>>> TODAY ON THE 17th ANNIVERSARY OF THE 9/11
TERRORIST ATTACKS, THE PRESIDENT
DID SOMETHING THAT IS DIFFICULT
FOR HIM.
FOR HIM. HE TALKED ABOUT 9/11 WITHOUT
LYING.
LYING. THE PRESIDENT READ A SPEECH IN
TELEPROMPTERS WRITTEN FOR HIM BY
WHITE HOUSE SPEECH WRITERS SO IT
DID NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THE
PRESIDENT’S LIES ABOUT 9/11.
IN THE PAST THE PRESIDENT HAS
LIED ABOUT WHAT HE SAW ON 9/11.
HE SAID HE SAW THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE IN NEW JERSEY CELEBRATING
THE ATTACK ON THE WORLD TRADE
CENTER ON THE DAY THAT IT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. THAT WAS A LIE.
HE DIDN’T SEE ANY PEOPLE DOING
THAT, NONE.
THAT, NONE. THE PRESIDENT LIED ABOUT WHAT HE
DID AFTER 9/11.
HE LIED ABOUT HAVING CONTRIBUTED
TO CHARITABLE FUNDS FOR THE
VICTIMS OF 9/11.
THAT WAS A LIE.
HE HAD NOT CONTRIBUTED ANYTHING
UNTIL HE BECAME A PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE.
CANDIDATE. AND DONALD TRUMP’S WORST LIE
ABOUT 9/11 IS THE LIE THAT GOT
THE LEAST ATTENTION.
MOST OF THE NEWS MEDIA
COMPLETELY IGNORED DONALD
TRUMP’S WORST LIE ABOUT 9/11.
IT IS THE LIE THAT HE TOLD ABOUT
WHAT HE PERSONALLY LOST ON 9/11.
>> HOW DID HE KEEP US SAFE WHEN
THE WORLD TRADE CENTER -- THE
WORLD -- EXCUSE ME.
I LOST HUNDREDS OF FRIENDS.
>> AS SOON AS DONALD TRUMP SAID
THAT IN THE CAMPAIGN DEBATE IN
SOUTH CAROLINA, I SAID HE WAS
LYING.
LYING. I DIDN’T KNOW HOW MANY FRIENDS
HE LOST, I KNEW IT WASN’T
HUNDREDS.
HUNDREDS. THE NEXT DAY ON "MEET THE
PRESS," DONALD TRUMP CHANGED
THAT TO MANY, MANY FRIENDS.
HE SAID HE LOST MANY, MANY
FRIENDS ON 9/11.
ONCE AGAIN, I IMMEDIATELY
TWEETED THAT THAT WAS A LIE AND
I STILL DIDN’T KNOW HOW MANY
FRIENDS DONALD TRUMP MIGHT HAVE
LOST ON 9/11.
KNOWING THE WAY DONALD TRUMP
LIES AS I DO, I SUSPECTED THEN
THAT THE REAL NUMBER WAS ZERO,
AND THEN I CHECKED AND THE REAL
NUMBER WAS ZERO.
DONALD TRUMP DID NOT ATTEND A
SINGLE 9/11 FUNERAL, NOT ONE.
THERE HAS BEEN MUCH DEBATE IN
THE NEWS MEDIA ABOUT HOW DO YOU
KNOW WHEN A TRUMP LIE IS A LIE
AND NOT JUST A FALSEHOOD THAT HE
BELIEVES?
BELIEVES? ONE WAY OF KNOWING THAT A TRUMP
LIE IS A LIE IS THAT HE STOPS
SAYING IT.
SAYING IT. AND WHEN I HELD THAT LIE UP TO
DONALD TRUMP’S FACE, EVEN HE
COULD SEE HOW EVIL THAT LIE WAS.
AND EVEN DONALD TRUMP KNEW HE
COULD NEVER TRY TO TELL THAT LIE
AGAIN.
AGAIN. AND SO HE NEVER DID.
IN A POLITICAL DEBATE ON A
SATURDAY NIGHT HE SAID HE LOST
HUNDREDS OF FRIENDS.
