The media is accusing Donald Trump of sexism for repeatedly “mansplaining” and “manterrupting” during Monday night’s debate against Hillary Clinton.
Last night's debate, or the mansplaining Olympics https://t.co/t0CRwGh1uk by @petridishes
— Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) September 27, 2016
Trump could not stop manterrupting Hillary during tonight's #debates.
And the worst part – women deal with this bullshit EVERY DAY: pic.twitter.com/OlbH1mC2yq
— Fusion (@Fusion) September 27, 2016
Trump, who behaved much like he did during the Republican primary debates, routinely butted in as Hillary spoke. He also interrupted debate moderator Lester Holt on numerous occasions.
The crucial Vox.com analysis of the debate centered on Trump’s refusal to let the “highly prepared” Hillary Clinton speak without interruption.
The first debate featured an unprepared man repeatedly shouting over a highly prepared woman https://t.co/XFnlgBEfwC
— Vox (@voxdotcom) September 27, 2016
They even included a cute graphic showing how often Clinton was interrupted by men.
Debating while female, in one graphic. pic.twitter.com/lAhA5adcUe
— Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) September 27, 2016
Some people noted that accusing Trump of being a particularly sexist jerk — as opposed to a jerk in general — for repeatedly interrupting his opponent on the debate stage ignores the fact that Trump did exactly the same thing during the Republican primary debates, when almost all of his opponents were men.
This is fairly silly. Trump was just as rude, abrasive, and prone to interrupting the male GOP candidates. https://t.co/qjLp0aHcWM
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) September 27, 2016
The Vox graphic also highlights the fact that moderator Lester Holt, whose performance was criticized by Clinton supporters and Trump fans alike, interrupted Trump far more often than he interrupted Clinton.
Also, is Vox really spreading a graphic showing that Holt interrupted Trump 1.5X as often as evidence of sexism? https://t.co/qjLp0aHcWM
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) September 27, 2016
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