US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump stirred social media ire after he said: “We have some bad hombres here” and referred to Democratic rival Hillary Clinton as “such a nasty woman.”
The remarks during the third and final presidential debate came as Trump struggles to attract support from Latinos and women ahead of the Nov. 8 presidential election.
During the face-off in Las Vegas, Trump repeated his call for tougher security at the Mexican border, saying: “We have to keep the drugs out of our country.” Adding he would also go after major drug dealers in the United States, he said: “We have some bad hombres here and we’re going to get them out.”
Social media users quickly seized on the remark.
“This #BadHombres is the first of his family to graduate from college, did Americorps & taught in public schools,” tweeted José N Miranda.
“Sometimes I forget this is a presidential debate and not an SNL (Saturday Night Live) skit #badhombres,” wrote Twitter user Ian Mayberry.
The term “Bad Hombres” became one of the most-discussed topics of the night on US social media and was tweeted out about 134,000 times during and immediately after the debate, according to digital marketing technology company Amobee.
“Calling someone a ‘nasty woman’ on live television is so deeply and unbelievably offensive,” tweeted Danielle Suchet.
“’What a nasty woman.’ That was the viscerally, awful, genuine part,” wrote Jake Swanton.
Trump dominated the Twitter conversation surrounding the final debate.
Twitter says that the Republican nominee was the subject of nearly 60 percent of the tweets sent about the candidates.

The social media platform says the top tweeted moment was Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s discussion about treatment of women. The second most tweeted was Trump’s refusal to say if he’ll accept the results of the election should he lose.
According to Google Trends, the top issues researched were both candidates’ stances on abortion, immigration and guns. It says people also googled the Clinton foundation, Trump’s position on the Iraq war, and questions regarding Clinton’s e-mails during her time as secretary of state.

Source: Arab News