The hosts of The View condemned President Trump for using an “ableist slur” to describe Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
On Thanksgiving, Trump launched a lengthy Truth Social post about America’s “refugee burden,” blaming Walz for “the hundreds of thousands of refugees from Somalia” who he stated had overtaken “the once great State of Minnesota,” and calling the former vice presidential candidate “seriously retarded.”
“The word he used to describe Tim Walz is a word that I’ve refused to use my whole life because, as you all know, I have a brother, who is severely intellectually disabled,” co-host Ana Navarro said on Monday’s episode of The View.
She added that her older brother, 61-year-old Daniel, is non-verbal, self-injurious, autistic, and requires 24/7 care: “I grew up watching little kids stare at Daniel, mimic his gestures, mimic his sounds, and parents would scold their children, would discipline their children and teach them the lesson that you don’t do that with the neediest amongst us, which are these disabled people.”
“For me, the straw that broke the camel’s back with Trump was when I saw him in the 2016 campaign, making fun [of] and mimicking that disabled person,” she noted, referring to when Trump allegedly mocked a disabled New York Times reporter during a campaign event. Trump denied mocking the reporter, claiming he was merely imitating a reporter who grew nervous when confronted about altering details in a story.
“Look, when kids see the President of the United States using those words and being a bully, and just perpetuating cruelty that way, they learn that it’s okay,” Navarro said. “He’s normalizing it, and they mimic it. So shame on Donald Trump for picking on the most vulnerable amongst us.”
The co-host claimed that disabilities “are not Republican or Democrat. They hit all of us,” and urged parents and family members of those with disabilities to speak out against Trump’s use of the “R-word.”
Following Trump’s post, Walz appeared on Sunday’s Meet the Press, where he reacted to the President’s remarks.
“I think we all know, both as an educator for a couple of decades and as a parent, using that term is just so damaging,” Walz told Kristen Welker. “He’s normalized this type of hateful behavior and this type of language,” said the father of two. “And mainly, look, at first, I think it’s just because he’s not a good human being, but secondly to distract from using competency.”
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