By Brenden Gallagher
As has become standard operating procedure for Donald Trump in the debates, he interrupted both his opponent Hillary Clinton and the moderator, Fox News’ Chris Wallace. Perhaps the most egregious interruption was when he dove headlong into Clinton’s time to call her a “nasty woman.” Here’s how Twitter reacted to Trump’s needless slight.
Many were quick to empathize with Clinton and attempted to make the slight empowering.
Ms. Clinton if you're nasty. #nastywoman #debatenight
— Grace Parra (@GraceParra360) October 20, 2016
I need a #nastywoman t-shirt #Debates2016
— StaceyMargaret Jones (@Sharkushka) October 20, 2016
New @HillaryClinton bio: "Nasty Woman"
— Prachi Gupta (@prachigu) October 20, 2016
I'm a #nastywoman. And I vote.
— Ariel Dumas (@ArielDumas) October 20, 2016
PRESIDENT ON THE STREETS
NASTY WOMAN IN THE SHEETS— ghost mom (@radtoria) October 20, 2016
RT if u a NASTY WOMAN that's voting for Hillary Clinton #debatenight
— Ziwe (@ziwe) October 20, 2016
As you can see…
every feminist i know has already reclaimed “nasty woman”
— Lindsey Adler (@Lahlahlindsey) October 20, 2016
Others saw the contradictions inherent in Trump’s words.
TRUMP: such a nasty woman. a gender of which no one has more respect for than me.
— Ethan BOO!ker (@Ethan_Booker) October 20, 2016
"Such a nasty woman."
*moments pass*
"Our women are not respected."— Cody Johnston (@drmistercody) October 20, 2016
He has ton of respect for women except for Her. #nastywoman
— Paul Scheer (@paulscheer) October 20, 2016
Everyone was appalled by what he said.
Trump saying "Such a nasty woman" when she's talking is like a hair away from just throwing a bucket of his piss at her.
— Chris Person (@Papapishu) October 20, 2016
This debate can be summed up in that one ugly interruption by the most horrible person ever to run for president: "Such a nasty woman."
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 20, 2016
If not for the fact that Trump said he won't accept the results of this election .. him calling her a nasty woman would be the headline
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) October 20, 2016
NY's hottest club is #NastyWoman. It has everything. Rigged Emmys. Bad hombres. Donald rejecting two centuries of American democracy.
— Stefon on 2016 (@StefonOn2016) October 20, 2016
Trump’s “nasty woman” comment had @JeffnerA yelling at the TV for literally the first time ever. She sounded like me watching football.
— Jonathan Adams (@JonathanAdams) October 20, 2016
And of course, many of us saw the imminent merchandising possibilities.
Women running to create and sell Nasty Woman t-shirts on Etsy #debatenight pic.twitter.com/smQSuapSJv
— Lindsay Goldwert (@lindsaygoldwert) October 20, 2016