NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The hosts of ABC's 鈥淭he View鈥� clapped back at Donald Trump on Thursday, 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�
The Trump barrage came after the daytime talk show hosted his opponent in the presidential race, 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 refuted the idea that his rhetoric is problematic, even as . 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
