Posted on 04/26/2016 7:39:36 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
When Donald Trump spoke earlier this week in Buffalo, media critics lambasted him for allegedly confusing "9/11" with "7/11." However, a theory emerged as to why Trump didn't misspeak, one that the media refuses to acknowledge.
The controversy all began Monday, as Trump was speaking before a crowd in Buffalo on the day before the New York primary. During the speech, he touted his 9/11 activism.
"I wrote this out, and it's very close to my heart," Trump said to the audience.
"Because I was down there and I watched our police and our firemen down at 7/11, down at the World Trade Center right after it came down. And I saw the greatest people I've ever seen in action."
VIDEO: http://conservativetribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/711-470x320.jpg
The media, predictably, pounced on Trump's remarks.
"Donald Trump, who has made his advocacy for New York City after the 9/11 attacks central to his candidacy, accidentally referred to it on Monday as 7/11 — the ubiquitous convenience store," CNN wrote with scarcely contained glee.
However, a new theory quickly emerged — the fact that he was actually talking about the Greenville Fire Department, a department in the New York town of Scarsdale that was one of the first to respond to the 9/11 attacks.
The station is known as 711 because of its address, 711 Central Park Ave. And as one Facebook user close to the situation pointed out, the firefighters there were quoted as "thanking Trump for his generous donations of time, services and goods, both for the firefighters and for the victims."
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And keep in mind, the way Donald phrased things made it sound a lot more like he was talking about a location, not a date. His words were "our firemen down at 7/11," not "our firemen on 7/11."
sorry, rEST OF ARTICLE:
Of course, this is getting almost no play in the media. They’re more than happy to continue to make it look like Donald Trump is a buffoon who hasn’t done anything for the victims and heroes of 9/11.
However, the record and the evidence seems to show something different. It’s time we started spreading that around.
H/T The Patriot Nation
Wow. Bkmrk.
I don’t believe I would have ever heard that story from the mainstream media. Thank you for clearing that up.
Look when will people realize Trump is a billionaire. He isn’t a dummy. He has actually accomplished something unlike politicians.
I expect immediate apologies and retractions from the media and hollywierdos. /sarc
Wow...!
What a mensch..!
That’s real class....!
I figured no play in the media. We have to spread it via social media.
Another thing that Levin can apologize for ..if I remember correctly, he was trashing Trump on this a couple of days ago too ..no surprise
RECENT INTERNET CHATTER HAS LINKED GREENVILLE FIRE DISTRICT TO A COMMENT MADE BY A POLITICAL CANDIDATE.
PLEASE NOTE: GREENVILLE FIRE DISTRICT IS NEVER REFERRED TO, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, AS "711".
This is one of the main reasons I like him as a candidate. I hope he plays this up Big Time against Hillary. She has done nothing but suck off the Government her whole life. She hasn't created a damn thing. She keeps saying Trump should come down from his tower. He should tell her he built the tower, what have you built B!tch?
I knew it. I was saying this for days.
Scarsdale is more than an hour away from lower Manhattan on a good day and 9/11 was not a good day. They were not one of the first units to respond on 9/11. And no one from New York City would refer to Scarsdale as "down" ... rather it would be "upstate".
If you read this book, you'd learn about the problems firefighters from Queens, which is only a bridge away from Manhattan, had getting into the city that day.
Thought so. People need to listen/read more carefully.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3422402/posts?page=69#69
Which of the 57 states was this a controversy in?
Came here to say the same thing about Scarsdale. I think supporters of this 711 theory were hoping people would see Central Park Ave street address and assume it was in Manhattan.
I don’t understand why people cannot admit mistakes. I guess they are afraid it makes them look weak but IMO it makes them look human.
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