Donald Trump under fire for mocking disabled reporter

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Neofight said:
No, he was not mocking a handicap…or even a disability…he was mocking a human being created by God who happens to appear physically different from others.
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He didn’t know. He was trying to express a frustrated journalist. Time to lay off; there is enough about Trump’s views on the issues and how he treats people generally not to vote for him, I think, without promoting a falsehood.
 
gilliam said:
No, he does know the reporter and did not know the reporter was handicapped. Here is a statement from Donald Trump: click to enlarge. I personally dislike Trump however I will take him at his word that he wasn’t mocking a handicap here.
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I wouldn’t take his word that the sun is shining.
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Tarpeian_Rock said:
I sometimes think that he never expected this thing to catch on fire and go so far, to be taken seriously by so many, and that he’s starting to engage in self-sabotage to set the stage for such a downturn in his numbers that he can bow out. Certainly with his ego he could never walk away while he’s on top.
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I’ve been saying the same thing for weeks. As a disabled person I am totally disgusted by his actions. When someone (I forgot who) called him a carnival barker, they hit the nail on the head.
 
KevinAK said:
Getting Hillary elected is his objective.
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It seems to be, doesn’t it, just like Perot/Clinton in 1992?

What do these tycoons have to gain by sabotaging the political process in favor of neo-liberalism???

ICXC NIKA
 
GEddie said:
It seems to be, doesn’t it, just like Perot/Clinton in 1992?

What do these tycoons have to gain by sabotaging the political process in favor of neo-liberalism???

ICXC NIKA
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Better question is how to create a smarter block of voters…the outcome is what the voters seem to deserve.
 
gilliam said:
I don’t think he knew the reporter was disabled and his foes jumped on it to attack him.

But in typical Trump fashion he hasn’t apologized or explained (yet.)
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I’m not a Trump fan, but I believe you are correct.

The wild movements he made were nothing like the reporter’s disability, though the freeze-frame made it look like it is. I think Trump was just lampooning him as being stupid and flailed his arms around in the mocking. This is yellow journalism.
 
Actually, although I’m not in the slightest bit interested, I hadn’t actually watched the video until just now.

In reality, he ‘may’ not have been imitating the alleged reporter, as his actions could have been his idea of being ‘funny’ and used against any person who had written the piece.

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Trump is Clintons best supporter. He’s a fifth columnist for the democrats to get her into office. We can only pray (and vote sensibly) that America comes to its senses and can fix itself.
 
pepipop said:
Actually, although I’m not in the slightest bit interested, I hadn’t actually watched the video until just now.

In reality, he ‘may’ not have been imitating the alleged reporter, as his actions could have been his idea of being ‘funny’ and used against any person who had written the piece.

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Exactly. His wild arm movement and such are not anything like arthrogryposis.
 
I’m glad Trump apologized, but it was certainly not anything I’d hold against him. I get a real kick out of the people who think Trump is handing the presidency to Hillary Clinton. When she makes comments that conservatives find outrageous, do Democratic voters say that she’s giving away the presidency to the Republicans ? Of course not. From the very beginning, Hillary was the favorite, and while that may not change, the more hardline positions that Donald Trump takes, the more Republican voters like him. At least the ones I know do.
 
Trump, however, said he did not know Kovaleski.

"I have no idea who this reporter, Serge Kovalski (cq) is, what he looks like or his level of intelligence," Trump said in a statement.
"Somebody at the financially failing and totally biased New York Times said that, over the years, I have met Mr. Kovaleski. Despite having one of the all-time great memories I certainly do not remember him," the candidate added.
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Trump said that in his speech at the rally "I merely mimicked what I thought would be a flustered reporter trying to get out of a statement he made long ago. If Mr. Kovaleski is handicapped, I would not know because I do not know what he looks like. If I did know, I would definitely not say anything about his appearance."
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In a subsequent statement, Trump demanded an apology from the New York Times and was critical of Kovaleski.
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"Serge Kovaleski must think a lot of himself if he thinks I remember him from decades ago – if I ever met him at all, which I doubt I did.**
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"He should stop using his disability to grandstand and get back to reporting for a newspaper that is rapidly going down the tubes," Trump said.
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money.cnn.com/2015/11/25/media/donald-trump-serge-kovaleski/index.html

Statement in full by Trump: pbs.twimg.com/media/CUw-3zTWIAAH3WT.jpg

From Trump’s twitter account: twitter.com/realDonaldTrump
 
gilliam said:
No, he does know the reporter and did not know the reporter was handicapped. Here is a statement from Donald Trump: click to enlarge. I personally dislike Trump however I will take him at his word that he wasn’t mocking a handicap here.
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I am relieved to see this statement because I did not interpret Trumps body language to be zeroing in on handicaps.
I’ve seen others make those gestures MANY times with no inference to handicaps…could be a regional expression?
 
Funny, I don’t seem to recall this much outrage when ‘Family Guy’ mocked Sarah Palin’s son Trig who has Down Syndrome…where were you all then?

Peace, Mark
 
Beautiful said:
I am relieved to see this statement because I did not interpret Trumps body language to be zeroing in on handicaps.
I’ve seen others make those gestures MANY times with no inference to handicaps…could be a regional expression?
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Yep. I was going to share the post on FB with my brother, who was born with the same disability, until I watched the video and realized it was fake outrage.
 
Mark121359 said:
Funny, I don’t seem to recall this much outrage when ‘Family Guy’ mocked Sarah Palin’s son Trig who has Down Syndrome…where were you all then?

Peace, Mark
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Exactly…All this outrage is affected, it’s not real. It’s merely virtue signaling.
 
Mark121359 said:
Funny, I don’t seem to recall this much outrage when ‘Family Guy’ mocked Sarah Palin’s son Trig who has Down Syndrome…where were you all then?

Peace, Mark
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Family Guy regularly evokes outrage from things like this. Not everyone, of course, but not everyone is outraged over Trump’s actions. This is another case of “we may be bad, but others are worse”. Great defense! (?).
 
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