Fact-check: “Trump made fun of a handicapped man with arthrogryposis at a campaign event. Is it true that Trump did not recognize the man as someone who had covered him in the past, because Mr. Kovakeski did not…”
Verdict: False (82% confidence)
Evidence from Politico and CBS News confirms Trump performed a derisive impression of reporter Serge Kovaleski (spelled 'Kovaleski') at a South Carolina campaign rally in November 2015, and that Kovaleski has arthrogryposis. The claim that Kovaleski 'did not yet have arthrogryposis' at the time he covered Trump is directly contradicted by documented evidence: arthrogryposis is a congenital condition, meaning Kovaleski was born with it (born 1961), making it medically impossible for him to have…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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