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The True Story: Donald Trump Did Not Mock a Reporter’s Disability

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  • gftChris gftChrisG
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    gftChrisG gftChris wrote on last edited by
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    Look, let's be frank for a moment here. Suppose Trump didn't intend to mock the reporter's condition, for the sake of argument. He:

    1) ...should have known damn well how that would look when he did it

    2) ...shouldn't be mocking a reporter anyway (not exactly presidential)

    3) ...has such a reputation as a colossal douche bag that it's not hard to see why people take it as he did

    4) ...could have cleared it all up the next day, saying "I absolutely did not intend it in that way, but I can see now how it might have come across like that, I'm sorry for any offense caused" and it would have been dealt with. Instead, he doubles down on attacking the reporter, says he's "using his disability to grandstand" or something.

    But he did not. Why? Because his whole thing is that he 'says what he thinks and doesn't care about anyone else' - and we're supposed to laud that as a quality in a person? Let alone in a president! Sorry, no.

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      I did that before you said - they basically all link back to catholics4trump. "Did Donald Trump actually mock a disabled reporter? One trump support group thinks not..." etc

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      OldBrownsFanO OldBrownsFan wrote on last edited by
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      @gftchris said:

      I did that before you said - they basically all link back to catholics4trump. "Did Donald Trump actually mock a disabled reporter? One trump support group thinks not..." etc

      Trump was mocking the reporter for backpeddling on a story he wrote. He was backpeddling because it helped vindicate what Trump had said about people in this country who were cheering and celebrating after 9/11. Trump has mocked others in the same fashion such as Ted Cruz but in this case a reporter had a disability that the media could claim he was making fun of his disability. What disability did Cruz have and others whom Trump made similar gestures about? As for mocking a reporter have you seen the media's negative ratings? They are viewed as the lowest on the totem pole and for good reason.

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        bbedwardB bbedward wrote on last edited by
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        Trump is an equal opportunity mocker.

        He mocked a white privileged man (Jeb Bush) harder than anybody.

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          @clevfan4life said:

          Catholics4trump have totally convinced me mine own eyes and hears hath dceived with the devils influence to see/hear that which didnt really happen.....praise be to jeeeezzuuss

          If that source is not acceptable then Google "Trump did not mock reporter's disability" and there are too many links for me to post...I went with Catholics 4 Trump just to hear you all squeal about it.

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          jrb12711J jrb12711 wrote on last edited by
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          @oldbrownsfan said:

          If that source is not acceptable then Google "Trump did not mock reporter's disability" and there are too many links for me to post...I went with Catholics 4 Trump just to hear you all squeal about it.

          Yep, I'm totally sure that's the reason you picked it. Right....

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            C Clevfan4life wrote on last edited by
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            So how do catholics4drumph explain away his rheetard arm movements?

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              So how do catholics4drumph explain away his rheetard arm movements?

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              OldBrownsFanO OldBrownsFan wrote on last edited by OldBrownsFan
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              @clevfan4life said:

              So how do catholics4drumph explain away his rheetard arm movements?

              The journalist that has the disability does not even have those type of arm movements...he is immobilized and his arm is in a fixed position..so the reported mocking of his disability doesn't even line up with his disability...Trump was mocking the reporter and not his disability..I believe his mocking was meant to be more of this reporter as being an exaggerated being flustered than to mock his disability.

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                @clevfan4life said:

                So how do catholics4drumph explain away his rheetard arm movements?

                The journalist that has the disability does not even have those type of arm movements...he is immobilized and his arm is in a fixed position..so the reported mocking of his disability doesn't even line up with his disability...Trump was mocking the reporter and not his disability..I believe his mocking was meant to be more of this reporter as being an exaggerated being flustered than to mock his disability.

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                gftChrisG gftChris wrote on last edited by
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                @oldbrownsfan said:

                The journalist that has the disability does not even have those type of arm movements...he is immobilized and his arm is in a fixed position..so the reported mocking of his disability doesn't even line up with his disability...Trump was mocking the reporter and not his disability..I believe his mocking was meant to be more of this reporter as being an exaggerated being flustered than to mock his disability.

                ...and the Donald, who had never heard of the guy before this interaction, knew all about the specific disability the guy had, for sure.

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                  jrb12711J jrb12711 wrote on last edited by
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                  Let's put this a different way because it boils down to two scenarios.

                  1) He knew the guy had the disability and mocked him-making him a total piece of shit.

                  OR

                  2) He didn't intend for it to come off that way, but a 4 year old could tell you it would-making him a total fucking idiot.

                  ...so you are supporting a complete idiot or a total piece of shit. Woo hoo? There's no winning this argument is the point.

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                    jbluhm86J jbluhm86 wrote on last edited by jbluhm86
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                    I wish the "Catholics4Trump" had this much zeal for bringing Bernard Law back to the US to stand trial. Where is the "honorable" Cardinal, anyway? Oh, that's right: hiding out in Vatican City, with an endowment from the Church. An endowment paid for by the Catholic faithful.

                    Catholics should probably focus on cleaning their own house first before they go back to casting the proverbial stones at others again.

                    "That which can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence”. - Christopher Hitchens "The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you". - Neil deGrasse Tyson
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                      Let's put this a different way because it boils down to two scenarios.

                      1) He knew the guy had the disability and mocked him-making him a total piece of shit.

