![]() ![]() He pointed to Priorities USA commercials during President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign that featured testimonials of people who said they had been harmed by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s time at the helm of the financial firm Bain Capital. While it’s more costly and time-consuming for political groups to find, vet and film real people for ads, the payoff is that it can help clear the “believability hurdle,” Feltus said. Will Feltus, a Republican advertising strategist not involved with any 2016 presidential campaign, said using real people like Latchman and Grace’s family “makes the spots more believable.”ĭems plan rude awakening' for Trump in summer onslaught Dante says: “I don’t want a president who makes fun of me. In the video, 17-year-old Dante Latchman explains to the camera that he had a rare form of cancer on his spinal cord that makes it difficult for him to walk. It’s the signature part of a multimillion-dollar online campaign to appeal to young and African-American voters. It was even in her campaign’s very first general election ad, the Trump video looped in after she asks, “Do we respect each other?”Īnd Priorities recently produced what could be seen as a companion video called “Dante,” showing the same footage but with a different disabled person calling him out for it. ![]() The video clip is making it into multiple pro-Clinton efforts. One Clinton aide said the response from voters is strongest when they see the video, which they say leaves people with no doubt that Trump was making fun of the reporter’s disability. Trump praises late Iraqi leader Saddam as terrorist killer And he denied knowing Kovaleski, who had covered him for years. He later said he was only acting as a flustered reporter, not one with a disability. “Now, the poor guy - you’ve got to see this guy, ‘Ah, I don’t know what I said! I don’t remember!’” Trump said. On stage, he acts out his impression of New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski, who had disputed Trump’s claim about “thousands” of people celebrating the Sept. The footage comes from a Trump campaign rally in November in South Carolina. ![]() The MSP said she has written to the council leader with her concerns and request.“Everything in our research showed people found that clip very disturbing, and how could they not? It’s the Republican nominee for president of the United States making fun of disabled people on national television,” said Justin Barasky, a spokesman for Priorities USA. They provide approximately 3000 jobs, are the only taxis that are accessible to people in wheelchairs and provide much needed safe transport home for women late at night.” The MSP said: “Black cabs are an essential part of our city’s economy and culture. On taxis she said a new vehicle would cost £61,000, which she said is “simply unaffordable for most drivers”. Some of these barriers, like the requirement to register vehicles, are administrative, and are disproportionately applied to disabled people.” She added: “Disabled people constantly face challenges and barriers to their participation in society. “It appears there has been a complete absence of thought around how the new restrictions will work for carers too, risking them being unfairly penalised for travelling through the city to provide care. “Expecting disabled people to register vehicles creates further additional administrative burden and limits our ability to change plans at short notice. She said: “Disabled people constantly face challenges and barriers to their participation in society and the looming introduction of Glasgow’s Low Emission Zone will only add to that. The Glasgow Times reported on concerns about the LEZ on taxi drivers Duncan-Glancy also said disabled people rely on taxis more than most and if fewer taxis are on the road as a result of the changes it will lead to people unable to get around the city. ![]()
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