By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times - Thursday, September 29, 2016
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich defended Donald Trump’s attacks against former Miss Universe Alicia MachadoWednesday night, telling a crowd of Log Cabin Republicans that “you’re not supposed to gain 60 pounds during the year that you’re Miss Universe.”
Ms. Machado, a newly naturalized U.S. citizen who has come out in support of Democratic presidential nomineeHillary Clinton, has claimed Mr. Trump, former owner of the Miss Universe Organization, called her “Miss Piggy” when she gained weight after her 1996 pageant win.
Mrs. Clinton brought up Mr. Trump’s comments about Ms. Machado toward the end of Monday’s presidential debate, saying the business mogul referred to the Venezuela-born beauty contestant as “Miss Housekeeping.”
“One of the worst things he said was about a woman in a beauty contest — he loves beauty contests, supporting them and hanging around them — and he called this woman ‘Miss Piggy,’ then he called her ‘Miss Housekeeping’ because she was Latina,” Mrs. Clinton said. “Donald, she has a name. Her name is Alicia Machado, and she has become a U.S. citizen, and you can bet she’s going to vote this November.”
The Clinton campaign later released an ad featuring Ms. Machado talking about how Mr. Trump insulted her.
Mr. Trump later doubled down on his criticism of Ms. Machado, telling “Fox & Friends” Tuesday that she became a “real problem” after gaining “a massive amount of weight” following her victory.
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