New York Times: A Definitive Debunking of Donald Trump’s 9/11 Claims

New York Times ^ | 11/25/2015 | Jim Dwyer

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How alarmed were New Jersey officials by reports of Muslims dancing in the streets of Jersey City and Paterson on Sept. 11, 2001, to celebrate the destruction of the World Trade Center?

They feared riots would break out and were ready to send in the National Guard and the State Police to preserve order.

But John J. Farmer Jr., then the New Jersey attorney general and the state's chief law enforcement officer, said on Tuesday that he ordered an investigation that very day and found the reports to be bogus, more wild stories born in the stricken hours after the attacks.

Nevertheless, those ancient, false rumors were recycled as truth over the weekend by Donald J. Trump, who has folded them into his calls for the national registration of Muslims and possible closing of mosques.

Reporters were unable to find any evidence for his story, but Mr. Trump stuck with it in a television interview on Sunday. "It did happen," he said. "I saw it. It was on television."

Few people, if any, could address the circumstances more definitively than Mr. Farmer, who went on to serve as senior counsel to the Sept. 11 commission.

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Talking to you is like talking to a slow rutabaga. As I’ve said repeatedly, many thousands of Muslims celebrated silently or behind closed doors. Some even opened their mouths away from the cameras. But nobody saw thousands of Muslims in NJ celebrating openly together on their television. It didn’t happen. They’re not brave enough to do that on American soil.

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8 years in a big-government Trump administration would test Cruz’s commitment to conservatism. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.

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I would be depending on Cruz to teach his mentor the advantages of limited govt. and to keep him in line. That’s why only Cruz will do. :-)

[Darksheare]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/09/18/northern-new-jersey-draws-probers-eyes/40f82ea4-e015-4d6e-a87e-93aa433fafdc/?postshare=7281448290025183&tid=ss_fb

So a contemporary account from September 18 2001 is wrong as well?

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Well, as many as 13 people were questioned because they may have partied on a roof with nobody filming them. That certainly confirms Donald's claim that he saw thousands celebrating on his television.

Awesome job! Have you found the television footage of thousands celebrating in NJ yet? Please ping me when you do, you're almost there.

[Darksheare]

People danced.
They most certainly did dance.
All the people insisting they didn’t are liars and apologists.