White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders explained today Trump’s tweet about Gillibrand and said it was not sexual innuendo:
.@PressSec on tweet about Sen. Gillibrand: "In fact, he's used similar terminology many times when talking about politicians of both parties, both men and women." pic.twitter.com/ibVLz6qn2a
— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) December 12, 2017
White House says Trump's comments about Sen. Gillibrand is a reference to political corruption.
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 12, 2017
"There's no way that this is sexist at all" pic.twitter.com/okUo8cCBLx
Here’s more:
White House denies that President Trump's tweet about Sen. Gillibrand contained sexual innuendo: "Only if your mind is in the gutter would you have read it that way" https://t.co/3Rqb8g26ME
— CNN (@CNN) December 12, 2017
That was my initial reaction as well. Get your minds out of the gutter!
As far as Trump using similar language in the past, that’s entirely possible and verifiable. I haven’t verified it personally, but I do know Trump likes to use similar vague phrases over and over. And sometimes he just likes to be vague.
But even so, as I said in my other post, I didn’t find anything sexually suggestive about it when I read it. And I think Sander’s explanation is entirely plausible and it makes sense considering Trump accused Gillibrand of being a puppet of Chuck Schumer. The whole context was political.