Video: Donald Trump Mocks Disabled Reporter Over 9/11 Celebration Controversy

  • by: Alan Duke

Donald Trump mimicked a disabled reporter during a campaign speech because the reporter disputes Trump's account of "thousands" of Muslims in New Jersey celebrating the collapse of the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001.

Trump's spastic impression drew fire from Serge Kovaleski's newspaper, the New York Times, which called his mocking the reporter, who suffers from a congenital joint condition, "outrageous."

The Republican frontrunner was defended his account of seeing video of Muslims watching and celebrating from across the Hudson River as they watched the 9/11 attacks.

Watch the Trump speech clip, following below by a CNN video excerpt:

Did Donald J. Trump go too far defending his 9/11 claims by apparently mocking a reporter with a disability. http://cnn.it/1LACJJ1

Posted by Anderson Cooper 360 on Wednesday, November 25, 2015

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Editor-in-Chief Alan Duke co-founded Lead Stories after ending a 26-year career with CNN, where he mainly covered entertainment, current affairs and politics. Duke closely covered domestic terrorism cases for CNN, including the Oklahoma City federal building bombing, the UNABOMBER and search for Southeast bomber Eric Robert Rudolph. CNN moved Duke to Los Angeles in 2009 to cover the entertainment beat. Duke also co-hosted a daily podcast with former HLN host Nancy Grace, "Crime Stories with Nancy Grace" and hosted the podcast series "Stan Lee's World: His Real Life Battle with Heroes & Villains." You'll also see Duke in many news documentaries, including on the Reelz channel, CNN and HLN.

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