Trump is Right: Hillary Really is Playing the ‘Woman Card’

Article here. Excerpt:

'I won’t spend too much time laying out all the times Clinton and her campaign have implied or stated outright that people should vote for her because she was a woman, because a) there are waaaaay too many examples, and b) I already did that when Bernie Sanders supporter Killer Mike laid similar charges at her door. Here’s just the instance I consider the most egregious, an Clinton ad entitled “44 Boys Is Too Many” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GzGAW7k2V8)

There’s nothing sly about this. There’s no dog whistle or subtext. The Clinton campaign cut an ad that explicitly tells people they should vote for her because she’s a woman, and otherwise little girls would cry.

If Clinton’s appeal to her gender had been isolated to eyeroll-inducing pandering, it would be merely irritating. But she also doesn’t shy away from appealing to her gender to shut down serious questions about her qualifications. Here’s an attack from Sanders in the last MSNBC debate, and Clinton’s response.

SANDERS: …Secretary Clinton has the support of far more governors, mayors, members of the House. She has the entire establishment or almost the entire establishment behind her. That’s a fact. I don’t deny it…

So, Rachel, yes, Secretary Clinton does represent the establishment. I represent, I hope, ordinary Americans, and by the way, who are not all that enamored with the establishment, but I am very proud to have people like Keith Ellison and Raul Grijalva in the House, the co-chairmen of the House Progressive Caucus.

CLINTON: Well, look, I’ve got to just jump in here because, honestly, Senator Sanders is the only person who I think would characterize me, a woman running to be the first woman president, as exemplifying the establishment. And I’ve got to tell you that it is… (APPLAUSE) It is really quite amusing to me.'