Here’s what Trump said: “Written by a nice reporter”.
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Kovaleski, who covered Trump from 1987 to 1993 during his time at the New York Daily News, said Trump’s antics shouldn’t surprise anyone.
Leading Republican presidential aspirant Donald Trump has triggered yet another controversy by mocking a journalist’s physical disability during a campaign rally, drawing rebuke from many.
Donald Trump is facing serious backlash after he mocked a disabled reporter during a campaign stop earlier in the week, and now a petition has been started seeking a formal letter of apology from Trump.
Kovaleski worked for the Washington Post in 2001 and investigated those reports immediately after the terror attack.
According to the campaign official, Trump “was merely emphasising the uncertainty of the statement provided by the reporter in regards to his article”. The New York NY Times, where Kovaleski is presently a reporter, additionally had a response to the incident: “We think it’s outrageous in that he would ridicule the appearance of one of our reporters”, a Times spokeswoman told Politico & confirmed to Business Insider.
“Now the poor guy, you gotta see this guy”, Trump shouted before launching into an impression of Kovaleski, jerking his arms around and holding his hands at a sharp angle in front of his chest. He’s going like ‘Err I don’t remember.
Donald Trump has hit a new low. He defended his remarks about Muslims in NY celebrating 9/11 as the towers were falling.
On Tuesday, The New York Times ran a scathing editorial of the Republican presidential frontrunner for telling voters “racist lies” and compared him to Joseph McCarthy and George Wallace. Trump also recently told NBC News that he has “the world’s greatest memory”.
Even so, Trump has pointed to the Post story as backing up his claim and took issue with Kovaleski’s recent statement that he did not remember anyone alleging that large numbers of Muslims were celebrating. “That was not the case, as best as I can remember”.
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
