by nolan d. mccaskill 11/01/16 04:43 pm edt hillary clinton on tuesday countered donald trump<u+2019>s suggestion that she<u+2019>s done nothing throughout her decades in public life by alleging that trump has spent the past 30 years verbally attacking and sexually assaulting women. clinton, who was introduced by former miss universe alicia machado, focused heavily on the republican presidential nominee<u+2019>s rhetoric toward women, including the insults he<u+2019>s slung at machado for gaining weight during her reign, and how it can impact the nation<u+2019>s children if he<u+2019>s elected president. story continued below and she scoffed at trump<u+2019>s notion that she hasn<u+2019>t accomplished anything. <u+201c>during those debates, you know, donald always used to say, <u+2018>what have you been doing for 30 years?<u+2019> and i always found that kind of odd because he could google it and find out,<u+201d> she quipped to her supporters during a rally in dade city, florida. <u+201c>and so, you know, i<u+2019>ve been a lawyer and i<u+2019>ve been a first lady and i<u+2019>ve been a senator and i<u+2019>ve been secretary of state and i<u+2019>ve been a wife and a mother and a grandmother and a friend and a churchgoer, and for my entire life, i<u+2019>ve been a woman!<u+201d> as for what trump has done over the years, clinton seized on the dozen or so women who have accused the real estate mogul of forcibly kissing or groping them against their will, allegations that surfaced after trump denied on the national debate stage ever assaulting women, despite a leaked video in which he boasted about making unwanted advances on women because he<u+2019>s <u+201c>a star.<u+201d> <u+201c>and what i think about what we now know about donald trump and what he<u+2019>s been doing for 30 years, he sure has spent a lot of time demeaning, degrading, insulting and assaulting women,<u+201d> clinton said. <u+201c>and i gotta tell you: some of what we<u+2019>ve learned <u+2014> some of this stuff is very upsetting. i would, frankly, rather be here talking about nearly anything else.<u+201d> trump has forcefully denied the women's allegations and has threatened to sue them. by bill scher by thomas wright by joshua zeitz by jack shafer
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