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Trump: If Clinton were a man, she’d have little support

Donald Trump dismissed Hillary Clinton's strength as a candidate, saying on Tuesday that the Democratic front-runner would have virtually no support for her White House bid if she weren’t a woman.

“If Hillary Clinton were a man, I don’t think she’d get 5 percent of the vote,” he said to close out a press conference after sweeping five northeastern primaries. “And the beautiful thing is, women don't like her.”

Trump argued that gender has enabled Clinton to prevail despite an otherwise uninspiring candidacy.

Clinton acknowledged earlier, in her own victory speech, that Trump had accused her of touting her gender to boost her presidential bid. “If fighting for women's health care and paid family leave and equal pay is playing the woman's card, then deal me in,” she said.