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Title: Trump faces backlash for blaming ex-President George W. Bush for 9/11
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USA Today
URL Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/ ... nt-george-w-bush-911/74129434/
Published: Oct 17, 2015
Author: Erin Kelly
Post Date: 2015-10-18 04:28:44 by Deckard
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Views: 7257
Comments: 78
WASHINGTON — Prominent Republicans are condemning GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump for suggesting that former President George W. Bush is partly to blame for the 9/11 terrorist attacks that happened during his administration. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., former chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, called Trump's comments "a cheap shot." "I think Donald Trump is totally wrong there," King said Friday during an interview on Fox News Radio. "Anyone who has any real knowledge of that — you can get all the CIA people, all of the career people — no one saw the attack of 9/11 coming. And to blame George Bush for what happened on September 11...shows a lack of knowledge and is too much of a cheap shot at the president." Ben Carson, one of Trump's rivals for the GOP presidential nomination, said blaming Bush "wouldn't make much sense." "I think it's ridiculous to suggest that (Bush) is responsible for it," Carson said during a brief campaign stop Friday night in Alexandria, Va. Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary during the Bush administration, told CNN that Trump sounds like a "truther," a term applied to conspiracy theorists who believe that the U.S. government was behind the 9/11 attacks. "I just think he (Trump) belongs to an extraordinarily small faction of people who blame 9/11 on George Bush," Fleischer said. The controversy began Friday when Bloomberg Television released an interview with Trump in which the billionaire businessman said he was more competent than the former president. "When you talk about George Bush, I mean — say what you want — the World Trade Center came down during his time," Trump said. Bloomberg’s Stephanie Ruhle then interrupted and said Trump couldn’t blame Bush for the attacks that left nearly 3,000 Americans dead. “He was president, okay?" Trump responded. "Blame him or don’t blame him, but he was president. The World Trade Center came down during his reign.” Trump's comments immediately drew an angry response from the ex-president's brother, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who is competing with Trump for the Republican nomination for president. "How pathetic for (Trump) to criticize the president for 9/11," Jeb Bush tweeted Friday. "We were attacked and my brother kept us safe." Bush's response set off a Twitter battle with Trump, who called his rival "pathetic" for "saying nothing happened during your brother's term when the World Trade Center was attacked and came down."
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
Trump is correct on 9/11. GWBush was POTUS and was tasked to safeguardd the nation. GWBush allowed the 19 terrorists to stay in America illegally. GWBush and the federal government did not do their respectives jobs.
Have you lost your freaking mind? Boy Jorge didn't "allow" them to do anything. He didn't even know they were here. Yeah,he was the President when this happened and everything he did in response actually made everything worse,but implying he was a part of it is insane.
Did 9/11 occur duing GWBush's watch over the nation or was it some other administration? The madman was asleep at the wheel.
Yes,he was the current president at the time,but so what? PLEASE tell me you aren't so ignorant of reality that you think a President actually keeps track of this stuff.
So what you say. What was he doing as President prior to 911. Oh he was talking about legalizing the status of illegals in the United States. www.nytimes.com/2001/07/1...igh-legalizing-status-of- mexicans- in-us.html?pagewanted=all Then Bush also let in the Tsarnaev family. You know the Boston Marathon Bombers. But so what right.
#56. To: A K A Stone, Reagan Republicans, Reconquistas (#55)
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www.nytimes.com/2001/07/1...igh-legalizing-status-of- mexicans- in-us.html?pagewanted=all Bad link, illegal space. The review of policies toward Mexican immigrants is one of President Bush's highest priorities, partly because as governor of Texas he gained more experience in dealing with Mexico than with any other foreign nation. Mr. Bush considers Mr. Fox, perhaps more than any other foreign leader, to be a personal friend as well as a partner.
I'm so sick of all this crap. First of all, nobody hates Bush more than sneakypete, so it is sort of like you are preaching to the choir. If you knew anything about Bush going back to his governorship, he was all about inclusiveness and love. Yeah, it's cheesy and nauseating, but that was his message. Everybody that was involved in 911 was here LEGALLY long before Bush took office. Some had expired visas at the time of 911, but I can't fathom why you think Bush is personally responsible for that. This took place 8 months after Bush was president.
So what you say. What was he doing as President prior to 911. Uhhhh,the daily job of being president,like designating authority to aides and others to handle different aspects of running the government,getting daily briefings from them,and seeking a consensus on the various problems that have popped up and been brought to his attention?
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#4. To: buckeroo (#1)
GWBush allowed the 19 terrorists to stay in America illegally.
#8. To: sneakypete (#4)
Boy Jorge didn't "allow" them to do anything.
#18. To: buckeroo (#8)
Did 9/11 occur duing GWBush's watch over the nation or was it some other administration?
#55. To: sneakypete (#18)
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Yes,he was the current president at the time,but so what?
Replies to Comment # 55. he was talking about legalizing the status of illegals in the United States.
BUSH AIDES WEIGH LEGALIZING STATUS OF MEXICANS IN U.S. (July 15, 2001)
But pressure is mounting on the administration to address the issue as ground-breaking negotiations on immigration that Mr. Bush and President Vicente Fox of Mexico started in February are about to accelerate. Secretary Powell and Mr. Ashcroft are to meet with their Mexican counterparts in early August. Mr. Bush and Mr. Fox want to announce a major migration initiative at their summit meeting in Washington starting Sept. 4, their aides say. 
A Reagan Republicans - globalist open borders Reconquistas
#59. To: A K A Stone (#55)
#64. To: A K A Stone (#55)
Yes,he was the current president at the time,but so what?
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