As per his narcissism, Trump went off his prepared remarks during his speech and had to lie, bragging about his “role” at Ground Zero.

“Many of those affected were firefighters, police officers and other first responders,” Trump said.

He continued, “And I was down there also. But I’m not considering myself a first responder. But I was down there. I spent a lot of time down there with you.”

As Brad Reed writes, “There is no evidence that Trump helped search for survivors at Ground Zero, and retired New York City Fire Department Deputy Chief Richard Alles told Snopes last year that he never heard of a group of rescuers hired by Trump to help out. Additionally, Alles said that additional help from private responders was not necessary.

You have to be a pretty sick individual to constantly lie about the role you played during the 9/11 attacks.

But as for his right-wing media, supporters and political operatives, defending this liar makes you just as bad.

The whole Republican Party is complicit.

UPDATE: Here is video of Trump saying he was at ground zero with the first responders when he was, in fact, four miles away:

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