Ugly U.S. election discourages women from taking part in politics: B.C. premier
VANCOUVER — The premier of British Columbia says the toxic nature of the United States presidential election race is a setback in the campaign to get more women involved in politics.
Christy Clark says the ugly tone of the U.S. campaign and the types of attacks being launched at Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton will dissuade women from running for public office.
Republican Donald Trump has attracted strong criticism from around the world for lewd remarks he made in a 2005 recorded video about touching women without their consent, and his response to allegations of sexual assault from multiple women.
Clark says Trump insulted every decent man when he chalked up his comments to locker room talk and brushed it off as something common for men.