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Kovaleski worked for the Washington Post in 2001 and investigated those reports immediately after the terror attack. Trump is insisting that he saw “thousands” of Muslims celebrating in Jersey City, N.J., as the twin towers burned fell on the other side of the Hudson River. Trump’s performance was prompted by a story Kovaleski had written in 2001 that refuted claims that thousands of Muslims in Jersey City cheered the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. “We find it’s outrageous that he would ridicule the appearance of one of our reporters,” a spokesperson told CNNMoney. After increasing public outcry over Donald Trumps ridiculing impersonation of a disabled reporter, the Republican presidential candidate is firing back at the New York Times journalist, Serge. Trump waved his arms in an awkward manner to lampoon Serge Kovaleski at a rally in South Carolina Tuesday night. Kovaleski has a chronic condition called arthrogryposis, which limits the movement of his arms. Trump waved his arms in an awkward manner to lampoon Serge Kovaleski at a rally in South Carolina Tuesday night. The New York Times is angry that Donald Trump mocked one of its reporters who has a physical disability. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The 69-year-old property mogul, who has insulted Muslims, refugees, Mexicans and blacks on a number of occasions, was widely criticised last week after saying that he wanted a database to track Muslims in the US.This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Trump’s campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination has been dominated by controversial comments he has made. Donald Trump under fire for ‘mocking’ reporter’s disability The New York Times says its outraged over the impression. Donald Trump is under fire for allegedly imitating New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski, who is disabled, during a campaign speech Wednesday Kovaleski has a chronic condition that affects his. Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for the New York Times told news site Politico that “it’s outrageous that he would ridicule the appearance of one of our reporters”. “The sad part about it is, it didn’t in the slightest bit jar, or surprise me, that Donald Trump would do something this low-rent, given his track record,” he was quoted as saying by the Washington Post. RELATED: Islamophobia of US candidates hits ‘9/11 hysteria’įollowing Trump’s impersonation, Kovaleski said he was not surprised by the businessman’s behaviour.

“According to a former governor of New Jersey – who also sat on the September 11 commission – yes, there were rumours that there were celebrations but these were all checked out and none of them proved true,” he said. Various local officials in New Jersey said in the weeks following the September 11 attacks that no celebrations ever took place, Rattansi said.

Kovaleski has said since that he does not remember thousands of people celebrating, “and that’s what drew the ire of Trump, who then at his campaign rally mocked the reporter, and did an impersonation of how he felt the reporter comes across,” Rattansi said.

“To bolster his claim he used a report in the Washington Post that did say police were investigating allegations of celebrations in New Jersey on that day,” Rattansi said. Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi, reporting from Washington, said the incident stemmed from one of Trump’s claims that he had witnessed thousands of people celebrating on the banks of New Jersey as the World Trade Center was destroyed in the Septemattacks.