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This lie (a real whopper) is up there with the most notorious anti-Trump lies (like supposedly calling Neo-Nazis \u201cvery fine people\u201d), and there is no way that the people who promulgated it did not know<\/em> that it was patently untrue. They put it out because they thought it would work to defeat Trump. They couldn\u2019t care less that it was a flat-out lie and full-scale distortion of what actually occurred<\/em>. It was decisively refuted and exposed for the filth that it is in two articles:<\/p>\n

The True Story: Donald Trump Did Not Mock a Reporter\u2019s Disability<\/a> (Catholics 4 Trump<\/em>,\u00a07-27-16)<\/p>\n

Even MORE Video Evidence Trump Did Not Mock Reporter\u2019s Disability<\/a> (Catholics 4 Trump<\/em>,\u00a09-8-16)<\/p>\n

First, some background. The first article recounts how Trump said to George Stephanopolous in an interview on ABC\u2019s \u201cThis Week\u201d (11-22-15):<\/span><\/p>\n

There were people that were cheering on the other side of New Jersey, . . . as the World Trade Center came down. I know it might be not politically correct for you to talk about it, but there were people cheering\u2026as those buildings came down.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The liberal media outlets then went nuts making out that there was absolutely no proof of such a thing. Unfortunately,\u00a0a Washington Post<\/em> reporter,\u00a0Serge Kovaleski, provided evidence in an article in the Compost<\/em> on September 18, 2001. He wrote:<\/p>\n

In Jersey City, within hours of two jetliners\u2019 plowing into the World Trade Center, law enforcement authorities detained and questioned a number of people who were allegedly seen celebrating the attacks and holding tailgate-style parties on rooftops while they watched the devastation on the other side of the river.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oops! How embarrassing<\/em>, huh? So the Washington Compost<\/em> sought ought Kovaleski to do some damage control. And like a good liberal and party man, Kovaleski did the best he could to backtrack:<\/p>\n

I certainly do not remember anyone saying that thousands or even hundreds of people were celebrating. That was not the case, as best as I can remember.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, this is good, Clintonian lawyer-talk, since Trump had not mentioned \u201chundreds\u201d of such people, let alone \u201cthousands.\u201d So yeah, that<\/em> statement in that<\/em> form was true. But it was meant to obfuscate.<\/p>\n

At this point I will cite key excerpts from the first article:<\/p>\n

Enter Donald Trump\u2019s rally in South Carolina soon thereafter. During the rally Trump pointed all of this out and paraphrased Kovaleski\u2019s backtracking as he impersonated a groveling reporter changing his story under pressure. While he did this, Trump moved his hands around quickly, acting flustered.<\/p>\n

Soon thereafter,\u00a0the media revealed still photos of\u00a0Kovaleski with\u00a0his right hand in a permanently flexed position downward announcing that he was disabled. The media then shifted from trying to defend their\u00a0oversight of the\u00a09\/11 Post article\u00a0and instead, with disapproving shocked outrage,\u00a0accused Trump of mocking a reporter\u2019s disability.\u00a0Some liberals went even further and freeze-framed a millisecond of the Trump video at the exact moment when his hand went into a flexed posture. . . .<\/p>\n

[photograph provided in the article; and it is the photograph at the top of this post]<\/p>\n

The media\u2019s clear implication was that Trump was mocking the way Kovaleski moved his arms. People\u00a0watching the clip of Trump\u2019s impersonation only knew that Kovaleski was disabled. Thus, they naturally assumed Kovaleski\u2019s disability must be similar to cerebral palsy where he has limited control of his movements and is prone to have muscle spasms or move his arms in jerky motions as Trump was doing at the rally. This is precisely\u00a0the image the media wanted in people\u2019s minds. They wanted this to be the story: that Donald Trump knowingly and intentionally mocked the flailing arm motions of someone who can\u2019t control his muscles. They knew this would naturally trigger a visceral reaction of disgust from viewers and outrage amongst the disabled and all decent Americans, many of whom, to this day, think this is exactly what happened. . . .<\/p>\n

Notice how the media only showed and still shows photos of him. This was done for a reason. As it turns out,\u00a0Kovaleski\u2019s disability is a congenital condition called arthrogryposis. Arthrogryposis causes restricted movement in the joints but does not cause spasms or uncontrolled moving of the limbs like cerebral palsy does. . . .<\/p>\n

In addition, Trump used the same flailing arm movements in a South Carolina rally to impersonate a flustered Ted Cruz being asked about waterboarding. To my knowledge Cruz is not physically disabled. . . .<\/p>\n

Thus, Trump\u2019s impersonations of a flustered reporter several months ago was turned into a left-wing and Establishment GOP narrative whereby Trump somehow hates the disabled. This despite the fact that Trump has given millions to charities that help the disabled including raising nearly six million dollars for Wounded Warriors just recently, a million of which was his own money.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0In addition, Liz Crokin, a journalist who covered Donald Trump for ten years\u00a0recalls the following<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1988, a commercial airline refused to fly Andrew Ten, a sick Orthodox Jewish child with a rare illness, across the country to get medical care because he had to travel with an elaborate life-support system. His grief stricken parents contacted Trump for help and he didn\u2019t hesitate to\u00a0send his own plane<\/a>\u00a0to take the child from Los Angeles to New York so he could get his treatment\u2026<\/p>\n

In 2000, Maury Povich featured a little girl named Megan who struggled with Brittle Bone Disease on his show and Trump happened to be watching. Trump said the little girl\u2019s story and positive attitude touched his heart. So he\u00a0contacted<\/a>\u00a0Maury and gifted the little girl and her family with a very generous check. . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It turns out that\u00a0at the very same South Carolina rally<\/strong>\u00a0Trump imitated Kovaleski, he also used similar arm and hand gestures to imitate a very non-disabled general who was asked about ISIS. Do you remember the media reporting this? Watch below: . . .<\/p>\n

As it turns out, Trump\u2019s story was also confirmed\u00a0on a local CBS station<\/a>\u00a0(see actual footage in the link) shortly after 9\/11.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There is much more information in the article. The second follow-up one<\/a> provides additional video evidence:<\/p>\n

1) Trump mocking himself<\/em> becoming flustered, with arm movements, in a May 17, 2005 interview with Larry King.<\/p>\n

2) Imitating a flustered bank president on 10-31-15.<\/p>\n

3) 11-25-15: imitating a\u00a0flustered reporter and general in the same speech, with the arm movements. This is obviously a common routine that he does.<\/p>\n

4) Two more defunct videos showed him doing the same with regard to Ted Cruz and Donna Brazile.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

None of these people actually behave like Trump\u2019s imitation of a flustered person, including the \u201cdisabled reporter,\u201d whose disability is the opposite of Trump\u2019s \u00a0impression of a flustered person.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Bible has some choice words about deliberate, habitual liars:<\/p>\n

Revelation 21:8<\/strong> (RSV)\u00a0But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, as for murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, idolaters, and all\u00a0liars<\/em><\/span><\/b>, their lot shall be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See the related article of mine:<\/p>\n

The Trump-Haters Step in it Yet Again!<\/a>\u00a0[Trump Supposedly Ignores a Handicapped Boy] [7-31-17]<\/p>\n

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Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. 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