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Trump’s top six falsehoods about 9/11 as 25th anniversary nears
US president often brings up al-Qaida attack that struck his home town New York City almost 25 years ago
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interviewed a New York City fire department battalion chief who did not recall Trump sending any workers to the site.Lead Outlet
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fact checks, no evidence has been discovered to back up this claim.
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, a Muslim and the first Somali American to serve in the US Congress, dancing on the anniversary of the attacks, calling her: “The new face of the Democrat Party!”CBS News reported that Omar had been dancing at an event organized by the congressional Black caucus, which was not held on September 11.
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that the US “should have captured Osama Bin Laden long before we did”, adding: “I pointed him out in my book just BEFORE the attack on the World Trade Center.”
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that Trump has told a version of this story before, including in an interview with Fox News that aired earlier this week. It appears to be a stretch.While concerns about One Liberty Plaza’s stability did prompt the evacuation of at least one nearby building the day after the attack, there’s no evidence Trump was present, while his claim of bringing workers to the site is unsupported.
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