Rep. Charles Rangel yesterday slammed GOP veep nominee Sarah Palin as “disabled.”
Asked by Channel 2’s Marcia Kramer if Democrats are afraid of Palin, Rangel said, “You got to be kind to the disabled.”
“You got to be kind to the disabled?” a surprised Kramer pressed.
“Yes,” Rangel answered.
Kramer asked, “She’s disabled?”
“There’s no question about politically,” Rangel said. “It’s a nightmare to think that a person’s foreign policy is based on their ability to look at Russia from where they live. It is insulting to Americans.”
Palin, 44, the governor of Alaska, has a baby son, Trig, who has Down syndrome.
John McCain‘s campaign was dumbfounded.
“Charlie Rangel is wrong, wrong, wrong. It’s disgraceful what he said,” said Rep. Peter King, New York co-chairman of the McCain campaign.
“This is a fine woman running for vice president who has a child with special needs. It’s an attack on disabled people.”