ADL slams Trump for ‘factually challenged’ 9/11 claim

[struggle4progress]

November 22, 2015, 02:09 pm
By Bradford Richardson

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Sunday said Donald Trump’s claim that scores of Arab-Americans cheered as the Twin Towers fell on 9/11 is unsubstantiated.

“It is unfortunate that Donald Trump is giving new life to long-debunked conspiracy theories about 9/11” ...

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/261058-adl-slams-trump-for-factually-challenged-9-11-claim

[joeybee12]

1. Trump could bring peace to the middle east

Everyone would unite together against him.

[PatrickforO]

2. I did see footage of people cheering in Egypt after 9/11 but

that might just have been the corporate owned media ginning us up for a war.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

5. FOX "News" once showed crowds cheering from a World Cup celebration and claimed it was over 9/11.

[0rganism]

8. not exactly verifiable as "scores of Arab-Americans" though

more like "some Arab-Egyptians" i'd guess

[alp227]

3. Wow. I heard NPR playing a clip of Trump's fairy tale this afternoon

on All Things Considered. http://www.npr.org/2015/11/22/457027419/after-paris-attacks-security-dominates-conversation-and-campaigns

When I heard him mention "Jersey City" I thought this was a new low (but hey, this guy reaches new lows every freakin' day).

Even RedState.com couldn't take this. Look this up: "Show me the footage of people in Jersey City cheering 9/11, Donald Trump."

[mucifer]

4. Glad to hear the ADL did something decent.

[MisterP]

7. "Trump: too Islamophobic for the ADL!"

[spanone]

9. trump followers have no interest in the truth....in fact he has increased his lead in the polls

after spewing this shit

[chapdrum]

10. Good thing Don wasn't asked to explain

how the three buildings came down in freefall into their respective footprints. That might even stump Carson.

[DinahMoeHum]

11. T. Rump's tirade got rated "4 Pinocchios". . .

. . .from the Washington Post:


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/11/22/donald-trumps-outrageous-claim-that-thousands-of-new-jersey-muslims-celebrated-the-911-attacks/

And Politifact-dot-com gave it the "Pants On Fire" rating:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/nov/22/donald-trump/fact-checking-trumps-claim-thousands-new-jersey-ch/