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Sarah Huckabee Sanders mocks Joe Biden’s stutter and Twitter explodes

President Trump’s former press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, mocked Joe Biden for stuttering during Thursday night’s Democratic debate — drawing swift rebuke across Twitter.

Sanders wrote in a since-deleted tweet, “I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I hhhave absolutely no idea what Biden is talking about,” as the debate was wrapping up.

The former vice president, who himself overcame a longtime stuttering problem, had been discussing children who suffer from the same disorder when he made the stumble.

Within moments, even as candidates were still giving their closing statements, critics called out Sanders for her comment.

“This is the most disgusting tweet of the night,” tweeted Sabrina Singh, a national press secretary for Cory Booker.

A Biden campaign staffer, Andrew Yates, shot back, writing, “An insultingly stupid whopper from Sarah Huckabee Sanders — now I’ve seen everything.”

Amid the flurry of criticism, Sanders followed up with another since-deleted tweet claiming she was not “trying to make fun of anyone with a speech impediment.”

But she took another jab at Biden, ending the tweet by saying, “Simply pointing out I can’t follow much of anything Biden is talking about.”

Biden himself chimed in from his official Twitter account, pointing out his lifelong battle with the speech disorder.

“I’ve worked my whole life to overcome a stutter. And it’s my great honor to mentor kids who have experienced the same. It’s called empathy. Look it up,” he tweeted.

Later, Sanders claimed in yet another tweet that she did not know Biden suffered from the condition.

“I actually didn’t know that about you and that is commendable,” she wrote. “I apologize and should have made my point respectfully.”