Christie On Trump Claims: ‘I Don’t Recall’ NJ Residents Cheering On 9/11

Republican presidential candidate, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks at a No Labels Problem Solver convention, Monday, Oct. 12, 2015, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said on Sunday that he doesn’t remember reports of New Jersey residents cheering after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks when asked about claims made by Donald Trump over the weekend.

“I don’t recall that. I don’t,” Christie told reporters in New Hampshire on Sunday, according to NJ Advance Media.

Trump said on Sunday morning that people cheered in New Jersey on the day of the attack.

“There were people that were cheering on the other side of New Jersey where you have large Arab populations. They were cheering as the World Trade Center came down,” he told ABC News. “I know it might be not politically correct for you to talk about it, but there were people cheering as that building came down, as those buildings came down, and that tells you something. It was well covered at the time.”

Christie told reporters on Sunday that he was distracted on 9/11 since he was worried about family and friends.

“It was a pretty emotional time for me because, as I’ve mentioned before, there’s family involved, there were, you know, friends involved and so it was a pretty harrowing time,” he said, according to NJ Advance Media. “I do not remember that, and so it’s not something that was part of my recollection. I think if it had happened, I would remember it, but, you know, there could be things I forget, too.”

The Democratic Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop blasted Trump’s remarks on Sunday.

There were rumors about people cheering in New Jersey following the attack, but local police discounted the reports, according to ABC News.

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  1. Avatar for anniew anniew says:

    Wow, nice dodge there Governor. Way to stick up for your residents.

  2. “It was a pretty emotional time for me because, as I’ve mentioned before, there’s family involved, there were, you know, friends involved and so it was a pretty harrowing time,” he said, according to NJ Advance Media. “I do not remember that, and so it’s not something that was part of my recollection. I think if it had happened, I would remember it, but, you know, there could be things I forget, too.”

    Governor Chris Christie-A Profile in Courage.
    OTOH, “I don’t recall” should serve him very well on the witness stand as Bridgegate progresses.

  3. Tiptoeing around the demagoguery continues.

  4. in Trump’s mind, we’re not living in Idiocracy. He’s auditioning to be the chief of Team America World Police. Here we come to save the motherfuckin’ day.

  5. Avatar for imkmu3 imkmu3 says:

    Weasel answer. I don’t remember, but if it becomes useful for me to remember I’ll remember and use it to it’s fullest.

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