Sexism storm as President says woman senator will ‘do anything’ for donations

DONALD Trump was yesterday accused of making a ‘sexist smear’ against a female senator after saying she came to him ‘begging’ for campaign money and would ‘do anything’ for it.

The president was condemned by Democrats for the sexually suggestive nature of his ‘grotesque’ and ‘bullying’ tweet about Kirsten Gillibrand.

He made his comments after the married mother-of-two called on him to resign over sexual assault allegations.

Yesterday Mr Trump, who has previously donated around $6,000 to the electoral cam- paigns of the New York senator, tweeted: ‘Lightweight Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a total flunky for Chuck Schumer and someone who would come to my office “begging” for campaign contributions not so long ago (and would do anything for them), is now in the ring fighting against Trump’.

It came as another of the 17 women who have accused Mr Trump of sexual miscon- duct went on national TV to demand he face a Congressional ethics investigation.

A group of 59 female members of Congress have also asked the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to investigate claims against him.

Mr Trump again dismissed the ‘fabricated’ claims of sexual assault in a tweet. He refused to answer questions about what his tweet about Miss Gillibrand meant during the signing of a defence bill at the White House. The White House would also not comment when asked what Mr Trump had been referring to.

Miss Gillibrand said: ‘It was a sexist smear attempting to silence my voice, and I will not be silenced on this issue; neither will the women who stood up to the president’.