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2 verified reports published on September 11, 2024.
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By the end of the day, Trump had turned the anniversary of 9/11 into a showcase for the same old political malpractice: say something outrageous, insist it is true, and let everyone else spend the next 24 hours cleaning up the wreckage. The problem is that this time the wreckage was not just embarrassing. It was international, racist in effect if not always in phrasing, and impossible to wave away as just another debate zinger.
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Donald Trump repeated a baseless Springfield, Ohio, pet-eating claim during the Sept. 10 debate, even though local officials had already said there were no credible reports. The result was another day of cleanup, criticism, and confusion around a story that had no solid evidence behind it.
On Sept. 11, the day after the Sept. 10 debate, Trump was still leaning on false claims about the 2020 election instead of talking about what comes next.