Hillary Clinton confronted Donald Trump’s “shocking” comments about women, saying that women need to “refute” his remarks.
Her comments during a town hall Tuesday in Haverford, Pennsylvania, came in response to a question from a member of the audience, who noted Trump’s comments about women and asked Clinton how to address how much girls struggle with their body image.
“Your right, my opponents has just taken this concern to a new level of difficulty and meanness,” she said, adding that it’s “shocking” that Trump judges women “solely on the basis of physical attributes.”
“My opponent insulted Miss Universe,” she added, referring to Trump’s fat-shaming of Alicia Machado. “How do you get more acclaimed than that?”
Clinton said that women cannot take Trump’s insults seriously.
“We need to laugh at it. We need to refute it,” she said.
She said that girls are influenced by messages in the media at earlier and earlier ages, and that women need to stand up to bullying.
“You are more than the way you look,” she said. “We’re not all gonna end up being Miss Universe.”
“Let’s support other women and girls in being proud of who they are,” she added.
