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Disability Advocates Call Out Ann Coulter for Using R-Word to Describe Trump

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What happened: Ann Coulter, a media pundit and author, lashed out at President Donald Trump on Sunday, calling him “the most disloyal actual retard that has ever set foot in the Oval Office” in a tweet.

Following her use of the offensive term, disability advocates and organizations called Coulter out, asking her to apologize to the disability community. The Frontlines: The R-word was historically used in reference to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and led to many people being locked away in inhumane institutions.

The word has been used to devalue disabled lives, and even its flippant use nowadays — like in Coulter’s case — reflects wider societal attitudes about disability that lead to discrimination. We’ve been

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