A statement posted on his Twitter account said Trump doesnt know the reporter personally or what he looks like and was only mocking his journalism.
“It is unacceptable for a child to mock another child’s disability on the playground, never mind a presidential candidate mocking someone’s disability as part of a national political discourse,” he said. 'Donald Trump denied Thursday that he mocked a reporter with a disability in a South Carolina speech, despite appearing to imitate mannerisms of the 'poor guy' and make fun of him. Ruderman said Trump would benefit from a “series of sensitivity training sessions” and offered to provide them.
The Times expressed outrage afterward that Trump would “ridicule the appearance of one of our reporters.” He’s going like, I don’t remember.” His voice took a mocking tone, too. “Now the poor guy, you oughta see this guy - uh, I don’t know what I said, uh, I don’t remember. “Written by a nice reporter,” Trump said in the speech. In 2001, Kovaleski, then with The Washington Post, and another Post journalist wrote a week after the 9/11 attacks about authorities in New Jersey detaining and questioning “a number of people who were allegedly seen celebrating the attacks.” The story did not suggest “thousands” were celebrating, as Trump claimed, and a story then by The Star-Ledger in Newark, New Jersey, said the reports of such celebrations by Muslims proved unfounded.Įven so, Trump has pointed to the Post story as backing up his claim and took issue with Kovaleski’s recent statement that he did not remember anyone alleging that large numbers of Muslims were celebrating. Trump has made unsubstantiated claims that thousands of Muslims in New Jersey were seen celebrating the attacks. Trump was challenging recollections by Kovaleski and many others about the 9/11 aftermath. Trump Mocking Disabled Reporter Thorughly DEBUNKED 31,793 views It's clear that the DNC, HRC, and her supporters are very desperate at this point less than 1 week from the election. In a speech Tuesday in South Carolina, Trump said: “poor guy, you oughta see this guy,” and gestured in a jerky fashion as if imitating Kovaleski’s movements. Kovaleski has a congenital condition that affects joint movement. Jay Ruderman of the Ruderman Family Foundation in Boston said Thursday the Republican presidential contender should apologize to Serge Kovaleski of The New York Times and the public. No one does.WASHINGTON - An advocacy group is offering Donald Trump sensitivity training after he appeared to mock a reporter with a disability in a South Carolina speech.
Update: On Thursday morning, Emilio Garcia-Ruiz, managing editor of The Washington Post, said in a statement: "It's hard for me to imagine a colleague who was more inspirational than Serge when he was with us at The Post. Kovaleski personally, but I think it's important to hold our serious contenders for public office responsible for their behavior."įollowing coverage of the incident and statement by The New York Times, Trump began tweeting about the paper: Regarding the petition, Resnick told Business Insider that the imitation bothered him: "here's no way to address this besides either acknowledging that it was open mocking and/or deciding to apologize for it. While Kovaleski did not comment to Business Insider for this story, he did reference coverage of the incident on Twitter and retweeted a link to a petition by Daily Beast reporter Gideon Resnick calling for Trump to apologize.
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