2016 Postmortem

demmiblue

(39,941 posts) Fri Sep 30, 2016, 02:33 PM Sep 2016

Alicia Machado Fires Back: Misogyny One Of Trump’s ‘More Frightening' Traits

Source: TPM

Former Miss Universe Alicia Machado fired back at Donald Trump on Friday after the Republican nominee sent off a fusillade of tweets calling her “disgusting” and falsely claiming that she appeared in a “sex tape.”

In an Instagram post, Machado dismissed his attacks as “slanderous and cheap lies” in keeping with his history of derogatory remarks about women.

“Through his campaign of hate, the Republican candidate insists on discrediting and demoralizing a woman, which is definitely one of his more frightening characteristics,” Machado wrote in Spanish, alongside a photo of her posing draped in the American flag. “With this, he’s looking to distract attention from his real problems and from his inability to claim to be the leader of this great country.”

“When I was barely a young woman, the now-candidate publicly humiliated me, insulted me, disrespected me publicly, as he usually did in private in the cruelest way,” she continued, charging that Trump repeated the behavior “with other women for decades.”

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Alicia Machado Fires Back: Misogyny One Of Trump’s ‘More Frightening' Traits (Original Post) demmiblue Sep 2016 OP

In Spanish: Trump esta amachado con A. Machado Xipe Totec Sep 2016 #1

Heh! demmiblue Sep 2016 #2

before he goes slut shaming, bottomofthehill Sep 2016 #3

Funny, my husband is far from being a prude but admitted that it did Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2016 #4

Love the Bill Richardson picture bottomofthehill Oct 2016 #5

kept thinking he would be an excellent VP ~ all that foreign policy Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2016 #6

Xipe Totec

(44,589 posts)

1. In Spanish: Trump esta amachado con A. Machado

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Sep 30, 2016, 02:44 PM

Sep 2016

Translation: Trump is obstinately stuck (amachado) on A. Machado

demmiblue

(39,941 posts)

2. Heh!

Reply to Xipe Totec (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 30, 2016, 03:13 PM

Sep 2016

I can't wait to see how many more days Trump esta amachado con A. Machado...

As one woman to another... thank you, Alicia, for putting yourself out there in order to shine the light on that bastid!

bottomofthehill

(9,423 posts)

3. before he goes slut shaming,

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Sep 30, 2016, 04:27 PM

Sep 2016

Has anyone reminded Donald the duche that his wife has girl on girl pictures floating around the internet. Because it is his wife, it is modeling and ok, but if it was someone other than his wife, it would be slutty behavior to the now self proclaimed Commissioner of Morality.

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)

4. Funny, my husband is far from being a prude but admitted that it did

Reply to bottomofthehill (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 30, 2016, 04:47 PM

Sep 2016

bother him that (1) Melania is not American born and (2) That she's got sleazy pics out there. He's 100% anti-Trump and pro-Dem, but guess there's just certain strict beliefs people keep that you can't shake despite it all.

bottomofthehill

(9,423 posts)

5. Love the Bill Richardson picture

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #4)

Sat Oct 1, 2016, 12:52 PM

Oct 2016

I was with him in NH when he ran for POTUS

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)

6. kept thinking he would be an excellent VP ~ all that foreign policy

Reply to bottomofthehill (Reply #5)

Sat Oct 1, 2016, 01:41 PM

Oct 2016

expertise - plus just such a damn cool and classy guy.

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