“I would never mock a person that has difficulty, I would never do that, I’m telling you, I would never do that, I would never do that,” Trump told supporters at a rally in Sarasota, Fla., on Saturday.

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“I would never do it. I don’t care if I liked the person or didn’t, and I don’t know this person,” he added.

The billionaire business mogul said he was trying to pantomime a reporter “groveling” when he flailed his arms around on stage at a rally in South Carolina last week.

Kovaleski has a chronic condition that impairs the movement of his arms.

The Times called Trump’s behavior “outrageous.”