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Clinton Claims Trump is Autistic
TV Commercial | 10/17/2016 | Self

Posted on 10/19/2016 7:59:24 AM PDT by BubbaBasher

This Monday I was watching TV and saw what I thought was an astonishing commercial. It starts with the mother of a handicapped child explaining her sons condition. Then a video of the child is overlaid and shows him flailing his hands wildly. The mother explains that it's a common sign of being autistic. The video then shows Trump explaining something with hand gestures and states he has autism and shouldn't be president because of it. It closes with HRC endorsing the ad.

I was completely astonished. I'm not a huge Trump supporter but this was way over the top.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: autism; autistic; clinton; trump
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To: carolinablonde

I’ve seen videos showing Trump making the same gestures mocking other people including Ted Cruz; he apparently had no idea the (print) reporter was disabled.


21 posted on 10/19/2016 8:10:19 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: BubbaBasher

In the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania, we are being bombarded with pro-Clinton and anti-Trump ads every ten minutes on nearly every radio and TV broadcast.

I have not seen or heard a single pro-Trump commercial yet.

Trump is not spending any money in this area.


22 posted on 10/19/2016 8:11:11 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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To: Impy; BubbaBasher
Are you sure you didn’t misinterpret that commercial seeking to exploit Trump’s alleged “mocking” of that reporter with Parkinson’s disease?

I saw it. Initially, I thought that they were claiming that too, then I caught on to what they were claiming. Not a well-produced commercial if its claims aren't that clear.

23 posted on 10/19/2016 8:13:06 AM PDT by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of incompetence and corruption.)
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To: BubbaBasher

I have seen the commercial, but interpreted it differently.

I don’t think the message is that Trump is autistic; I think the message they are trying to convey is that Trump mocks handicapped people. JMHO


24 posted on 10/19/2016 8:13:49 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: carolinablonde

I know it doesn’t matter now, the meme has been set, but here is an alternative explanation.

https://youtu.be/Dk5eeyJ6HAM


25 posted on 10/19/2016 8:15:45 AM PDT by Jay Thomas (If not for my faith in Christ, I would despair.)
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To: albie

I’m a functioning autistic and I resent Hillary’s remarks.


26 posted on 10/19/2016 8:15:56 AM PDT by MeganC (JE SUIS CHARLES MARTEL!!!)
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To: carolinablonde

I think their point was that Trump was making fun of a disabled person (which he was, let’s be honest)

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A damn’d lie.

Trump has said that, never having met or seen the reporter, he didn’t know he was disabled. Why not take Trump’s word for it instead of that of his detractors? Why become one of his detractors?


27 posted on 10/19/2016 8:16:22 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (Bill and Hillary Clinton are the penicillin-resistant syphilis of our political system.)
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To: NEMDF

I guess those commercials don’t mention when Hillary staged a photo op at a Children’s hospital and had the ill children REPLACED with actors and children of her staff members because she didn’t want to be around ‘sick’ children.


28 posted on 10/19/2016 8:18:46 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: BubbaBasher

I think I know the commercial you mean and the clip was of Trump imitating that reporter with disabilities. It’s meant to show that Trump is insensitive to people with special needs or some such thing. I don’t think she’s implying that Trump is autistic.


29 posted on 10/19/2016 8:18:48 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: BubbaBasher

The movie “The Accountant” shows how Hillary’s attempt at insulting Trump as “autistic” could backfire badly. The primary character in this film, played by Ben Affleck, is autistic but brilliant in cleaning up corruption.


30 posted on 10/19/2016 8:19:19 AM PDT by wtd
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To: NorthMountain
talking with your hands is a sign of being Italian

careful, FRiend....those gestures are a language unto themselves

31 posted on 10/19/2016 8:20:00 AM PDT by Revelation 911 (clean up is a breeze)
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To: Impy

Yes, that’s it. It went by very fast(only 10 seconds) and made no mention that she was reacting to the mocking incident. There was no audio of Trump and if you hadn’t seen the Trump video before you wouldn’t know what she was referring to.

No replay on live TV.


32 posted on 10/19/2016 8:20:19 AM PDT by BubbaBasher ("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
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To: wtd

Yup, I’ll take a high functioning autistic over HRC.


33 posted on 10/19/2016 8:21:03 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: BubbaBasher

so what if he were autistic? its a thousand times better than the treasonous alternative, HilLIARy is sold out to the enemies of America like SorosNazi and the IslamonNazi dictatorships that she (and Obama) have invading USA right now as we type


34 posted on 10/19/2016 8:23:39 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero. news)
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To: BubbaBasher

Trump needs to revive the daisy girl ad of 1964 by showing Hillary plucking the petals until the mushroom cloud appears.


35 posted on 10/19/2016 8:26:11 AM PDT by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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To: Revelation 911
My grandfather's birth certificate is written in Italian ... His honorable discharge from the US Navy is written in English.

When I speak of Italians talking with their hands, I'm doing so from first person experience.

36 posted on 10/19/2016 8:26:23 AM PDT by NorthMountain (Hillary Clinton: scheming, robotic liar.)
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To: albie

disappointing advertisement
that should really be a turn-off to voters


37 posted on 10/19/2016 8:26:46 AM PDT by ptsal
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To: BubbaBasher

There are a lot of high functioning autistics these days.
I know several.

And there is a positive correlation (fairly strong) between ADHD and entrepreneurship.


38 posted on 10/19/2016 8:43:02 AM PDT by buffaloguy
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To: NorthMountain
When I speak of Italians talking with their hands, I'm doing so from first person experience.

OMG yes. I was married to one... and they do it LOUDLY! lol

39 posted on 10/19/2016 8:43:13 AM PDT by LaineyDee (Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
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To: Impy

The ploy is to cultivate “mom” votes and use children as props;Very loathsome.I know the so called “mocking” looked bad but the reporter was a total A.H. if I remember correctly but the American voter has a one day attention span.


40 posted on 10/19/2016 8:51:23 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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