AND THE NEXT MORNING ON "MEET
THE PRESS," HE SAID HE LOST
MANY, MANY FRIENDS ON 9/11.
AND THEN HE NEVER, EVER SAID IT
AGAIN, NEVER.
AGAIN, NEVER. IN A POLITICAL DEBATE TO SCORE
POINTS, DONALD TRUMP TRIED TO
STEAL THE GRIEF OF 9/11 FAMILIES
AND THEN USE THAT GRIEF AS HIS
OWN.
OWN. USE IT AS A WEAPON IN A
POLITICAL DEBATE.
POLITICAL DEBATE. AND THE ONE THING WE KNOW DONALD
TRUMP HAS NEVER FELT ABOUT 9/11
IS GRIEF.
IS GRIEF. IN HIS LIFELONG QUEST FOR
ATTENTION, DONALD TRUMP MANAGED
TO GET HIMSELF ON LOCAL
TELEVISION IN NEW YORK CITY ON
9/11 AFTER BOTH OF THE WORLD
TRADE CENTER TOWERS FELL, AND HE
HAD NO IDEA HOW TO EVEN BEGIN TO
EXPRESS GRIEF BECAUSE, OF
COURSE, HE COULDN’T FEEL ANY.
INSTEAD THE FEELING THAT HE HAD
THAT DAY ON 9/11, THE THING HE
FOUND WITHIN HIMSELF, WAS PRIDE,
PRIDE, THAT HE BELIEVED HE NOW
HAD THE TALLEST BUILDING IN
LOWER MANHATTAN NOW THAT THE
WORLD TRADE CENTER HAD
COLLAPSED.
COLLAPSED. >> 40 WALL STREET WAS THE SECOND
TALLEST BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN
MANHATTAN AND IT WAS ACTUALLY
BEFORE THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
WAS THE TALLEST.
AND THEN WHEN THEY BUILT THE
WORLD TRADE CENTER, BECAME KNOWN
AS THE SECOND TALLEST AND NOW
IT’S THE TALLEST.
>> DID YOU HEAR ANY GRIEF THERE?
THAT WAS ON 9/11.
AND IT WASN’T GRIEF THAT THE
PRESIDENT FELT TODAY WHEN HE GOT
OFF AIR FORCE ONE IN
PENNSYLVANIA TO ATTEND THE 9/11
COMMEMORATION OF FLIGHT 93 THAT
TAKES PLACE THERE EVERY YEAR.
THERE IS ONLY ONE PRESIDENT IN
OUR HISTORY WHO COULD ARRIVE AT
SUCH A SOLEMN AND TRAGIC --
DONALD TRUMP HAS ATTENDED 9/11
COMMEMORATION SERVICES ONLY ONCE
IN 2016 WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. EVERY YEAR, FAMILY MEMBERS WHO
LOST LOVED ONES ON 9/11 SHARED
THE DIFFICULT DUTY OF READING
THE NAMES OF EVERYONE WHO WAS
KILLED AT GROUND ZERO.
IT TAKES HOURS, AND LOCAL
TELEVISION STILL COVERS EVERY
MINUTE OF IT AS THEY DID TODAY.
AND THAT’S WHEN YOU SEE THE REAL
PAIN OF 9/11, THE REAL GRIEF.
AND ON THIS DAY, NONE OF THAT
GRIEF SEEMS DIMINISHED BY THE
PASSAGE OF TIME.
ON THIS DAY, YOU SEE THE FACES
AND YOU HEAR THE VOICES OF THE
LIVING VICTIMS OF 9/11, THE
PEOPLE WHO LOST HUSBANDS AND
WIVES, SONS AND DAUGHTERS,
FATHERS AND MOTHERS,
GRANDMOTHERS AND GRANDFATHERS.
>> RICHARD MICHAEL CAPRONI.
JOSE MANUEL CARDONA.
>> DENNIS M. KERRY, SENIOR.
>> EDWARD CARLENO.
>> MICHAEL SCOTT CARLO.
>> AND MY FATHER AND GUARDIAN
ANGEL
ANGEL ANGEL, WE LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU
ALWAYS.
ALWAYS. >> AND MY GRANDFATHER JOSEPH