Donald Trump's 'bad hombres' and 'nasty woman' remarks stoke online outrage

The comment struck many as sexist, with over 300,000 tweeting "nasty woman" by the early hours of Thursday

US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump stirred social media ire on Wednesday after he said: "We have some bad hombres here" and referred to Democratic rival Hillary Clinton as "such a nasty woman."

The remarks during the third and final presidential debate came as Trump struggles to attract support from Latinos and women ahead of the Nov 8 presidential election.

During the face-off in Las Vegas, Trump repeated his call for tougher security at the Mexican border, saying: "We have to keep the drugs out of our country." Adding he would also go after major drug dealers in the United States, he said: "We have some bad hombres here and we're going to get them out."

 

Social media users quickly seized on the remark.

For the record I hang out w/ a lot of #BadHombres & #NastyWomen.

— W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) October 20, 2016

#badhombres = he just can't help himself with the racism

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 20, 2016

#badhombres is my new fantasy football team name.

— Matt Miller (@nfldraftscout) October 20, 2016

#badhombres + #nastywomen = the new silent majority

— Lucia Graves (@lucia_graves) October 20, 2016

 

The term "Bad Hombres" became one of the most-discussed topics of the night on US social media and was tweeted out about 134,000 times during and immediately after the debate, according to brand intelligence firm Amobee.

Trump has aroused criticism for inflammatory comments about Mexican illegal immigrants during his presidential bid. During a speech to kick off his campaign in June 2015, Trump accused Mexico of sending rapists and other criminals to the United States.

In late August, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto met with the Republican nominee and said later that Trump's policies "could represent a huge threat to Mexico."

'Such a nasty woman'

Later in the debate, Trump interjected as Clinton said she would raise taxes on the wealthy to help fund the US government's Social Security retirement program and that Trump would be paying higher taxes too unless he could get out of it.

"Such a nasty woman," he said.

The comment struck many online as sexist, with over 300,000 tweeting the phrase "nasty woman" by the early hours of Thursday.

All you #NastyWomen in the house, raise your hands!

— Kiran Manral (@KiranManral) October 20, 2016

#nastywomen #badmoms NOV 8th IS OUR DAY.

— Kristen Bell (@IMKristenBell) October 20, 2016

#NastyWomen? We get it done, are brave, cannot be silenced, and we can be elected President of this great United States Of America.

— Tarah Wheeler (@tarah) October 20, 2016

Only a misygonist and sexist like @realDonaldTrump would use the word #nastywomen in a sentence. #debate

— Jonathan Soto (@JonWSoto) October 20, 2016

Trump's campaign was shaken by the recent release of a 2005 tape in which he boasted of kissing and touching women without their consent. Several women have since charged that he groped them, allegations he has described as "absolutely false."