The third presidential debate went down in Vegas last night, and as often happens there, things got nasty.
While Hillary Clinton spoke about her plans for payroll taxes and the economy, Donald Trump interrupted her (once more) to wag his finger and call her “such a nasty woman.”
Of course, it took about five seconds for the feminists of the internet to step up and proudly stake their claim on nastiness.
https://twitter.com/lindseyadler/status/788931269556072448
https://twitter.com/RadidaG/status/788940119197749249
https://twitter.com/ambermruffin/status/788932399606403072
Well behaved women rarely make history #nastywoman pic.twitter.com/fEoKIfbjyO
— Ruth Lapointe (@Ruth1Lapointe) October 20, 2016
Even a few men got in on the fun, supporting the nasty women in their lives.
https://twitter.com/andymientus/status/789009453420994560
I guess my wife is with the #nastywomenvote And that would make me a #NastyWoman as well. #NeverTrump #FactsAreNotTrumpsForte
— Jason (@jreed2169) October 20, 2016
But people didn’t let Trump’s line about “bad hombres” slip through the cracks either.
As a Mexican-American boy who transitioned into a trans woman I've been both a #BadHombre and a #NastyWoman
— Mey Rude (@meyrude) October 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/alicegoldfuss/status/788933021067948032
https://twitter.com/RukhDesai/status/788968255314534400
The unfiltered remark is of course in stark contrast to Trump’s repeated claims that he respects women—which he’s doubled down on since a number of women have made sexual assault accusations against him in the past two weeks.
Nobody respects women as much as he does. #NastyWoman #debate
— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) October 20, 2016
Women who want to proudly wear their allegiance to nasty women all over the world can, of course, already choose from a number of T-shirts sporting the slogan.
https://twitter.com/MrJamesonNeat/status/788975524601221120
https://twitter.com/Annieofthe1950s/status/788951600584732676
https://twitter.com/alissascheller/status/788935022896095233
We’ve seen something like this before: When Mitt Romney claimed he had “binders full of women” in a presidential debate in 2012, women quickly appropriated the phrase and iterations of it for feminist causes. We’re still talking about those four years later, so don’t be surprised if you’re still hearing about Nasty Woman for Prez in 2020.