Donald Trump has given the American public just about every reason to question how fit he is to be President, yet masses of people have turned out at the polls to place their vote for him as the Republican nominee. His delegate lead over Ted Cruz and John Kasich has continued to mount, and he literally said “it’s over” after sweeping all five states at Tuesday’s primaries.
At a news conference Tuesday night, Trump took his moment in the spotlight to stir up more controversy and take a dig at Hillary Clinton. Clinton also won big on Tuesday by winning four out of five states. Trump publicly stated that the only reason that she is doing well is because she is playing the “woman card.”
“I think the only card she has is the woman’s card. She has nothing else going. Frankly, if Hillary Clinton were a man, I don’t think she would get five percent of the vote.” Obviously he couldn’t just stop there. “The beautiful thing is, women don’t like her. Look how well I did with women tonight,” Trump said.
Clinton quickly fired back at Trump with her take on playing the “woman card.”
Factually, Trump’s comments do not hold any significance. Despite anyone’s opinion on the likely democratic nominee, she has done well both with the support of men and women. If you looked at how well she has done in the primaries so far and only looked at how men voted in those states, Clinton would still be leading Bernie Sanders by 150 delegates, according to The Washington Post. And she’s beating Sanders by several hundred delegates with the support of women.
Trump’s belief that he does much better with women isn’t simply accurate. According to the Post, 60 percent of women surveyed have a “strongly unfavorable” view of Trump.
If you are a woman, a vote for Trump is a vote against all women.