Posted on 04/26/2016 7:39:36 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
When Donald Trump spoke earlier this week in Buffalo, media critics lambasted him for allegedly confusing "9/11" with "7/11." However, a theory emerged as to why Trump didn't misspeak, one that the media refuses to acknowledge.
The controversy all began Monday, as Trump was speaking before a crowd in Buffalo on the day before the New York primary. During the speech, he touted his 9/11 activism.
"I wrote this out, and it's very close to my heart," Trump said to the audience.
"Because I was down there and I watched our police and our firemen down at 7/11, down at the World Trade Center right after it came down. And I saw the greatest people I've ever seen in action."
VIDEO: http://conservativetribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/711-470x320.jpg
The media, predictably, pounced on Trump's remarks.
"Donald Trump, who has made his advocacy for New York City after the 9/11 attacks central to his candidacy, accidentally referred to it on Monday as 7/11 — the ubiquitous convenience store," CNN wrote with scarcely contained glee.
However, a new theory quickly emerged — the fact that he was actually talking about the Greenville Fire Department, a department in the New York town of Scarsdale that was one of the first to respond to the 9/11 attacks.
The station is known as 711 because of its address, 711 Central Park Ave. And as one Facebook user close to the situation pointed out, the firefighters there were quoted as "thanking Trump for his generous donations of time, services and goods, both for the firefighters and for the victims."
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And keep in mind, the way Donald phrased things made it sound a lot more like he was talking about a location, not a date. His words were "our firemen down at 7/11," not "our firemen on 7/11."
Thanks for that clarification.
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In the thread above, low info (or simply mendacious) supporters of failed candidate “Ted” Cross/Cruz are citing this reference to a fire station as equivalent to Cruz referring to a basketball hoop as a “ring”.
This post-Festivus Airing of Grievances, and lapping-up & regurgitation of the MSM kool-aid—as when they suggested Trump wanted to raise Joe Paterno from the dead, when it was clear from what he said that he was talking about bringing back Paterno’s bronze memorial—it’s pure pathos.
The poor kids are devastated that Ted had his flabby buttocks handed to him again.
But they hold out the hope that the GOP-e will crown this loser (the RNC can’t stand either) so he can boot this critical election to the Democrats.
Then the Cruzeros can go back to complaining bitterly while pretending to despise Uniparty here on FR and nod their bobbleheads about how bad things are having only one political party.
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Including the next generation:
http://www.trump.com/the-next-generation/donald-trump-jr/
http://www.trump.com/the-next-generation/ivanka-trump/
http://www.trump.com/the-next-generation/eric-trump/
That's because most of the media based in NYC are NOT New Yorkers.
Mark Levin will respond that clearly those firemen are antisemites.
LOL ! ... sad , but most likely true
The MSM...wouldn’t say a word about 57 states, my muslim faith, etc.,but they run with this??
The MSM are the enemy and need to be crushed!
My Dad told me that stretch of Central Park Av in Scarsdale and Yonkers was a hangout for street racers in the 50’s-60’s. before the area was built up. Kinda like Woodward Av in Detroit. Too bad they knocked down the old Nathan’s there.
57 states, Austrian language, US is the largest mooslim country, just sayin’
I don’t know who Vanessa No-Last-Name is but she is mistaken if she thinks Fire Station 711, Scarsdale is ‘near Trump’s home’ on 5th Avenue ... just as she was mistaken about it being one of the first to respond on 9/11.
Trump made a misstatement ... it’s no big deal ... everyone does from time to time.
If you want to continue posting your little photo, go ahead ... but be warned: anyone familiar with metropolitan New York will know you’re a fool.
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"I tell you he was always good to us at the end of the jobs: food, hats, shirts. And all his jobs were union!" ... said my friend (the fellow on the left) who is a bricklayer.
The photo was taken at a construction site near the Westside Highway.
Which of the 57 states was this a controversy in?.......The one with all the Corpsemen in.
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