DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “‘Nasty.’ When President Trump said on Wednesday [5-1-19] that Senator Kamala Harris was ‘probably very nasty’ in her questioning of Attorney General William P. Barr at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, he brought back sharp memories for many Democrats. During the final presidential debate in 2016, Mr. Trump described Hillary Clinton as ‘a nasty woman,’ a phrase that drew disgust from many critics, spawned countless memes and merchandise and became a feminist rallying cry. Mr. Trump’s latest use of the adjective, in an interview on the Fox Business Network, was part of a wider attack on the three Democratic presidential candidates who sit on the Judiciary Committee…It was the second time in a week Mr. Trump had used the word ‘nasty’ to describe Ms. Harris. Last Thursday [5-2-19], when the Fox News host Sean Hannity asked him for his thoughts on the senator, Mr. Trump said, ‘I think she’s got a little bit of a nasty wit, but that might be it.’ Asked Thursday on CNN about why Mr. Trump had chosen to describe her as ‘nasty,’ Ms. Harris chose not to speculate, saying, ‘God only knows.’”
–Matt Stevens, “Trump’s New ‘Nasty’ Woman: Kamala Harris,” The New York Times online, May 2, 2019