Trump on Muslim claim: 'I'm not going to take it back'
- 8 years ago
Donald Trump is insisting he was right that thousands of Muslim-Americans in New Jersey celebrated 9/11, despite being confronted with lack of evidence he's correct.
For the second weekend, the Republican presidential front-runner repeated his assertion, despite city leaders and law enforcement officials saying large-scale public celebrations never happened, in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd.
"I have a very good memory, Chuck.
I'll tell you, I have a very good memory.
I saw it somewhere on television many years ago and I never forgot it - and it was on television, too," Trump said.
The real estate mogul claimed he's heard reports of the celebrations in different New Jersey cities.
He said his staff is looking for clips of television reports from the time that will prove his claim.
For the second weekend, the Republican presidential front-runner repeated his assertion, despite city leaders and law enforcement officials saying large-scale public celebrations never happened, in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd.
"I have a very good memory, Chuck.
I'll tell you, I have a very good memory.
I saw it somewhere on television many years ago and I never forgot it - and it was on television, too," Trump said.
The real estate mogul claimed he's heard reports of the celebrations in different New Jersey cities.
He said his staff is looking for clips of television reports from the time that will prove his claim.