A political fact-checking website is calling shenanigans on Donald Trump's claims that New Jersey Muslims were celebrating the Sept. 11 attacks.

Politifact.com, a project of the Tampa Bay Times, is giving the 2016 presidential candidate a "Pants on Fire" rating for a statement he made at a Nov. 21 rally in Birmingham, Alabama.



"I watched when the World Trade Center came tumbling down," Trump said. "And I watched in Jersey City, N.J., where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down. Thousands of people were cheering."

The next day, he clarified his comments, telling ABC "This Week" host George Stephanopoulos that he remembers seeing a "heavy Arab population" on TV cheering about the tragedy.

