Hillary Clinton said Donald Trump “thinks belittling women makes him bigger” and that he “goes after their dignity [and] their self-worth.” Clinton went hard after the Republican nominee at the third presidential debate Wednesday, in reaction to the news that a number of women have accused Trump of sexual assault in recent weeks.
In response to the allegations, Clinton said, Trump “held a number of big rallies where he said that he could not possibly have done those things to those women, because they were not attractive enough for them to be assaulted.”
Trump rejected Clinton’s statement, repeatedly saying, “I did not say that. I did not say that.”
Clinton went on to describe in further depth remarks Trump had made.
“In fact, he went on to say he went on to say, ‘Look at her. I don’t think so.’ About another woman he said, ‘That wouldn’t be my first choice,'” she continued. “He attacked the woman reporter writing the story, called her disgusting, as he has called a number of women during this campaign.”
Clinton then said that Trump’s treatment of these women represented “what Donald thinks and what he says, and how he acts toward women.”
“Donald thinks belittling women makes him bigger. 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,” she said. “That’s who Donald is.”
The Washington Post published a 2005 recording of Trump making lewd sexual remarks earlier this month, which led to a number of Republican lawmakers withdrawing their endorsement of the nominee. Soon after, a number of women came forward with allegations of sexual assault against the businessman.
Trump has denied the allegations, and at the debate Wednesday said that they had been “largely debunked”—without citing any evidence.
