Hillary Clinton called Donald Trump a racist and
a sexist - to his face - in brutal exchanges during the year's first
presidential debate Monday night. Her charges of racism stemmed from an age-old
complaint that he had supported 'birther' conspiracies questioning Barack
Obama's U.S. birth and therefore his eligibility to be president. And she
leveled charge after charge at the Republican in an attempt to frame him as an
unrepentant chauvinist, aided by a question from moderator Lester Holt about a
one-time comment that Clinton lacked 'the look' to be president.
'This is a man
who has called women pigs, slobs and dogs,' Clinton said - a similar challenge
to one Trump faced more than a year ago from Fox News Channel anchor Megyn
Kelly at the first GOP primary debate. Monday he answered it a second time with
a jab at an old entertainment nemesis. 'Somebody who's been very vicious to me,
Rosie O'Donnell - I said very tough things to her,' Trump protested, 'and I
think everybody would agree that she deserves it, and nobody feels sorry for
her.'
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