--- title: Sexist Anti-Hillary Clinton Buttons for Sale at GOP Events description: They compare her to KFC canonical: https://time.com/4111613/these-sexist-anti-hillary-clinton-buttons-are-on-sale-at-a-gop-conference/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-13T16:30:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:54.614Z article:section: Politics og:title: These Sexist Anti-Hillary Clinton Buttons Are on Sale at a GOP Conference og:description: They compare her to KFC og:url: https://time.com/4111613/these-sexist-anti-hillary-clinton-buttons-are-on-sale-at-a-gop-conference/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Sexist Anti-Hillary Clinton Buttons Are on Sale at a GOP Conference twitter:description: They compare her to KFC twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # These Sexist Anti-Hillary Clinton Buttons Are on Sale at a GOP Conference > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Nov 13, 2015 4:30 PM UTC  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Nov 13, 2015 4:30 PM UTC An independent vendor was photographed Friday selling buttons with sexist attacks against Hillary Clinton at the Florida Republican Party’s Sunshine Summit. The button reads: “KFC Hillary Special: 2 Fat Thighs, 2 Small Breasts” and, presumably, one “Left Wing.” Independent Journal reporter Joe Perticone posted a photo of the button to Twitter Friday morning, drawing responses from offended commenters. > [](https://twitter.com/JoePerticone/status/665181462900158464) The buttons quickly drew criticism on Twitter: > [](https://twitter.com/shift%5Fin2%5Fturbo/status/665184534871351301) > [](https://twitter.com/PhillyCook/status/665187441981186048) > [](https://twitter.com/LilRedWagon2/status/665191601791246336) Perticone [posted](https://twitter.com/JoePerticone/status/665191001502457856) that the buttons were for sale between booths for candidates Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. The vendor does not work for the party or any of the candidates. Such buttons are not uncommon fare at similar functions. The [two-day Sunshine Summit](http://www.sunshinesummit.gop/agenda) around GOP candidates and Florida officials began officially on Friday morning. _With reporting from Zeke Miller in Florida._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4111613/these-sexist-anti-hillary-clinton-buttons-are-on-sale-at-a-gop-conference/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4111613/these-sexist-anti-hillary-clinton-buttons-are-on-sale-at-a-gop-conference/"},"headline":"These Sexist Anti-Hillary Clinton Buttons Are on Sale at a GOP Conference","datePublished":"2015-11-13T16:30:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:46:54.614Z","description":"They compare her to KFC","url":"https://time.com/4111613/these-sexist-anti-hillary-clinton-buttons-are-on-sale-at-a-gop-conference/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4111613/these-sexist-anti-hillary-clinton-buttons-are-on-sale-at-a-gop-conference/","name":"These Sexist Anti-Hillary Clinton Buttons Are on Sale at a GOP Conference"}}]}] ```