Ben Carson Backtracks on Claims He Viewed Muslims Cheering 9/11 Terror Attack

2016 presidential hopeful Ben Carson has reportedly backtracked on recent comments he made regarding Muslims chanting in support of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in New York City.

Carson, along with fellow contender Donald Trump, recently said during a press conference that he had allegedly viewed a video that showed "thousands" of Muslims cheering the falls of the Twin Towers in New York City in 2001.

Carson and Trump claimed that the alleged group was filmed chanting in New Jersey.

"I saw the film of it, yes," Carson said during a news conference at the Pahrump Nugget casino and hotel recently, saying he saw it on "the newsreels" after the terror attacks happened.

Carson has now backtracked on his comments, with spokesperson Doug Watts telling ABC News that the candidate "doesn't stand behind his comments to New Jersey and American Muslims."

"He was rather thinking of the protests going on in the Middle East and some of the demonstrations that we're going on in celebration of the towers going down," Watts added.

While Donald Trump has also claimed to have seen the video, other 2016 presidential hopefuls have said they have not seen such a video from 2001.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio argued recently that no such video exists, while Chris Christie, governor on New Jersey, recently said in an interview that although he believes he would have remembered such a video, it's possible he forgot that he viewed the footage.