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An artist has painted a portrait of Donald Trump with her own menstrual blood in protest over his "sexist" remarks about a female journalist.

Sarah Levy created the work of art called 'Whatever' after the Republican presidential candidate was accused of suggesting that Megyn Kelly, a presenter for Fox News, was being critical of him because she was on her period.

Levy, from Oregon in the US, has said she will donate all funds from the sale of the portrait to raise money for an immigrants' rights organisation.

She told Buzzfeed News: “That he thinks he can bring up the healthy functioning of women’s reproductive systems to insult women’s intelligence is a big problem that I think needs to be called out.”

Levy received a flurry of supportive comments for the portrait after sharing it on her official Facebook page.

Nisha Adarkar said: "Blown away. This is amazing."

Maria Rothenberg wrote: "This is awesome!!"

Erick Crash posted: "Seriously this needs to go national, and if not from an art perspective, at least in a politics newspaper."

Trump, 69, was heavily criticised for his remarks about Ms Kelly.

Commenting on her interviewing style, he is reported to have said: "There was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever."

The incident led to him being barred from a major conservative event last month. He was also subjected to hundreds of messages from feminists who began 'live-tweeting' their periods at him.