Donald Trump: The 9/11 terrorists' friends, family, girlfriends in the United States "were sent back for the most part to Saudi Arabia. They knew what was going on. They went home, and they wanted to watch their boyfriends on television."

The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Trump repeats tale of flights home of 9/11 hijackers' wives, girlfriends, families In the confrontation with ISIS, Donald Trump has staked out perhaps the hardest of the hard lines among the Republican presidential field. He has called for blocking virtually all non-American Muslims from entering the country. He said America should "take out" the families of terrorists. During the Republican debate in Las Vegas on CNN, the moderator used a question from the public to press Trump on this policy. "How would intentionally killing innocent civilians set us apart from ISIS?" asked Josh Jacob from Georgia Tech. Trump did not repeat his call to "take out" family members but insisted ... >> More

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