NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The hosts of ABC's 鈥淭he View鈥� clapped back at on Thursday, a day co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Whoopi Goldberg.
鈥淚 have a personal legal note,鈥� said Hostin. 鈥淒onald Trump, I want to thank you for personally telling so many lies and committing so many alleged crimes and providing us with material on a daily basis. You help us do our jobs and I'm so appreciative.鈥�
On Wednesday, Trump, campaigning in Pennsylvania, called Hostin, who is Black and Latina, 鈥渄umber than Kamala,鈥� saying: 鈥淭hat is one dumb woman. Sorry. I鈥檓 sorry, women, she鈥檚 a dummy.鈥�
Later, he turned on Goldberg, who is also Black, calling her 鈥渄emented.鈥� Trump claimed he once hired Goldberg to perform and accused her of having a 鈥渇oul mouth.鈥�
鈥淪he was so filthy, dirty, disgusting, half the place left. I said I鈥檇 never hire her again,鈥� he said. 鈥淪he was so dirty. Every word was filthy, dirty. What a loser she is.鈥�
Goldberg on Thursday wore it as a badge of honor. 鈥淚 was filthy and stand on that fact. I have always been filthy. And you knew that when you hired me.鈥� Goldberg said Trump hired her four times: 鈥淗ow dumb are you?鈥�
鈥淵ou know how dirty I wasn鈥檛? I never grabbed anybody by their genitalia,鈥� she also said, referencing the 鈥淎ccess Hollywood鈥� video in which Trump bragged about grabbing women sexually without asking permission.
"There鈥檚 a difference between people who assault other people and people who say words that you don鈥檛 want little kids saying in the middle of church.鈥�
The Trump barrage came after the daytime talk show hosted his opponent in the presidential race, Vice President for an interview Tuesday.
The co-hosts walked onto the set to the song 鈥淒irty鈥� by Christina Aguilera. 鈥淚t鈥檚 one of the words that you-know-who used when he was talking about me in particular but he was talking about us at his rallies,鈥� Goldberg said.
Hostin, a lawyer and senior legal correspondent for ABC News, quipped at Trump: 鈥淚 admit, I may not have spent as much time in a courtroom as you have.鈥� Then, referring to she said, 鈥淚've had a history of prosecuting sex offenders, so thank you for keeping people like us in business.鈥�
Trump has disputed the idea that his rhetoric is problematic, even as he is viewed less favorably by women than by men. 鈥淭he women want to see our country come back,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hey don鈥檛 care.鈥�
Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press
