JERSEY CITY — GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said on ABC’s “This Week” talk show on Saturday that people were cheering in Jersey City when the Twin Towers fell on Sept. 11, 2001.
“Trump is plain wrong, and he is shamefully politicizing an emotionally charged issue,” said Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, who had reacted to the tragedy afterward by quitting his Wall Street job to join the U.S. Marines. “No one in Jersey City cheered on Sept. 11. We were actually among the first to provide responders to help in lower Manhattan. Trump needs to understand that Jersey City will not be part of his hate campaign. Clearly, Trump has memory issues or willfully distorts the truth, either of which should be concerning for the Republican Party.”
Trump claims Jersey City cheered as Twin Towers fell
