND SEE THAT IT IS THE MEDIA WHO HAS LIED, PARSED, DUMBED DOWN THEIR TWISTED INFORMATION IN ORDER TO CONFUSE AND MANIPULATE THE SIMPLE-MINDED FOOLS WATCHING. THEY HAVE AN AGENDA FOLKS–AND THATS TO GET YOU IDIOTS TO KEEP VOTING FOR THE LIBERAL LEFT THAT HAS IN FACT GOTTEN US INTO THE MESS WE ARE IN–WAKE UP AMERICA-OR GO GET YOUR BURKAS NOW!!! THE FACT
I think that trump ha gut he says what’s on his mind and doesn’t care what u think he doesn’t augur coat and never will
LONG LIVE DONALD TRUMP????