Hillary Clinton represented the “Everywoman” at this week’s presidential debate, the New York Times said in a new editorial.
The paper said Tuesday night that Clinton’s performance, especially when it came to gender issues, should have resonated with working women all over the U.S.
“When Mrs. Clinton finally got to unload what felt like the pent-up frustration of Everywoman, it was powerful,” wrote the Times. The paper quoted Clinton’s attack against Donald Trump as “a man who has called women pigs, slobs and dogs, and someone 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 enjoys a wide margin of support among women generally. But the former first lady has faced criticism in recent years for seeming out of touch. In 2014, she offered in a public appearance that she had not driven a car since 1996.
Also in 2014, she said in an interview that she regretted a recent comment wherein she said she and her husband had left the presidency “dead broke.”
