Donald Trump has attacked a former
beauty pageant winner who criticised him for alleged sexist and
misogynistic remarks as "disgusting".
In a stream of tweets, the Republican presidential nominee urged Americans to examine Alicia Machado's personal history and her "sex tape". He implied his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton had secured US citizenship for Venezuelan-born Ms Machado. In response, Mrs Clinton tweeted: "This is unhinged, even for Trump."
Ms Machado says she was called "Miss Piggy" by the Republican candidate for the White House when he owned the Miss Universe beauty pageant, after she put on weight following her 1996 title win. She also says he called her "Miss Housekeeping" because of her Latina heritage. Her case was raised by Mrs Clinton in the first presidential debate earlier this week as an example of Mr Trump's attitude to women.
In his early-morning Twitter outburst, Mr Trump said Ms Machado had a "terrible" past that a "duped" Mrs Clinton had overlooked before holding her up "as an 'angel'". He added: "Did Crooked Hillary help disgusting (check out sex tape and past) Alicia M become a US citizen so she could use her in the debate?"
In her Twitter response, Mrs Clinton asked: "What kind of man stays up all night to smear a woman with lies and conspiracy theories?" She added: "When something gets under Donald's thin skin, he lashes out and can't let go. This is dangerous for a president."
Mr Trump later returned to Twitter - in the daytime - after news outlets had spent hours discussing his late night tirade.
Trump's strange battles:
- Fox News host, Megyn Kelly - a nine-month wrangle after she challenged him on his views of women
- Gold Star parents, the Khans - Mr Trump mocked the parents of a US Muslim soldier killed in Iraq
- Judge Gonzalo Curiel - the Republican said he could not be impartial because of his Mexican heritage
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