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Trump denies mocking disabled reporter (still controlling the narrative)
msn.com ^ | Bradford Richardson

Posted on 11/26/2015 2:48:04 PM PST by RoosterRedux

GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump says he does not know the disabled New York Times reporter he is accused of mocking.

"I have no idea who this reporter, Serge Kovaleski is, what he looks like or his level of intelligence," Trump said in a statement posted on Twitter on Thursday. "I don't know if he's J.J. Watt or Muhammad Ali in his prime--or somebody of less athletic or physical ability."

Trump cited an article written by Kovaleski in 2001, when he wrote for The Washington Post, that appeared to corroborate the businessman's story of seeing Arab-Americans in New Jersey celebrating as the World Trade Center towers came down.

After Kovaleski, who suffers from a chronic condition that impairs the movement of his arms, went on CNN to renounce the report, Trump appeared to mimic the journalist on stage at a South Carolina rally.

"Now the poor guy, you gotta see this guy: 'Uhh, I don't know what I said. I don't remember.' He's going, 'I don't remember. Maybe that's what I said,' " Trump said at the rally, flailing his arms as he imitated Kovaleski. "That was 14 years ago--they didn't issue a retraction."

The New York Times said it is "outrageous" that Trump would "ridicule the appearance of one of our reporters."

But Trump now claims that he has no idea what Kovaleski looks like.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


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To: tanknetter

Life is tough. Get over it.


21 posted on 11/26/2015 3:02:48 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: tanknetter
Last year didn’t the Texas Democrats mock now-Governor Abbott for being in a wheelchair?

They sure did. Libs can dish it out, but they can't take it.

22 posted on 11/26/2015 3:03:57 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: tanknetter

Yes, the left mocked Greg Abbott.

They also called Sarah Palin’s baby a ‘tard.

Delightful people.....not.


23 posted on 11/26/2015 3:04:49 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Just say NO to muslim "immigrants")
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To: kiryandil

Apparently, ol’ Serge went on up to Wasilla to bird-dog and harass Sarah Palin for a spell of time, back when she was on the Left’s Most Wanted list.


I think he was one of the attack dogs sent north by Team Obama to make sure no Palin would be around in 2012 to challenge Magic Negro The Great for a second term.


24 posted on 11/26/2015 3:05:53 PM PST by samtheman (I will build a great, great wall on our southern border... - DT)
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To: RoosterRedux
Trump is showing them who their Daddy is:

picture

click on the YouTube vid to find out who the Media's Daddy is...

That's right - TRUMP is the Media's Daddy. :)

25 posted on 11/26/2015 3:06:08 PM PST by kiryandil ("When Muslims in the White House are outlawed, only Barack Obama will be an outlaw")
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To: RoosterRedux

That is pretty hard to believe. The reporter has apparently been covering Trump for decades, Trump opened his remarks by saying something like “you gotta see this guy,” and his impression just happened to pretty closely mimic the arm position and spasticity caused by the reporter’s disability. It strains credibility to suggest that it’s just a coincidence.

And I’m really not sure why Trump would be attacking the guy’s reporting anyway. Back in 2001, the guy reported that some people had been arrested after “allegedly” being seen celebrating. The reporter never reported seeing these celebrations, and never reported that the celebrations had even been corroborated. Which is all he has said recently. Trump is wrong when he says the guy has backed down from his initial reporting.


26 posted on 11/26/2015 3:07:27 PM PST by dem bums
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To: MeshugeMikey
After Kovaleski . . . went on CNN to renounce the report

Is there a video online of Kovaleski on CNN renouncing the report? So far, all I can find are videos of Trump allegedly making fun of Kovaleski.

27 posted on 11/26/2015 3:07:39 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
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To: MeshugeMikey
There is no half way point in being non-PC. Either you call em like you see em or you try to meet PC half way.

Non-PC says that we are all idiots, so don't be ashamed of your idiocy.

It's not that PC is a problem...it is that the Left is using PC to kill free speech.

In other words, be proud of who you are and the struggles that life has dealt you.

Don't hide behind PC and say "I need a safe place."

You're alright Mikey. You'll come around.

Trump is an asshole. But he's our asshole.

That said, I don't hold your opinion against you. Just do what you think is right...and that's enough.

28 posted on 11/26/2015 3:08:25 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: dem bums

Kovaleski is a crying liebaby. :)


29 posted on 11/26/2015 3:10:02 PM PST by kiryandil ("When Muslims in the White House are outlawed, only Barack Obama will be an outlaw")
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To: MeshugeMikey

Democrats do things that would make a murder of crows blush, but that’s no big deal and reminding them of it is bad form.
A non-Democrat cocks an eyebrow at the wrong time, according to the Democrats, and he’s expected to mea culpa while walking on his knees for thirty days straight.
Screw that.


30 posted on 11/26/2015 3:10:56 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: RoosterRedux

If that included bold face lying, I can’t say I approve.


31 posted on 11/26/2015 3:11:05 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: dem bums

Welcom to Freerepublic, Dailykos seems very boring uh!!


32 posted on 11/26/2015 3:11:43 PM PST by jennychase
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To: Tired of Taxes




this is a screen shot from the video!

this is the url of the video from which the screenshot was made

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2015/nov/26/donald-trump-appears-to-mock-disabled-reporter-video
33 posted on 11/26/2015 3:11:47 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><> GO CRUZ!!!!)
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To: RoosterRedux

Where was the outrage when Bath House Barry mocked the Special Olympics?


34 posted on 11/26/2015 3:12:00 PM PST by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: dem bums
Somebody said this was partial payback for scum Kovaleski savaging Trump's friend Sarah Palin.

The mealy-mouthed worm Serge wants to have it both ways.

He got in the political arena, we can rough him up just like anybody else, the whining little scumbag.

35 posted on 11/26/2015 3:12:33 PM PST by kiryandil ("When Muslims in the White House are outlawed, only Barack Obama will be an outlaw")
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To: tumblindice

please see above.

Thank you.


36 posted on 11/26/2015 3:12:36 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><> GO CRUZ!!!!)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Trump and his minions can try denying this one all day — ain’t gonna fly, however.


37 posted on 11/26/2015 3:12:50 PM PST by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
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To: kiryandil

About damn time our side fought back and used ridicule on the Left.


38 posted on 11/26/2015 3:13:35 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: RoosterRedux

please see:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3365330/posts?page=33#33

I;m not about to argue the rightness of this

I will simply leave the evidence for others to ponder.


39 posted on 11/26/2015 3:14:12 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><> GO CRUZ!!!!)
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To: dem bums
I think Trump was mocking the reporter because of his condition. But, of course, that's just my opinion.

That said, this is the way Trump controls the narrative and the news cycle.

He presses the edge of the envelope but inserts just enough confusion that any number of conclusions can be drawn.

Trump knows the world is at war.

We are at war with islam, with the Left, and with the media (and that includes the NYTimes).

These are the enemies he is exposing.

40 posted on 11/26/2015 3:14:32 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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