Donald Trump Never Paid For Ryan White’s HIV Treatment, His Mom Says
Source: Huffington Post
WASHINGTON ― The mother of Ryan White disputed claims on Monday that Donald Trump paid for her sons medical treatment and warned that the GOP presidential nominees bullying is setting a bad example for children.
White contracted HIV at the age of 13 when receiving a tainted blood treatment for his hemophilia. He gained national attention while fighting the stigma that came with the disease at the time, and became the face of public education about HIV. White died in 1990.
His mother, Jeanne White-Ginder, continues to share her sons story and speak against bullying ― something he faced when trying to attend school after he contracted HIV.
In an interview with the Indianapolis Star, White-Ginder said Trump never paid for Ryans treatment ― a rumor that has circulated for years.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-ryan-white_us_580f5b4fe4b0a03911ee9f82
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Hekate
(90,189 posts)niyad
(112,424 posts)Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)as opposed to the general rumor mill.
turbinetree
(24,631 posts)they have this information included in there research.
And they also have information in there on what the dumpster did with his brother and his brothers sick child, it is pretty deplorable
Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)There's no gain to alleging he claimed it. I'm guessing that is why the article was written as ambiguously as it was - the author probably couldn't find a direct connection to Trump.
It's been refuted. There are much bigger, documentable, fish to fry.
ArcticFox
(1,249 posts)Is that a photo of Trump sharing an airplane with a Muslim man?
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)Osama Bin Laden's man cave in Afghanistan.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)With so much trash we can document came from Trump, I'm not a fan of asserting he claimed things that we can't verify came from him (as opposed to things his fans have claimed (also consistent with everything in the article), for example).
It may just be a poorly written article - but the assertion that Trump is claiming it reads more like Trump's "many people say," comments.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,773 posts)Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)I never said anything about not refuting it.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,773 posts)yellerpup
(12,249 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)The GOP and it's top leader and role model, Comrade Casino, have sunk way below the StinkWave.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Rorey
(8,445 posts)When he promised to pay for his nephew's son's cerebral palsy medical expenses and then changed his mind because his nephew (Fred's son) dared to question why he wasn't in Fred Sr.'s will. There was suspicion that Donald and his siblings coerced old man Trump to change it when he was suffering from dementia prior to his death.
What kind of monster won't help out with a family member's medical issues when they're able?
renate
(13,776 posts)And such a horrible thing to do.
Welcome to DU!
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)LisaM
(27,758 posts)I do remember at the time that there was a lot of fuss and bother about Trump and Michael Jackson visiting - and maybe befriending - Ryan White. It sounds as if there are people making this claim on his behalf, but unless Trump himself said it, I think they should change the headline.
Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)90-percent
(6,828 posts)Our side does not have to resort to misleading propaganda and "it could have happened" non-journalism. Credibility, folks, When they go low we go high, remember?
There's enough verifiable proof Trumpf is every bit the monster we have known him to be throughout his public life.
Muddy the waters and it reduces to a "both sides do it" argument, which is flat out wrong in terms of the mendacity magnitude.
Harry Truman on Republicans: I didn't give them hell, I just told the truth.
We just better win this battle of wits because our opponent is completely unarmed.*
Our on-life-support Democracy will slip through our fingers and turn the American Dream into a middle ages struggle for survival if we don't G.O.T.V.!!!! (We must be ever vigilant about the final nail in the coffin lame duck cover of night TPP shenanigans our wonderful President is determined to foist upon us)
-90% Jimmy
* Louie in Taxi with Rev Jim, by memory
boomer55
(592 posts)ProfessorPlum
(11,252 posts)JI7
(89,172 posts)as fact.
There is no proof he gave anyThing to 9-11 charities either.
Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)Fuck Trump!
We New Yorkers knew he was a shitstain and hypocrite in NY. Why the rest of the country loves this asshole is just impossible for most New Yorkers don't understand.