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VIDEO: Donald Trump appears to mock New York Times reporter with disability at campaign rally

Published 08:45 26 Nov 2015 GMT

Updated 09:32 26 Nov 2015 GMT

Conor Heneghan
VIDEO: Donald Trump appears to mock New York Times reporter with disability at campaign rally

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The New York Times have described Trump’s actions as “outrageous”.

US Presidential candidate Donald Trump has come under fire for appearing to mock a New York Times reporter with a disability at a campaign rally in South Carolina on Tuesday. During the rally, Trump was defending comments he made in recent weeks about members of Muslim communities in New Jersey celebrating the collapse of the Twin Towers in 2001. The reporter Trump is referring to in the video below is Serge Kovaleski, now of the New York Times, who has a chronic condition known as arthrogryposis, which affects the movement of his arms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX9reO3QnUA Clip via CNN Trump’s actions have attracted a lot of criticism since Tuesday night, including from the New York Times, who described his actions as “outrageous”.

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VIDEO: Donald Trump appears to mock New York Times reporter with disability at campaign rally