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FRESH OFF HIS presidential clash with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump doubled down today on criticism of a former Miss Universe he accused of getting too fat, comments that could repel women voters.
Alicia Machado, who won the crown in 1996, has accused Trump – whose company owned the Miss Universe pageant until last year – of calling her ‘Miss Piggy’ and ‘Miss Housekeeping,’ and publicly humiliating her over her post-victory weight gain.
The morning after Clinton invoked Machado’s experience as an example of how the brash billionaire treats women, he lashed out at the beauty queen.
“She gained a massive amount of weight, and it was a real problem,” Trump told Fox television today.
“She was the worst we ever had. The worst, the absolute worst,” he added.
She was impossible.
Clinton had raised Machado’s case during a debate exchange over Trump’s assertion that the Democratic candidate did not “look presidential”.
Excoriating Trump for his treatment of women, she recalled that he had called Machado ‘Miss Piggy’ and ‘Miss Housekeeping’ because she is Latina.
Donald, she has a name. Her name is Alicia Machado. And she has become a US citizen, and you can bet she’s going to vote this November.
Trump appeared startled by the accusation.
“Where did you find this?” Trump asked Clinton three times.
Shortly after the debate, Clinton’s campaign released a video in which Venezuelan-born Machado says she was scared of and intimidated by Trump.
“He’d yell at me all the time. He’d tell me ‘You look ugly,’ or ‘You look fat,’” she says.
“He bears many grudges, and harbours a deep racism, and he is convinced that there are lesser human beings than him.”
Trump is seen in 1990s footage saying Machado “weighed 118 pounds or 117 pounds and she went up to 160 or 170. So this is somebody that likes to eat”.
Hillary Clinton / Twitter
Hillary Clinton / Twitter / Twitter
Throughout his campaign Trump has faced intense scrutiny over his treatment of women, and Clinton assailed her rival on the issue.
“This is a man who has called women pigs, slobs and dogs, and somebody who has said pregnancy is an inconvenience to employers, who has said women don’t deserve equal pay unless they do as good a job as men,” Clinton said.
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To be fair greyhound are not noted for their generosity.
Wally, You should go on hunger strike in solidarity with the refuse workers!
Robert,
How about you take a vow of silence instead?
@Billy Mooney:
You really do talk rubbish.
Another privatized service thats gone to profit driven companies.. Why people want to go this route with all public services is beyond me..
waste in this country is a disaster.
DCC made a hames of privatisation and this coupled with the populist parties campaigning against charges or pay by weight have pushed us towards this crappy cartel.
this wasn’t helped by the fact that he government seem incapable of launching new policies or services without some major balls up.
because of this a huge proportion of our waste is now exported and our indigenous recycling industry (not the waste collectors) are unable to compete with incineration abroad.
so we are losing jobs as well as the money that could have be created through recycling.
granted, the government made a p
@stopit: last sentence was something about how pathetic FG/FF are. rant over.
It is time to renationalise waste collection services.
These companies are criminal thieving gangsters.
“Dublin City Council is aware of reports of issues regarding waste collection in certain parts of the city and couldn’t give a fúck”
That was a rubbish story
It’s a pity that the private companies were allowed to take over for profit from the public service who were doing a great job on waste disposal. It’s a shame this story did not get the same attention as the water protest
@Alan Scott: Ah see the snakes got it in with there nice new shiny wheelie bins and conned us all.
Dread the day Greyhound comes out to DLR – i’ll be switching immediately
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