Trump Claimed He Never Met Kovaleski, But That Was a Trump very clearly mocked Kovaleski's disability: /59IuXeiLgu His wife and New York Times colleague Jo Becker won a 2008 Pulitzer for her reporting about former United States Vice President Dick Cheney.ģ. Kovaleski, who was born in Cape Town, South Africa, is also married to a Pulitzer Prize winner. The reporter was humble about the prestigious award - journalism’s highest honor - telling the alumni magazine from his alma mater, William and Mary University, “I know I’m only as good as my last story.” Kovaleski and his Times colleagues on the investigative team were awarded the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in the “Breaking News” category for their work in exposing Spitzer’s involvement with the prostitution ring.
In 2009, Kovaleski was part of a team of New York Times reporters who investigated a sex scandal involving New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, forcing Spitzer to resign the governor’s office in March of 2007, after serving barely more than a year, over revelations that he habitually patronized a high-priced escort service, spending thousands on expensive prostitutes. Rumors that #SergeKovaleski will be seated front row center at debate He is the disabled reporter mocked viciously by #DonaldTrump /ZPVgk3gDZd He is a Pulitzer Prize-Winning Investigative Reporter Apparently to underscore his point, Trump declared “you gotta see this guy,” then launched into his mocking impression of Kovaleski at the South Carolina rally, seen in the video above.Ģ. In response, Trump claimed that Kovaleski was “backing away” from his original reporting. The key word in there was “allegedly,” and Kovaleski corrected Trump by saying that there were no credible reports of such celebrations. To supposedly prove his point, Trump pointed to a Septemarticle in the Post written by Kovaleski in which the reporter mentioned police who “detained and questioned a number of people who were allegedly seen celebrating the attacks and holding tailgate-style parties.” At his South Carolina rally on November 24 of last year, Trump flew into a derisive impression of Kovaleski as he claimed that the reporter was backing away from an article he’d written for The Washington Post in 2001.Īt that point in his campaign, Trump was under fire for his claim that American muslims “celebrated” the destruction of the World Trade Center twin towers by terrorists on September 11, 2001. Kovaleski suffers from arthrogryposis, a congenital condition that restricts the movement of the muscles in his arms. Trump mocks reporter with disability Donald Trump is under fire again, this time for mocking a New York Times reporter that suffers from a chronic condition.
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