Clinton hits back at Trump for vulgar slur
DONALD Trump is under fire for a vulgar new attack on Hillary Clinton.
The Republican presidential frontrunner sensationally claimed Mrs Clinton was “schlonged” in her loss to Barack Obama for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. “Schlong” is a Yiddish slang term for a man’s genitalia.
“She was going to beat Obama,” Mr Trump said of Mrs Clinton at a campaign appearance in Michigan on Monday.
“She was favoured to win, and she got schlonged. She lost.”
The 69-year-old billionaire also poked fun at his rival for taking a bathroom break during a Democratic debate over the weekend.
“I thought she gave up,” Mr Trump said. “Where did she go? Where did Hillary go? They had to start the debate without her. Phase II. I know where she went. It’s disgusting. I don’t want to talk about it.”
The Clinton camp hit back at Mr Trump, accusing him of using “degrading language” which humiliated all women.
“We are not responding to Trump but everyone who understands the humiliation this degrading language inflicts on all women should,” the former First Lady’s communications director Jennifer Palmieri tweeted yesterday.
Mr Trump’s off-colour comments about the 68-year-old Democratic frontrunner came a day after he called her a liar for saying his proposal to ban entry of all foreign Muslims to the US has aided the Islamic State’s propaganda efforts. His appearance on Monday night was interrupted by hecklers who were ejected from the event.
The real estate tycoon suggested the protesters might be “drugged out”.
His blunt style and comments about Hispanics, women, Muslims and his rivals for the nomination have set much of the tone for the Republican race.
His comments about Mrs Clinton were not the first time he has veered into vulgarity during the campaign.
After a prime-time televised debate in August, he posted Twitter messages criticising Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly and then made comments in a television interview that were widely interpreted as referring to her menstrual cycle. He denied that was his intention.