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kpete

(72,005 posts)
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 10:33 PM Oct 2016

Trump Repeatedly Called Deaf Actress, Marlee Matlin 'Retarded’

Donald Trump repeatedly called a deaf actress Marlee Matlin “retarded,” three sources tell The Daily Beast.

“Trump, who was accused on Wednesday of making sexual comments to Marlee Matlin, an Oscar-winning actress who once competed on Trump’s ‘Celebrity Apprentice,’ also apparently had a habit of insulting, mimicking, and demeaning as mentally handicapped his star female contestant—all because she was deaf.”

In 2011, Matlin, who is still the only deaf actor or actress to win an Academy Award for best actress, appeared on Trump’s NBC reality-TV series. By the end of the season, she had come in second place and earned her fair share of compliments from Trump in the aired footage. But according to three longtime staffers who worked on Matlin’s season of Celebrity Apprentice, Trump would regularly disrespect the actress and would even treat her as if she were mentally disabled.

Sometimes the insults would be behind her back; other times they would be right in front of her.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/10/13/donald-trump-called-deaf-apprentice-marlee-matlin-retarded.html

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Trump Repeatedly Called Deaf Actress, Marlee Matlin 'Retarded’ (Original Post) kpete Oct 2016 OP
Holy fuck, when's it going to be over? NightWatcher Oct 2016 #1
tRump is a GWC58 Oct 2016 #2
Fuck, what a weapons-grade asshole. backscatter712 Oct 2016 #3
There is something seriously wrong with Trump KelleyKramer Oct 2016 #4
Trump is an ass and this is just further evidence of how much of an ass Trump can be Gothmog Oct 2016 #5

GWC58

(2,678 posts)
2. tRump is a
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 11:02 PM
Oct 2016

DICKHEAD, plain & simple!👺👿👹😡 I never thought I could hate a person, who really gets my blood boiling, as much as I hate that MOTHERFUCKER! I've said this before, but I'll say it again; just the sight of him, that grating voice, makes me physically ill and repulsed! He's twisted sick sack of horse shit! 👿👿👿👺👺👹👹

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
3. Fuck, what a weapons-grade asshole.
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 11:41 PM
Oct 2016

I was born with club feet, which got fixed with surgeries when I was a kid, and remember getting teased and bullied because I walked a little funny.

The fact that Trump behaves like this makes me so fucking angry. I'm with Robert De Niro. I want to punch that Backpfeifengesicht right in the teeth.

KelleyKramer

(8,980 posts)
4. There is something seriously wrong with Trump
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 04:37 AM
Oct 2016

He is damaged goods

This is the most insane election I have ever seen

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