Trump called out for appearing to mock disability

An advocacy group is offering Donald Trump sensitivity training after he appeared to mock a reporter with a disability in a South Carolina speech. 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. Kovaleski has a congenital condition that affects joint movement. In a speech Tuesday, Trump said, “Poor guy, you ought to see this guy,” and gestured in a jerky fashion as if imitating Kovaleski’s movements. His voice took a mocking tone, too.

The sad part about it is, it didn’t in the slightest bit jar or surprise me that Donald Trump would do something this low-rent, given his track record.

Serge Kovaleski

Trump was challenging recollections by Kovaleski and many others about the 9/11 aftermath. Trump has made unsubstantiated claims that thousands of Muslims in New Jersey were seen celebrating the attacks. The Times expressed outrage afterward that Trump would “ridicule the appearance of one of our reporters." Ruderman said Trump would benefit from a "series of sensitivity training sessions” and offered to provide them.

I have no idea who this reporter is, what he looks like or his level of intelligence. … This is just another example of the dishonest New York Times trying to make a story out of nothing.

Donald Trump in a statement released Thursday

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