We all remember Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump making fun of a disabled reporter. While on the campaign trail, Trump mocked the mannerisms of a physically disabled reporter, Serge F. Kovaleski.
It was absolutely disgusting; we don’t need someone like Trump running this country. We need a president who cares about those of us who have disabilities.
Earlier this week, Hillary Clinton gave a beautiful, moving speech about how she wants to help the disabled. She was introduced by a friend of hers, Anastasia Somoza, who gave a beautiful speech mentioning Donald Trump’s hate at the Democratic National Convention.
Clinton said this during her speech in Orlando about people with disabilities:
“…People with disabilities shouldn’t be isolated. They should be given the chance to work with everyone else. And we’re going to eliminate the subminimum wage, which is a vestige from an ugly, ignorant past.”
When she previewed the speech, Clinton said:
“ …Make the case for building an inclusive economy that welcomes people with disabilities, values their work, rewards them fairly, and treats them with respect.”
Hillary Clinton wants us to hear from a mother of a daughter with disabilities. This is just one of the many, many reasons to not vote for Donald Trump.
Clinton just wants to support:
“…A group of Americans who are, too often, invisible, overlooked and undervalued, who have so much to offer but are given too few chances to prove it.”
This used to not be such a controversial issue. When the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990, then-President George H.W. Bush said:
“Now I sign legislation which takes a sledgehammer to another wall, one which has for too many generations separated Americans with disabilities from the freedom they could glimpse, but not grasp. Once again, we rejoice as this barrier falls for claiming together we will not accept, we will not excuse, we will not tolerate discrimination in America…. To those Members of the House of Representatives with us here today, Democrats and Republicans as well, I salute you. And on your behalf, as well as the behalf of this entire country, I now lift my pen to sign this Americans with Disabilities Act and say: Let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down.”
Watch the newest Clinton campaign ad featuring a mother of a girl with disabilities:
Featured image: Screenshot Via YouTube Video.
