As Donald Trump came under fire for claiming that he saw Muslims in New Jersey cheering on 9/11, admitted-non-total-truth-speaker [5]Ben Carson [5] jumped on the bandwagon claiming he too "saw film of it." Now, in yet another embarrassing u-turn 'oops' for the retired (now it all makes sense) neurosurgeon, the Carson campaign told CBS News Monday [6] evening that Carson is "really not" standing behind his earlier statement and that the GOP presidential candidate was thinking of other footage he saw.
Caught on tape...
WATCH: @RealBenCarson [7] tells ABC he saw news footage of Muslims in New Jersey cheering as towers fell on 9/11:
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— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) November 23, 2015 [9]
Ben Carson is walking back comments he made earlier Monday in which he claimed that he saw Muslims cheering in New Jersey during television news coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The Carson campaign told CBS News Monday evening that Carson is "really not" standing behind his earlier statement and that the GOP presidential candidate was thinking of the "ample" news footage he watched of celebrations from the Middle East after 9/11.
Earlier in the day Monday at a rally in Pahrump, Nevada, Carson was asked if Muslims were cheering on 9/11 when the Twin Towers fell.
"Yes," said Carson, who was then asked to elaborate further. "Well, you know, there are going to be people who respond inappropriately to virtually everything. I think that was an inappropriate response. I don't know if on the basis of that you can say all Muslims are bad people; I really think that would be a stretch."
Asked once more to confirm exactly what footage he saw, Carson said he witnessed Muslims cheering on "newsreels" during coverage of the attacks and confirmed it was shot in New Jersey.
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One wonders where the red line will stop?
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