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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCarson Now Says He Didn't See U.S. Muslims Cheer 9/11
NOV 23 2015, 6:53 PM ET
by SHAQUILLE BREWSTER
... "Dr. Carson does not stand by the statements that were reported today. He was hearing and thinking something differently at the the time," Carson communications director Doug Watts said in a statement on Monday. "He does, however, recall and had his mind focused on the celebrations in the Middle East. He is not suggesting that American Muslims were in New Jersey celebrating the fall of the twin towers" ... Earlier in the day, Carson said that he, like fellow GOP candidate Donald Trump has claimed, has seen "newsreels" of American Muslims celebrating the attack in New Jersey ...
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-carson-says-he-saw-video-u-s-muslims-cheering-n468486
"Well, I saw it, and so I said I saw it, but when I said I saw it I didn't actually mean I saw it: I meant I was just seeing thing I heard, which is different than hearing things I saw. So I inadvertently misquoted myself but then the media made the whole thing up to embarrass me, like that I was seeing things. But no, I've never ever said I saw things that weren't there"
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)randys1
(16,286 posts)Carson is a dumb person on every single issue and part of life other than medicine
dont know how that is possible but it absolutely is true
struggle4progress
(118,294 posts)Lord, what fools these mortals be!
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)"Dr. Carson does not stand by the statements that were reported today. He was hearing and thinking something differently at the the time,"
freeplessinseattle
(3,508 posts)Crystal clear
no_hypocrisy
(46,119 posts)I was transfixed to the television like most everyone who wasn't working on 9/11. All you saw was repeated loops of the two planes hitting the two towers, both towers coming down, the streets with people running ahead of the smoke and dust from the towers coming down, and the throngs of police, fire fighters, and EMP, with some shots of Giuliani walking with a surgical mask over his nose and mouth.
I watched obsessively the local NYC channels, going from one to another, seeing the same thing for hours.
Even if there was one Middle Eastern person jumping up and down for joy, there were no cameras interested in capturing that Kodak moment and no local or network programs that showed it.
There was no such newsreel also the next day (9/12), or the next day.
(BTW, although Trump does have a residential block of flats in Jersey City, I'd like some proof he was in JC at the time of the attack(s)).
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)must result in an interesting outlook on life. Like Syd Barrett's in his immediate post-Pink Floyd years
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)This guy isn't qualified to sling burgers and fries out a burger joint drive thru.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)he is a fucking IDIOT
tanyev
(42,564 posts)sorefeet
(1,241 posts)was bragging how honest he is and how much he can't stand a liar. It's on film some where. He has told lots of lies from the start.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)"Well, I saw it, and so I said I saw it, but when I said I saw it I didn't actually mean I saw it: I meant I was just seeing thing I heard, which is different than hearing things I saw. So I inadvertently misquoted myself but then the media made the whole thing up to embarrass me, like that I was seeing things. But no, I've never ever said I saw things that weren't there"