Liberals on Twitter went crazy Friday after an aide to Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) tweeted a misleading video of President Donald Trump appearing to ignore a wheelchair-bound child at the White House.
Ansel Herz, the deputy communications director for Jayapal, tweeted out a video–since deleted, which appeared to show the president ignoring a small boy in a wheelchair reaching up to try and touch Trump’s hand or shake it.
The video was from Trump’s remarks on Monday regarding Obamacare.
Herz then issued another tweet.
If you’re disgusted by this, follow my boss: @RepJayapal. People call her “the anti-Trump.” https://t.co/PG6WNZUzrx
— Ansel Herz (@Ansel) July 28, 2017
Of course, liberals jumped all over this without verifying its accuracy.
About Trump, this is mortifying, revelatory. OTOH, I'm somebody who shook his damnable hand. The child is fortunate he didn't touch the evil https://t.co/twVLRZocTV
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) July 28, 2017
Olbermann was joined by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, who went on a Twitter rant.
Trump imitated a disabled reporter. Now he pretends not to see a child in a wheelchair, as though frightened he might catch his condition.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 28, 2017
So, yes, that clip of Trump looking deliberately over a disabled child's head, ignoring his outstretched hand, has touched me on the raw. /2
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 28, 2017
How stunning, and how horrible, that Trump cannot bring himself to shake the hand of a small boy who only wanted to touch the President. /4x
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 28, 2017
The problem is that Trump did indeed shake the little boy’s hand and what’s shown in the video clip was him waving his Secret Service patch at the president, not reaching up to shake his hand.
Again: Trump gave that child more personal attention than anybody else standing there behind the podium. pic.twitter.com/6MYvOSHYQW
— Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) July 29, 2017
Just more fake news from the Democrats and liberals.
UPDATE: Rowling has since apologized to the family of the boy, but not to Trump.
to that boy or his family, I apologise unreservedly. These tweets will remain, but I will delete the previous ones on the subject. /4x
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 31, 2017
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