Chris Christie tepidly denies Donald Trump's claim that thousands of New Jerseyans cheered on 9/11

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie didn't come down hard on fellow Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for claiming that "thousands" cheered in the Garden State on 9/11.

"Hey, I watched when the World Trade Center came tumbling down," Trump said at a Saturday rally in Birmingham, Alabama. "And I watched in Jersey City, New Jersey, where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down. Thousands of people were cheering." Christie's response: "I don't recall that."

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