Donald Trump denies mocking New York Times reporter with physical disability

“The poor guy, you gotta see this guy, ‘Uh, I don’t know what I said”.

The New York Times, which the journalist works for, and journalists inside and outside the newspaper reacted with outrage after Politico reported on Wednesday that Mr Trump, at a SC rally the day before, jerked his arms while imitating Mr Serge Kovaleski, a journalist who suffers from arthrogryposis, a chronic condition that affects his movements.

Kovaleski said that he met with Mr. Trump repeatedly when he was a reporter for The Daily News covering the developer’s business career in the late 1980s, before joining The Post.

Trump released a long statement denying his comments of physical movements were meant to mock Kovaleski, and denied remembering Kovaleski at all “despite having one of the all-time great memories”.

Kovaleski’s story relays only that some people had been arrested for allegedly celebrating the attacks, not that thousands were doing so or that the allegations were even accurate against those who were sought out by police.

“Trump held press conferences in Boston and Washington, D.C., during each stop”.

“I think the New York Times frankly should give me an apology”, he told the crowd.

Trump claims he never met Kovaleski, and after the Times called Trump’s mocking of their reporter “despicable”, Trump issued a statement.

Trump was widely criticized for his gestures, but said he didn’t know what Kovaleski looked like.

While some critics believe Trump was referring to Krauthammer, he says Trump was referring to Goldberg.

Trump made fun of the reporter as he defended his unsubstantiated assertion that during the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, he watched on television as “thousands and thousands” of people in New Jersey cheered while the World Trade Center fell. “What really happened? I think it’s very important for me to say”.

Trump took specific aim at the New York Times in his statement Thursday.

During Trump’s Tuesday night speech, he used an exaggerated voice and arm actions as he pretended to be Kovaleski. “Now he’s going, ‘Well he knew me and we were on a first name basis.’ Give me a break”.

Jay Ruderman of the Ruderman Family Foundation in Boston said Thursday the Republican presidential contender should apologize to Kovaleski and the public. In the video, Trump mimics the journalist to discredit him after some “facts” that the Donald was spewing about Muslims on 9/11 came into question.

He has also attacked conservative commentators including Hugh Hewitt, Glenn Beck, Erick Erickson, Charles Krauthammer and George Will. His descriptions have ranged from “total dope” to “loser”.