--- title: Donald Trump Calls Clinton's Bathroom Break 'Disgusting' description: The Republican front-runner fires back after the Democratic debate canonical: https://time.com/4158303/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-disgusting-schlonged/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-22T04:34:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:34:47.669Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Calls Clinton's Bathroom Break 'Disgusting' og:description: He also used a vulgar term. og:url: https://time.com/4158303/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-disgusting-schlonged/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt39cac6f9c673eb7a/69887678ab6d77bc566a7b0b/gettyimages-502208106.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Campaigns In Grand Rapids og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Calls Clinton's Bathroom Break 'Disgusting' twitter:description: He also used a vulgar term. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt39cac6f9c673eb7a/69887678ab6d77bc566a7b0b/gettyimages-502208106.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Calls Clinton's Bathroom Break 'Disgusting' by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Dec 22, 2015 4:34 AM UTC  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to guests at a campaign rally on December 21, 2015 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The full-house event was repeatedly interrupted by protestors. Trump continues to lead the most polls in the race for the Republican nomination for president. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to guests at a campaign rally on December 21, 2015 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The full-house event was repeatedly interrupted by protestors. Trump continues to lead the most polls in the race for the Republican nomination for president.Scott Olson—Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Dec 22, 2015 4:34 AM UTC Donald Trump used strong language Monday to [describe Hillary Clinton’s bathroom break](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/12/21/donald-trump-calls-hillary-clinton-disgusting-for-using-the-restroom-during-a-debate/?postshare=1511450752087649&tid=ss%5Ftw) at Saturday’s Democratic presidential debate. At a rally in Michigan Monday, the Republican presidential candidate recounted Clinton’s trip to the restroom, which caused her to be late back to the debate stage after a commercial break, [according to the Washington _Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/12/21/donald-trump-calls-hillary-clinton-disgusting-for-using-the-restroom-during-a-debate/?postshare=1511450752087649&tid=ss%5Ftw). “I know where she went — it’s disgusting, I don’t want to talk about it,” Trump said. “No, it’s too disgusting. Don’t say it, it’s disgusting.” The women’s bathroom at the debate at Saint Anselm College Saturday was farther from the stage than the men’s room and occupied by a top staffer for rival candidate Martin O’Malley when Clinton arrived, [according to an account in the Boston _Globe_](http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2015/12/20/bizarre-part-democratic-debate-explained/GyvaBZbnFoghvspiCHoosK/story.html). Moderators began without her, prompting one of the weirder moments in a 2016 debate so far. Trump went on to criticize Clinton for losing the Democratic primary in 2008, using a vulgar word for penis from the 1960s in a novel way. “She was favored to win, and she got schlonged,” he said. At the debate, Clinton had harsh words for Trump—the only Republican candidate named by any of the Democrats that night. She said his “bluster and bigotry” about Muslims are making him “ISIS’ best recruiter.” “They are going out people showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists,” she said. The Pulitzer-winning website PolitiFact [rated that claim false](http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/dec/19/hillary-clinton/fact-checking-hillary-clintons-claim-isis-using-vi/). **Read Next:** [_Hillary Clinton Takes A Break, Comes Late to Debate Stage_](http://time.com/4156185/democratic-debate-hillary-clinton-late/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4158303/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-disgusting-schlonged/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4158303/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-disgusting-schlonged/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Calls Clinton's Bathroom Break 'Disgusting'","datePublished":"2015-12-22T04:34:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:34:47.669Z","description":"The Republican front-runner fires back after the Democratic debate","url":"https://time.com/4158303/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-disgusting-schlonged/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt39cac6f9c673eb7a/69887678ab6d77bc566a7b0b/gettyimages-502208106.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt39cac6f9c673eb7a/69887678ab6d77bc566a7b0b/gettyimages-502208106.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump Campaigns In Grand Rapids","caption":"Donald Trump Campaigns In Grand Rapids","creditText":"Scott Olson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4158303/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-disgusting-schlonged/","name":"Donald Trump Calls Clinton's Bathroom Break 'Disgusting'"}}]}] ```