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The Guardian - US
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Martin Pengelly in Washington

Rightwing women’s group slammed for keynote address by ‘misogynist’ Trump

Donald Trump speaks at a Republican party rally in Rapid City, South Dakota, on 8 September.
Donald Trump speaks at a Republican party rally in Rapid City, South Dakota, on 8 September. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Concerned Women for America (CWA), a rightwing group that describes itself as the largest public policy women’s organisation in the US, was criticised for hosting “a misogynist indicted criminal”, after it announced a keynote speech by Donald Trump.

“Of course a misogynistic indicted criminal would speak to a conference of women determined to block access to reproductive healthcare and move backward instead of looking toward the future,” Christian F Nunes, national president of the National Organization for Women and chair of the NOW political action committee, said in a statement.

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