“Green Book” screenwriter Nick Vallelonga has deleted his Twitter account after a tweet espousing a debunked conservative narrative that American Muslims could be seen cheering after 9/11 was recirculated Wednesday.“@realDonaldTrump 100% correct,” the Nov.
2015 tweet read.
“Muslims in Jersey City cheering when towers went down.
I saw it, as you did, possibly on local CBS news.”At a November rally, Trump had said, “Hey, I watched when the World Trade Center came tumbling down.
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.” ABC’s George Stephanopoulos challenged Trump on the claim, but the then-presidential candidate insisted that he saw Muslims celebrating with his own eyes.“Green Book” star Mahershala Ali is Muslim, a fact many pointed out on Twitter.Nick Vallelonga wrote Green Book.
My industry just gave him a Golden Globe for writing.
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