Greeeat! The guy who is now spokesperson worldwide for all of us here in the USA, does a spastic schtick all the time and doesn't have a clue why that would be amazingly insulting and demeaning.

How does the fact that he mocked a disabled person inaccurately absolve him? You've simultaneously said that he did it (and that he does it commonly) and that it's implausible that he did so?

Trump was mocking behavior - the being inconsistent part of it - not mocking disability.

It's the difference between mocking somebody for their views and statements who merely happens to have a disability and mocking somebody for having a disability. The latter is what people thought he did; the former is far less inherently objectionable.

I watched the video and it is still completely obvious he was mocking that person's disability. perhaps you've never been mocked before but exaggeration is part of it.

You may have seen video of Trump, but you haven't seen video of the reporter in question.

Here's some video of the reporter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baUuXQ443fA

And here's Trump doing a similar impression of Ted Cruz (who is not disabled): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4604reEqk0

You can find more relevant videos (including one where Trump does a similar waving-hands-around thing in reference to an army general who also is not handicapped) and additional background info here: https://www.catholics4trump.com/the-true-story-donald-trump-...

Upshot: Trump seems to have treated this reporter exactly the same way he treats other, non-disabled people. Like Ted Cruz and an army general. If Trump were aware the reporter was handicapped, it doesn't show in the video.

Trump appears to be an equal-opportunity mocker; his mocking mannerisms do not discriminate between targets on the basis of physical ability. :-)

> Trump appears to be an equal-opportunity mocker; his mocking mannerisms do not discriminate between targets on the basis of physical ability. :-)

even if that were true, it doesn't matter. If you had a fun joke you like to make imitating blowing your head off with a gun, and then one day you did it in front of some people and all the sudden someone breaks down...that person's spouse killed themselves in reality in just that way. What would a decent do? They'd say, "I'm so sorry!". That's all! they'd apologize. Even though they had no idea their "joke" was actually going to hurt someone. So even if Trump's lie that he didn't know this reporter were true, if he were decent (which he is absolutely not), he'd apologize (for real. Like, you just spilled your drink on someone at a party by accident apologize).

The "jokes" we make are not always the same depending on context. Trump knew very well (despite lying that he didnt know this reporter personally) that the reporter in question was disabled. Even if his routine was 100% the same (which it wasn't), he still reveals himself to be a vile human being to launch into that impression knowing its resemblance to this person's actual physical disability.

But IMO that's all moot because he knew damn well he was specifically imitating the guy's disability. After all, that is Trump's entire appeal. He doesn't care about so-called "PC". That's the basis by which his voters like him, why can't they just own that? Just own it. These trollish denials like the youtube video are fooling nobody except his own supporters who might have some inner doubt that what he's doing is really acceptable (which it of course is not). He mocked a disabled person, and you think he has every right to do so, which in fact, he does! mock away. Mocking is not illegal. But neither is overwhelming disapproval of someone's behavior by others. Trump supporters need to get over it.