How four words sealed Donald Trump's fate with women voters

"Such a nasty woman"

"Such a nasty woman."
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"Such a nasty woman."

Those four words sealed Donald Trump's fate, not as the loser of the 2016 presidential race — which even before Wednesday's debate he was almost certain to be, unless Hillary Clinton is caught on video strangling a basketful of kittens while pledging eternal loyalty to her lord and master Beelzebub — but as the candidate who did more to alienate women voters than any in modern history. You thought there was a gender gap before? Just you wait.

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Paul Waldman

Paul Waldman is a senior writer with The American Prospect magazine and a blogger for The Washington Post. His writing has appeared in dozens of newspapers, magazines, and web sites, and he is the author or co-author of four books on media and politics.