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11 times Donald Trump tweeted something terrible about a woman

  • President Donald Trump recently came under fire for attacking Morning Joeco-host Mika Brzezinski on Twitter with a sexist broadside about a “face lift.”
  • The attack was quickly condemned by many in Trump’s own party who expressed frustration that Trump’s uncalled-for attacks distracted from their broader policy agenda.
  • But if Republican politicians didn’t want their political objectives to be sidelined by unexpected bouts of online sexism, well, they probably shouldn’t have supported Trump’s presidency to begin with — because the lewd billionaire has made no bones over the years about lobbing these kinds of sexist attacks.
  • Here are 11 times that Donald Trump came for powerful women on Twitter using blatantly misogynistic rhetoric — all of which, unlike the Brzezinski tweet, predate his presidency. Read more, (7/1/17, 12:12 PM)