Texas congressman: ‘Sometimes a lady needs to be told when she’s being nasty’


On “The Alan Colmes Show” on Fox News on Thursday, Rep. Brian Babin of Texas invoked Southern gentility as he tried to explain why he believes that women should be called out for being nasty.

In discussing the third and final 2016 presidential debate with Fox News Radio host Alan Colmes, Babin defended Donald Trump’s decision to turn to the audience while Clinton was speaking and interject: “Such a nasty woman!”

“You know what? She’s saying some nasty things,” Babin replied.

“You think it’s appropriate to call her a ‘nasty woman’?” pressed Colmes, a liberal political commenter.

“Well, I’m a genteel Southern gentleman, Alan,” the GOP congressman maintained.

“So does that mean no?” Colmes said.

“No, I think sometimes a lady needs to be told when she’s being nasty,” Babin said.

“Oh, really?”

“I do.”

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Texas Rep. Brian Babin. (Photos: Frank Franklin II/AP, Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Rep. Brian Babin of Texas. (Photos: Frank Franklin II/AP, Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Trump made his comment after the former secretary of state landed a quick jab at him while explaining how she would address the problem of Social Security and Medicare running out of money. She said payroll rates would have to be increased and that Trump would have to pay more, “assuming he doesn’t try to get out of it.” As she segued to her next point, Trump interrupted with the “nasty woman” comment, which critics immediately denounced as typical of his sexist rhetoric.

Babin, who represents Texas’ 36th district, did not actually call Clinton “a nasty woman” himself, but Colmes kept pushing him to confirm whether he agreed with Trump’s characterization. Babin merely suggested that Clinton has “done some nasty things.”

“Why are you ducking me?” Colmes said. “You either agree or disagree with Donald Trump.”

“I agree with him. I think she’s done some nasty things,” Babin said.

Babin did not respond to a request for comment from Yahoo News.