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Did Donald Trump Mock a Reporter?
10/23/2024 | MosesKnows

Posted on 10/23/2024 10:07:09 AM PDT by MosesKnows

Did Donald Trump Mock a Person?

I saw the video and listened to the media narrative claiming that Trump was mocking a reporter’s handicap. Accompanying the narrative was a still photo of the handicapped reporter next to Trump’s hands and wrist.

"If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence." -- Bertrand Russell, in "Roads to Freedom"

The media narrative that Trump was mocking the person’s handicap was widely distributed.

Trump's Mockery of a Disabled Journalist: Watch for Yourself

Trump slammed for mocking disabled reporter

Trump mocked reporter 'in a sing-song voice' after 'shouting' about coverage of his presser

Donald Trump Appears to Mock Disabled Reporter

Says Donald Trump mocked "someone with a disability."

Donald Trump Criticized for Mocking Disabled Reporter

What caused the media onslaught? I believed the force applied by the media had a back-story. What brought out the media's big guns? As Paul Harvey would say, “The Rest of the Story”. What made this an issue? Why would he mock a person’s handicap?

Then this narrative appeared.

Fake News: Trump Did Not Mock Disabled Reporter And Other Lies From The Left

And then this.

Media Invented Lie About Trump Mocking Disabled Reporter

My conclusion is this.

1 - Trump said that he saw reports of people celebrating the 9/11 attack.

2 - The Washington Post newspaper accused Trump of lying by asserting there were no such reports.

3 - Trump’s reaction was to locate an article reporting people celebrating the 9/11 attack, ironically published by the Washington Post, the very entity that accused Trump of lying. The reporter in question wrote the article published by the Washington Post.

4 – The media orchestras and presented a deceitful narrative

Compare the words Trump is saying with the media narrative of what he saying and doing. The media narrative focuses on his arm movements instead of his words. Trump’s words are mocking the reporter’s poor memory, not the reporter’s handicap.


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To: MosesKnows; Jim Robinson
You've been reported to the admin mods for abusing your membership to FR by posting these old articles to damage our candidate.

Shame on you.

21 posted on 10/23/2024 10:45:49 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Thinking is difficult. And painful. That’s why many people just adopt ideologies.)
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To: MosesKnows

It was a journalist right?


22 posted on 10/23/2024 10:51:38 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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To: MosesKnows

Nobody cares except bleeding hearts and the victim class who hate DT anyway.


23 posted on 10/23/2024 10:56:11 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: jmaroneps37

We don’t have journalists anymore.

We have presstitutes.

Some of them are even funded with taxpayer money. (See NYS and CA)

The Fourth Estate has become a fifth column.


24 posted on 10/23/2024 10:59:35 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: MosesKnows
From 2017:

Fake News: Trump Did Not Mock Disabled Reporter And Other Lies From The Left

25 posted on 10/23/2024 11:00:34 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: mewzilla
New York just committed $90 million to help save local journalism. Will it work?

Paying Off the Watchdog: Why California’s Funding of Journalism Is Wrong

Just when you think you can't loathe them more...

26 posted on 10/23/2024 11:03:15 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: Larry Lucido

Now some Judge is ordering the Army to release the records of President Trump’s visit to Arlington at the invite of the Gold Star families.


27 posted on 10/23/2024 11:07:48 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: BenLurkin

No, no one cares and is changing a vote based on nonsense at this point.

It bothers supporters of Trump who let it get to them more than anyone else.


28 posted on 10/23/2024 11:07:52 AM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: MosesKnows

don’t care if he did


29 posted on 10/23/2024 11:09:59 AM PDT by ronniesgal (banging!!!)
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To: MosesKnows

Stand up Chuck
Joe Biden

The guy was in a wheelchair


30 posted on 10/23/2024 11:30:39 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: MosesKnows
I had this story in my FR links, but the link wasn't working anymore. Found it again through a search:

No, Trump didn’t mock that disability

31 posted on 10/23/2024 11:35:17 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: MosesKnows

Gawd, I hope so. Rumsfeld’s press conferences were epic!


32 posted on 10/23/2024 11:36:45 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (What is the cost of lies?)
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To: MosesKnows

Why post this old bullshit? MosesKnowsTrolling


33 posted on 10/23/2024 11:48:55 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: MosesKnows

Why are you posting this debunked garbage?


35 posted on 10/23/2024 12:05:05 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator
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To: MosesKnows

That was years ago, the reporter is a libtard, and nobody cares.... still.

Why is this the big vanity news post of the day? All it can do is harm.


36 posted on 10/23/2024 12:06:48 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. So she’s a climate change )
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To: MosesKnows

Just yesterday you posted another vanity as to whether or not Trump was a racist.

You’re up to no good, throwing stink bombs and pretending to innocently discuss them. But you are throwing stink bombs and you know it.


37 posted on 10/23/2024 12:14:42 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. So she’s a climate change )
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To: MosesKnows

Before I mock you do I have to ask if you have a disability? I do have to say that in this instance, MosesKnows diddly shit about this forum and its members.
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38 posted on 10/23/2024 12:17:00 PM PDT by Mastador1
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To: Sidebar Moderator

Delete this thread. It gives ammo to the enemy.


39 posted on 10/23/2024 12:24:37 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Thinking is difficult. And painful. That’s why many people just adopt ideologies.)
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To: MosesKnows

This old lie again?

No. He was not mocking anyone’s disability - he was imitating one of the following helpless creatures:

A bug that got flipped in its back and can’t right itself
A turtle that got flipped on its back and can’t turn over
An infant in a crib that is helpless and pathetic.
A drowning person frantically trying to stay above the water.

Etc..

And none of these examples involve any disability - unless you consider panic and fear and flailing around to be disabilities. The idea is that they are helpless and pathetic - they are panicking and flailing.


40 posted on 10/23/2024 12:45:28 PM PDT by enumerated (81 million votes my ass)
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