White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended President Trump on Wednesday when she was asked about his past comments on women, saying he has equally attacked men and women.

"I think he's an equal opportunity president. He hits men just as hard. Women want equal opportunity, and this president certainly gives it to them," Sanders, alongside her father, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R), said on ABC's "The View."

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"He doesn't just put milquetoast women around him. He puts strong, very outspoken women in very powerful positions," she continued, adding, "For the first time in history we also have a female communications director. We've never had a female press secretary and a female communications director ever in the history of the White House and we do in this one," she continued.

Sanders was responding to questions from the show's hosts about Trump's past comments about women.

Hope Hicks currently serves as White House communications director.

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, deputy national security adviser Dina Powell and first daughter Ivanka Trump are other notable female members of the administration.

Trump drew major backlash in October when a behind-the-scenes tape of him making inappropriate remarks about groping women on "Access Hollywood" was leaked.

Host Joy Behar asked the elder Huckabee how he could let his daughter work for the president given the "horrendous" comments he has made about women.

"He's also empowered a lot of women. He's given my daughter an incredible opportunity," Huckabee said.