Then the ad moves to pictures of Grace as a young girl with her family and friends. We see a picture of an infant lying next to a wooden crucifix, likely a nod to moderate Christian voters who might reject Trump. “Grace” opens with a man and a woman talking earnestly into the camera about Grace’s birth and diagnosis. As for the mocking, he called his actions merely “expressive,” vowing, “I would never mock a person that has difficulty. In a speech in Sarasota shortly after the incident, he argued that he has spent tens of millions of dollars on the Americans with Disabilities Act, and he’s “proud of doing it.” He’s also tweeted that claim, although The Daily Beast reported that his real experience with the ADA involved extensive litigation over non-compliance. While the Clinton campaign hasn’t commented on the record about its strategy, it seems to see the disability community as a natural constituency-and views Trump as vulnerable on these grounds.įor his part, Trump denied that he was insulting the disabled reporter last winter. On the Friday before the New Hampshire primary, Clinton closed the debate by including “people with disabilities” in her list of groups whose rights needed defending, and she has kept the inclusion in her stump speeches ever since. Disability has since become a regular feature of Clinton’s rhetoric. Most importantly, the Clinton campaign has consistently worked on this issue, starting in January when it released a detailed plan to help autistic people and their families. Online activist movements such as #CripTheVote have made it possible for disabled Americans to demand better political representation. As I reported for The Atlantic in January, the non-profit RespectAbility sent reporters to events across Iowa and New Hampshire to ask disability-related questions and persuaded every campaign except Trump’s and Cruz’s to fill out a detailed policy questionnaire. Trump’s mockery galvanized protest among politicians and activists alike last November. Why Won’t Trump’s Rivals Just Say It? Mark Leibovichĭisability has received an unprecedented amount of attention in the 2016 election so far. Even elected officials and campaigns that want to support the disability-rights movement too often focus on parents instead of disabled people, on cute children rather than adults, and on white people with disabilities rather than the diverse community of people with disabilities.
The ad, however, also plays into stereotypes about disability, revealing tensions between disability-rights activists and mainstream politicians. It’s exciting to see disability issues play a role in the campaign, and gratifying to see a politician take heat for humor that offended many people. “Grace” may well prove to be an effective ad. The general consensus: One effective way to rally negative sentiments about Trump is to focus on his attacks on a group for whom nearly everybody has sympathy-people with disabilities. It’s received around 730,000 views on YouTube and widespread media coverage. Priorities USA, a progressive Super PAC, is working to label Donald Trump a bully, most recently by putting $20 million behind an ad called “Grace.” The spot features two parents of a child with spina bifida named Grace talking about how they felt when Trump mocked a disabled reporter-the New York Times writer Serge Kovaleski-last November. presidential primaries are over! Release the attack ads. We've already cut expenses and hitting our online goal is critical right now, so we need a huge surge in donations to come in during this final week.The U.S. Please learn more about how Mother Jones works and our 47-year history of doing nonprofit journalism that you don't find elsewhere-and help us do it with a donation if you can. We've already cut expenses and hitting our online goal is critical right now, so we need a huge surge in donations to come in during this final week. This Is the New Normal," we explain, as matter-of-factly as we can, what exactly our finances look like, how brutal it is to sustain quality journalism right now, what makes Mother Jones different than most of the news out there, and why support from readers is the only thing that keeps us going. Time is running out in our short fundraising drive, and we need more help than normal to reach our $300,000 goal. By signing up, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of use, and to receive messages from Mother Jones and our partners.
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