Trump stands by ‘woman card’ jab, denies anti-Clinton sexism

 

 

 

 

 

 

© Provided by New York Daily News Donald Trump delivers a bumbling foreign policy speech Wednesday. - Matt Rourke/AP GOP front-runner Donald Trump doubled down on his gender-themed attack on Hillary Clinton Wednesday, taking further aim at the likely Democratic nominee and claiming his original remarks weren't sexist in nature.

"It's not sexist. It's true. It's just a very, very true statement. If she were a man, she'd get 5%," Trump said during a telephone interview with ABC's "Good Morning America." "She's a bad candidate. She's a flawed candidate."

"She's not going to do very well in the election, and I look forward to showing that," he added.

Trump was referencing his own remarks from a speech Tuesday night in which he said he would "do far more for women than Hillary Clinton will ever do."

"If Hillary Clinton were a man, I don't think she would get 5% of the vote," he added during the victory speech from Trump Tower in Midtown following his five-state sweep in the "Acela" primaries. "The only thing she's got going is the women's card."

Clinton was quick to fire back Tuesday night, blasting Trump during her own victory rally in Philadelphia for playing the gender card.

"The other day, Mr. Trump accused me, of playing the, quote, woman card," she said. "Well, if fighting for women's health care and paid family leave and equal pay is playing the woman card, then deal me in."

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But on Wednesday Trump didn't hesitate to go after Clinton's excited tone in the speech, cruelly joking that he hadn't "quite recovered "from his potential general election opponent "shouting that message."

"And I know a lot of people would say you can't say that about a woman because, of course, a woman doesn't shout, but the way she shouted that message was not - ohh," Trump said during a separate appearance Wednesday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

Trump's gender-centered attack line was widely mocked Wednesday with many political experts deeming the mogul's decision to go after Clinton, on account of her being a woman, as a foolish ploy that will further hurt his already dismal standing among female voters.

"About 70% of women have an unfavorable view of Trump, according to an April 2016 Gallup poll," Jessica Lavariega-Monforti, Chair of Political Science Department at Pace University in New York, told the Daily News. "His commentary about playing 'the woman card' will not play well with female voters, particularly those who continue to face pay inequities and gender discrimination."

In addition to the Gallup poll cited by Lavariega-Monforti, a USA Today-Suffolk University poll released earlier this week showed that 66% of likely female voters had an unfavorable view of Trump, compared with 48% who had an unfavorable view of Clinton.

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Another Washington Post-ABC News poll released earlier this month showed 64% of women had a "strongly unfavorable" view of Trump.

His comments also made a splash on social media, where the hashtag "#womancard" took off with a series of images showing an item resembling a credit card with notes on it drawing attention to the gender gap in pay in the U.S.

Trump has repeatedly drawn frequent ire over his scornful comments about women.

In addition to insulting Rosie O'Donnell and Megyn Kelly, Trump also said earlier this year that women who have abortions should be punished

SOURCES:MSN.COM

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