                      OR

                      2) He didn't intend for it to come off that way, but a 4 year old could tell you it would-making him a total fucking idiot.

                      ...so you are supporting a complete idiot or a total piece of shit. Woo hoo? There's no winning this argument is the point.

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                      OldBrownsFanO OldBrownsFan wrote on last edited by OldBrownsFan
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                      @jrb12711 said:

                      Let's put this a different way because it boils down to two scenarios.

                      1) He knew the guy had the disability and mocked him-making him a total piece of shit.

                      OR

                      2) He didn't intend for it to come off that way, but a 4 year old could tell you it would-making him a total fucking idiot.

                      ...so you are supporting a complete idiot or a total piece of shit. Woo hoo? There's no winning this argument is the point.

                      Did Trump know this journalist had a disability? And mocking a journalist today is appropriate and they have brought all the derision heaped upon themselves they deserve. What was meant to be the watchdog of our democracy has turned into the lapdogs of the democratic party. The collusion between the liberal media and the democratic party has been brought out even further with the wikilieaks.

                      "Opponents say that Trump met Kovelski in the late 80’s when he did stories on him. Trump admits he may very well have met him back then in the video of Trump wearing the red hat that I posted above. Watch it again. But Trump meets thousands of reporters a week. The number of reporters he had to have met in his life and since the 80’s are astronomical. Not being able to recognize the name “Kovaleski” as someone he supposedly met over a decade ago is totally understandable. And again, even if he did somehow remember the man, the man was not spastic. Neither were Ted Cruz or the General he imitated in similar fashion."

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                        OldBrownsFanO OldBrownsFan wrote on last edited by OldBrownsFan
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                        Trump was mocking the reporter...not the reporter's disability. He has mocked others in similar fashion who have no disabilities.

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                          Trump was mocking the reporter...not the reporter's disability. He has mocked others in similar fashion who have no disabilities.

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                          bbedwardB bbedward wrote on last edited by
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                          @oldbrownsfan said:

                          Trump was mocking the reporter...not the reporter's disability. He has mocked others in similar fashion who have no disabilities.

                          Stop being racist and just believe what the ministry of truth wants you to believe.

                          Hillary ran a commercial on him mocking a disabled reporter that makes it 100% fact

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                          • gftChris gftChrisG
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                            gftChrisG gftChris wrote on last edited by
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                            BTW if people want a laugh, go back a year and look at the comments about Trump from his now-supporters.

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                              P Pumpkin Eater wrote on last edited by
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                              Hillary did nothing while terrorists stormed the embassy in Benghazi, but trump's alleged mocking is clearly much more "deplorable"

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                                W Westside Steve wrote on last edited by
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                                Yeah I put this true story of a while ago. It's not fun, and it doesn't further the left-wing narrative so the MSM just ignored it.

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                                  C Clevfan4life wrote on last edited by Clevfan4life
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                                  yOp4Sz.gif

                                  There is no debate what he's doing there. And thats a gif with no audio, throw the audio in and this is settled

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                                    C Clevfan4life wrote on last edited by
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                                    Any 10 year old on the planet can tell you whats going on there. You guys are off in a fairytale of contrived bullshit

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                                      BTW if people want a laugh, go back a year and look at the comments about Trump from his now-supporters.

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                                      OldBrownsFanO OldBrownsFan wrote on last edited by
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                                      @gftchris said:

                                      BTW if people want a laugh, go back a year and look at the comments about Trump from his now-supporters.

                                      I was bigly against Trump in the primary and fully intended to write in Ted Cruz's name on the ballot but the stakes are too high. Even Cruz finally came around and supported Trump because of the damage that will be done if Hillary Clinton is elected. The first casualty will be the supreme court where conservative constitutional justice Scalia will be replaced by a Clinton left wing ideologue justice and the court will immediately move from center right to a solidly liberal supreme court. I still have reservations about Trump but with Trump I hold out hope that he will do things in the best interest of the country versus special interests (which is one of the reasons he says he is running for president) while with Clinton I know already because she has said she will be a third term of Obama. So if you are pleased with how things are after 8 years of Obama you should vote for Clinton. I am not pleased about the direction of the country.

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                                        Any 10 year old on the planet can tell you whats going on there. You guys are off in a fairytale of contrived bullshit

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                                        W Westside Steve wrote on last edited by
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                                        @clevfan4life said:

                                        Any 10 year old on the planet can tell you whats going on there. You guys are off in a fairytale of contrived bullshit

                                        Unless you read the true story which you and the rest of the Democrats are unable to comprehend so...

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                                          yOp4Sz.gif

                                          There is no debate what he's doing there. And thats a gif with no audio, throw the audio in and this is settled

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                                          OldBrownsFanO OldBrownsFan wrote on last edited by OldBrownsFan
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                                          @clevfan4life said:

                                          yOp4Sz.gif

                                          There is no debate what he's doing there. And thats a gif with no audio, throw the audio in and this is settled

                                          But the disabled journalist does not have that type of disability. His disability is one of immobilization not uncontrolled reflex movements. Trump is mimicking someone who is flustered like he did with Cruz and others....it seems like if he wanted to mimic the disabled journalist he would have rolled his him arm into a contorted fixed position and then he would be accurately mimicking the disability of the journalist. The journalist in question was saying he couldn't remember his own story that validated what Trump had said and Trump is portraying the journalist as being flustered about it. That is how I see it.

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