President Trump has a habit of bashing women
who challenge him — here’s a look back

“So, can I ask you to do me a favor?” President Trump said to a raucous crowd in Pennsylvania last week. “Suburban women, would you please like me? Please, please."

It was a revealing moment for Trump, who is sagging in the polls just weeks before Election Day, and is running far behind his 2016 levels among women. A New York Times/Siena College poll released on Tuesday found Trump trailing his rival, former vice president Joe Biden, by 23 points among women. Among men, Trump was leading Biden by six points.

But even as he pleads for a boost in female support and dispatches surrogates like Lara Trump to rally women, Trump is continuing to launch fierce attacks against female journalists and politicians who challenge him.

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