Washington – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump intensified his criticism of Hillary Clinton after she said he had a “penchant for sexism,” warning his Democratic rival against using the woman “card” and drawing his full attention.
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In a familiar pattern for Trump, he responded to fire – this time over a vulgarity he used in describing Clinton’s 2008 primary loss – with fire.
“Be careful Hillary as you play the war on women or women being degraded card,” Trump said in a Twitter post on Wednesday.
Later he tweeted, “Hillary, when you complain about ‘a penchant for sexism,’ who are you referring to. I have great respect for women. BE CAREFUL!”
The real estate tycoon, who is the front-runner for the 2016 Republican nomination, drew widespread criticism this week after using Yiddish slang for a man’s genitals to describe Barack Obama’s victory over Clinton in the 2008 Democratic presidential race, saying: “She got schlonged.”
While Clinton’s campaign would not comment on Thursday on Trump’s warning, she addressed his rhetoric in an interview with the Des Moines Register in Iowa, where she was campaigning for the state’s early presidential contest.
“I really deplore the tone of his campaign, the inflammatory rhetoric that he is using to divide people, and his going after groups of people with hateful, incendiary rhetoric,” she said on Tuesday, the day after Trump’s slang remark.
“It’s not the first time he’s demonstrated a penchant for sexism,” she said.
Clinton said she does not respond to the candidate personally “because he thrives on that kind of exchange.”
Trump has been criticized for calling women fat pigs, dogs and slobs and in August his comments about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly were widely interpreted as referring to her menstrual cycle. He denied that was his intention.
Whether the topic is women, Muslims or immigrants, Trump has consistently doubled down after making inflammatory statements during the 2016 White House campaign.
Trump’s political director, Michael Glassner, told ANN it was ironic for Clinton to talk about Trump’s attitude toward women given her husband Bill Clinton’s sexual scandal in the White House.
In what may have been his most potent warning, Trump told Fox News on Wednesday, “I really haven’t gone after Hillary yet and there’s a lot to go after.”
Hilary thinks the American public is stupid and that she can twist every word Trump says. Trump now needs to go after her for her lies and deadly mistakes in Benghazi, the email scandal, her cover-up of her husband’s unfaithful escapades, and his impeachment! Is THAT presidential material?! We think not! Trump for president, Hilary for prison!
T-Rump called women you don’t like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals” in disagreements with women.
After a softball question from Fox anchor Kelly, he said that she “had blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever.”
Trump said Clinton was “schlonged” by candidate Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign. He later defended his use of the term, insisting it is not vulgar. Will VIN print this?
Trump also criticized Clinton for using the bathroom during a debate.
“Where did Hillary go?” Trump said. ” … I know where she went. It’s disgusting. I don’t want to talk about it.” But he DID talk about it!
And just look at pictures of his four wives. Make sure your Google ‘safe search’ option is on.
His misogyny IS a campaign issue.
To #1 - I agree 100%. TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT IN 2016!!
Vulgar Trump insults, threatens, bullies, only out for himself, talks garbage. Feh.
What country did you sneak in from that your language usage is so atrocious ? So it used to be that anyone who criticized Obama was a racist . Now anyone who criticizes Hillary is sexist. Cool move. It will probably work for the liberal left.The real sexists are those who protect the women abusers such as Bill Clinton and those who mercilessly trashed a fine woman like Sarah Palin .