The journalist response to former President Donald Trump mocking the disability of President Joe Biden is disheartening. This isn't just an exhaustion of Trump - this is a reflection of a society that doesn't think mocking a stutter is "that bad".
The only outcry has come from people who stutter. The only news articles out as of this moment are about Biden "didn't stutter" on the word Trump mocked him for - as if that's the point?! Listen to stuttering voices and do better when you cover the way a former president mocks my disability.
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FOOTNOTES:
1. Video shared by TikTok star Marc Winski - https://www.tiktok.com/@marcwinski/video/7321112541873196334
News articles as of this podcast:
A. The New York Times
"He also mocked Mr. Biden’s delivery, suggesting he was stuttering throughout his speech when he was not. Mr. Biden is the first modern president to have a stutter, which he has dealt with since childhood."
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/01/05/us/presidential-primary-iowa-caucus
B. Washington Post
"The remark was not true; Biden said the word “democracy” 29 times in his speech, never stuttering over it."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/06/trump-biden-stutter/
C. MSNBC
"In his Iowa speech Friday, Trump also mocked President Joe Biden for the speech he delivered earlier in the day portraying Trump as a threat to democracy.
“Did you see him? He was stuttering through the whole thing,” Trump said. Then he mimicked a person with a stutter."
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-iowa-school-shooting-get-over-it-rcna132642
D. Newsweek (1 sentence in the article at the end, an afterthought)
"He branded Biden's campaign launch speech as fear-mongering and mocked Biden's stuttering."
https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-speech-attacking-donald-trump-1858392
E. The Hill
"...Trump said, mocking Biden’s delivery of his speech. Biden has spoken publicly about how he overcame a stutter as a child."
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4392263-trump-accuses-biden-fearmongering-jan-6-speech/
F. The Daily Mail
PS: I know The Daily Mail is awful. I address that in the episode. I still just... cannot get over the language used in it.
"Former President Donald Trump slapped back at President Joe Biden during a rally in Iowa late Friday afternoon mocking the president for 'stuttering' through a speech in which he warned Americans about the dangers of a second Trump term."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12932179/Trump-says-Biden-stuttered-January-6-speech.html
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