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Sponsor Type
Super PAC
Candidate
Donald Trump
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This ad from a super PAC backing Clinton features a a 17-year-old disabled cancer survivor, who says he wouldn't want a president who would make fun of him. The ad features a clip of Trump from a rally where he flailed his arms and said, "Ahh, I don’t know what I said! Ah, I don’t remember!" "True," reports PolitiFact. "The ad’s charge is accurate. Trump was imitating New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski, who has arthrogryposis, a congenital condition which limits the movement of his joints."

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2465
Markets Aired In
10
Networks Aired On
First Aired On
11/26/2015 UTC
Last Aired On
11/08/2016 UTC
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10 most aired political ads, fact-checked
November 3, 2016

In this 30-second ad from Priorities USA, a super PAC backing Clinton, a 17-year-old disabled cancer survivor says he doesn’t want a president who would make fun of him.

It includes a clip of Trump flailing his arms and saying in an agitated voice, "Ahh, I don’t know what I said! Ah, I don’t remember!"

The ad’s charge is accurate. Trump was imitating New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski, who has arthrogryposis, a congenital condition which limits the movement of his joints.

After inciting outrage from disability advocates, Trump admitted to imitating Kovaleski, but denied knowing about his disability or remembering the reporter at all. But that flies in the face of what Trump said about Kovaleski at the very same rally: "a nice reporter" and a "poor guy" who "you gotta see."

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