By Jeff Taylor

In the middle of the night, as you slept like a sane human, Donald Trump launched into a Twitterrant about former Miss Universe Alicia Machado.

Hillary Clinton pounced on how Trump treated Machado after she won the crown during his tenure as owner of the beauty competition, bringing it up at the first presidential debate on Monday night.

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She says Trump called her “Miss Piggy” when she gained some weight and “Miss Housekeeping” as a shot against her ethnicity.

Trump is having a hard time letting this line of attack go, which is only giving it a longer lifespan and likely continuing to hurt his chances with female voters. Polls suggests his debate performance didn’t help and he was already struggling to win their votes. So he took to his favorite outlet for his rage and frustration, Twitter, and laid into both Clinton and Machado.

Wow, Crooked Hillary was duped and used by my worst Miss U. Hillary floated her as an “angel” without checking her past, which is terrible! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016 Don’t like ads? Become a supporter and enjoy The Good Men Project ad free

Using Alicia M in the debate as a paragon of virtue just shows that Crooked Hillary suffers from BAD JUDGEMENT! Hillary was set up by a con. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016

Did Crooked Hillary help disgusting (check out sex tape and past) Alicia M become a U.S. citizen so she could use her in the debate? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2016



Media outlets have looked into the claim of a sex tape and have come up empty.

Clinton chimed in on Twitter while watching Trump go off the rails, hitting him on his misogyny and asking, “What kind of man stays up all night to smear a woman with lies and conspiracy theories?”

What kind of man stays up all night to smear a woman with lies and conspiracy theories? — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 30, 2016

To Donald, women like Alicia are only as valuable as his personal opinion about their looks. https://t.co/OZv8yg8vjZ pic.twitter.com/PZWmPcORBR — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 30, 2016

We’ve heard Donald’s insults for years, and his policies reflect this disregard—even contempt—for women. — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 30, 2016

Machado responded on Instagram. The auto-translated version can be read below, which as you can see doesn’t get it perfect but will give you a good idea as to what she has to say on the matter. She is certainly not backing down from Trump’s attempt to humiliate and silence her.