New | ‘Nasty’ women swarm in support of Clinton after latest insult by Trump
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Suddenly, it seems America is crawling with nasty women.
Female unpleasantness as a tongue-in-cheek rallying cry is on T-shirts, in memes and in tweets galore -- a furious backlash mocking Donald Trump’s latest insult of Hillary Clinton.
Trump’s dis -- “such a nasty woman” -- came during one of his interruptions of his Democratic rival in Wednesday’s final presidential debate.
Social media lit up as women came to Clinton’s defence.
T-shirts emblazoned “Nasty Woman” went up for sale on e-commerce website Etsy.
“Nasty Woman” took off on Twitter, with actress Lena Dunham, who has campaigned for Clinton, spreading the word.
“RT if you’re a nasty woman and it’s made your life a freakin’ pleasure,” Dunham tweeted.
Trending were #ImANastyWoman, #ImANastyWomanBecause, #NastyWomenVote and #NastyWomanUnite.
Trump’s comment immediately called to mind for many Janet Jackson’s 1986 “Nasty” video, where the singer champions “nasty boys.”
A new video mashing up Jackson’s hit and Trump and Clinton debate clips quickly went viral.
Spotify streams of Jackson’s song soared 250 per cent after Trump’s remark, CNN reported Thursday.
A CNN clip of Trump’s “nasty” remark quickly garnered almost 27,000 views on YouTube.
News site Vox.com said that “calling Hillary Clinton a ‘nasty woman’ may have been the best thing Donald Trump has ever done for her campaign.”
Trump’s comment came in response to a dig from Clinton to the effect that the Republican nominee -- who has bragged about his savviness in avoiding paying taxes -- might also try to get out of chipping in toward the nation’s pension and health insurance programmes.
In their third and final debate before the November 8 election, Trump accused Clinton and her campaign team of drumming up allegations that he has groped almost a dozen women.
“I believe,” Trump said, “she got these people to step forward,” accusing Clinton of running a “very sleazy campaign” and adding of the claims aired by several women dating back decades: “It was all fiction.”
“Donald thinks belittling women makes him bigger,” Clinton said.
“He goes after their dignity, their self-worth, and I don’t think there is a woman anywhere who doesn’t know what that feels like.”