CLINTON: Well, every time Donald is pushed on something which is obviously uncomfortable, like what these women are saying, he immediately goes to denying responsibility. And it’s not just about women. He never apologizes or says he’s sorry for anything.



So we know what he has said and what he’s done to women. But he also went after a disabled reporter, mocked and mimicked him on national television….



TRUMP: Wrong.





After the vice presidential debate two weeks ago, New York’s Jon Chait



Which brings us to last night and Trump’s violation of the newly inaugurated Chait Rule.



Nearly a year ago, Trump was campaigning in South Carolina and was in the process of defending himself against an unrelated lie (he’d falsely claimed to have seen “thousands” of American Muslims celebrating the night of the 9/11 attacks). As part of his bogus argument, Trump took aim at Serge Kovaleski and the reporter’s physical disability – because Kovaleski had the nerve to point out the truth.



“You gotta see this guy,” Trump said at the South Carolina rally last November. Mocking the journalist and his condition, Trump waved his arms around, and while using a bizarre, ridiculing voice, the presidential candidate tried to mimic Kovaleski, saying, “Uh, I don’t know what I said! Uh, I don’t remember!”



Again, this isn’t opinion. Politicians “should not lie about things that can be easily disproven with short video clips,” and in this case, Here’s the thing: we’ve all seen the tape.After the vice presidential debate two weeks ago, New York’s Jon Chait argued persuasively that Mike Pence lost, not because he lied, but because he lied about the wrong kind of stuff. Summarizing a helpful rule that should live on forevermore, Chait wrote, “You should not lie about things that can be easily disproven with short video clips.”Which brings us to last night and Trump’s violation of the newly inaugurated Chait Rule.Nearly a year ago, Trump was campaigning in South Carolina and was in the process of defending himself against an unrelated lie (he’d falsely claimed to have seen “thousands” of American Muslims celebrating the night of the 9/11 attacks). As part of his bogus argument, Trump took aim at Serge Kovaleski and the reporter’s physical disability – because Kovaleski had the nerve to point out the truth.“You gotta see this guy,” Trump said at the South Carolina rally last November. Mocking the journalist and his condition, Trump waved his arms around, and while using a bizarre, ridiculing voice, the presidential candidate tried to mimic Kovaleski, saying, “Uh, I don’t know what I said! Uh, I don’t remember!”Again, this isn’t opinion. Politicians “should not lie about things that can be easily disproven with short video clips,” and in this case, we have the short video clips

Close video Trump denies he mocked NY Times reporter Donald Trump is denying he mocked New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski, whose article he claims proves “thousands and thousands of people were cheering” in New Jersey when the Twin Towers collapsed in 2001. Donald Trump is denying he mocked New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski, whose article he claims proves “thousands and thousands of people were cheering” in New Jersey when the Twin Towers collapsed in 2001. share tweet email Embed