Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Sexism was a "major, major factor" in how the election played out.

[kpete]

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg doubled down on comments she made last year that sexism "no doubt" played a role in Hillary Clinton's 2016 election defeat.

During a Columbia University Women's Conference event on Sunday, Ginsburg was asked to clarify remarks she made last September, in which she said sexism was a

"I think it was difficult for Hillary Clinton to get by even the macho atmosphere prevailing during that campaign, and she was criticized in a way I think no man would have been criticized," Ginsburg said.

"I think anyone who watched that campaign unfold would answer it the same way I did: Yes, sexism played a prominent part," she continued.




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[TygrBright]

1. Notorious RBG STRAIGHT UP. n/t

[riversedge]

2. Trump needs to issue a public apology to Ginsberg IMHO..

[SunSeeker]

3. K & R

[betsuni]

4. K&R

[Gothmog]

5. Trump is an idiot and his comments on RBG are really stupid even from trump

[StevieM]

6. Sexism is a big part of how the GOP sold their lies about Benghazi and the fake email scandal.

To Hillary's everlasting credit, she obliterated their lies about Benghazi.

She was going to work her way around the fake email scandal, but every time she did the FBI intervened again to deliberately deceive the American people.

[Skittles]

7. of course it was

even plenty of DUers bought into the anti-Hillary garbage

[ismnotwasm]

8. Yeah well.

We tried to tell people.