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ShazzieB

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5. Oh, I had reasons for putting that in! 😉
Fri May 29, 2026, 03:59 AM
Yesterday

I included "able-bodied" in that list because it's the opposite of disabled. I don't believe disabled people are any safer in Trump's America than brown skinned immigrants or trans people. He has made it abundantly clear that he doesn't think much of people who have disabilities. Here are a few examples.

+ Mocking a disabled reporter at one of his rallies:
New York Times slams Trump's mocking of reporter as 'outrageous'
https://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/donald-trump-mocks-new-york-times-reporter-serge-kovaleski-216219

+ Expressing disdain for disabled veterans:
STATEMENT: Trump Should Apologize for Disgraceful Comments on Soldiers and Wounded Veterans
https://www.americanprogress.org/press/statement-trump-apologize-disgraceful-comments-soldiers-wounded-veterans/

+ Cutting medicaid benefits that many disabled Americans (among others) rely on for health care:
Medicaid Cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Leave 3 in 10 Young Adults Vulnerable to Losing Health Care Access
https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/medicaid-cuts-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-leave-3-10-young-adults-vulnerable-losing

+Telling his nephew that disabled people (including the nephew's son) "should just die":
My Uncle Donald Trump Told Me Disabled Americans Like My Son 'Should Just Die'
https://time.com/7002003/donald-trump-disabled-americans-all-in-the-family/

I have very little doubt that Trump would be euthanizing disabled Americans right now, like tbe Nazi that he is at heart, if he thought he could get away with it.

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