For Those With Stutters, Trump Mocking Biden's Stammer Is Frustratingly Familiar
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Here's what those with lifelong stutters wish more people understood about their experiences.
When actor and disability advocate Marc Winski heard former President Donald Trump mock President Joe Biden’s stutter at a campaign rally earlier this month, he wasn’t entirely surprised.
“I’m gonna bring the country t-t-t-together,” Trump said, mocking Biden’s recent State of the Union address at a rally in Rome, Georgia, last weekend.
It wasn’t the first time Trump had poked fun at Biden’s lifelong struggle with stuttering ― or even someone’s disability. During his 2016 presidential run, Trump infamously imitated Serge Kovaleski, a New York Times reporter who has arthrogryposis, a condition that limits joint functioning. (Trump claimed that he was only pantomiming a “groveling” reporter with his jerking hand movements.)
So while Winski wasn’t surprised at Trump’s latest gaffe, he was disappointed, especially when he heard the audience’s reaction.
“What bothered me the most were the cheers, laughter, and applause given from the audience,” Winski told HuffPost. “That was appalling and showed that further education is needed. Nobody should be mocking another person’s disability. Period.”
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