Donald Trump slams former Miss Universe at heart of ‘Miss Piggy’ row in Twitter tirade
Donald Trump blasted Alicia Machado and rival Hillary Clinton following allegations of sexist remarks
DONALD Trump has slammed a former Miss Universe winner who accused him of making sexist comments towards her.
In a series of furious tweets, the Republican presidential nominee, branded Alicia Machado 'disgusting' - after Hillary Clinton raised his alleged abusive remarks in the presidential debate.
In the debate, Clinton referred to allegations of comments about Machado made by Trump in 1996, when he owned the Miss Universe contest.
She said: “One of the worst things he said was about a woman in a beauty contest.
“He loves beauty contests, supporting them and hanging around them, and he called this woman ‘Miss Piggy,’ then he called her ‘Miss Housekeeping’ because she was Latina.”
In response, Trump took to Twitter to urge his followers to "check out [Machado's] sex tape and past" - and questioned whether his rival had secured US citizenship for the beauty pageant winner, who is originally from Venezuela.
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Trump also suggested Clinton had been "duped" by "his worst Miss Universe" - and choosing to use her example proved Clinton suffers from "bad judgement".
He wrote: "Wow, Crooked Hillary was duped and used by my worst Miss U. Hillary floated her as an "angel" without checking her past, which is terrible!"
In response to the social media rant, Hillary Clinton tweeted: "This is... unhinged, even for Trump.
"What kind of man stays up all night to smear a woman with lies and conspiracy theories?"
Later, she added: "When something gets under Donald's thin skin, he lashes out and can't let go. This is dangerous for a president."
Responding to Trump's continued attacks, Alicia Machado posted a statement on Instagram.
The 39-year-old beauty wrote: "The Republican candidate and his team are again generating attacks, insults and trying to resurrect false allegations on my life.
"Their purpose is to intimidate me, humiliate me and tip me off balance. The attacks are slanders and lies full of bad intentions, with no basis.
"With his hate campaign, the Republican candidate insists in discrediting and demoralising a woman - one of his worse characteristics."
