Rudy Giuliani appeared on ABC this weekend to: 1. address the recent New York Times article that revealed Donald Trump's state tax returns from 1995 [1], and 2. belittle women everywhere. The Times reported that Trump declared a $916 million loss that year, which could have allowed him to avoid paying income taxes for up to 18 years.

"Don't you think a man who has this kind of economic genius is a lot better for the United States than a woman?" said Giuliani, former mayor of New York City and one of Trump's most controversial surrogates [2]. While most people have criticized Giuliani for saying it was genius of Trump to take advantage of the tax laws, his comments that a failed businessman would be more suited for the White House than a woman are even more troubling. (You can catch his words at the 4:38 mark.)

"The only thing she's produced is a lot of work for the FBI checking out her emails," added Giuliani. Maybe Mr. Giuliani had a brain freeze a la Gary Johnson [3] and forgot all of Hillary Clinton's accomplishments [4] as a lawyer, first lady, New York senator, and President Obama's secretary of state.

"Perhaps what we have here is a demonstration of the way Giuliani really thinks about men and women — a truth about his ideology — that escaped in that statement," wrote Janell Ross in The Washington Post [5]. "Trump's questionable behavior, as a man, is evidence of his genius. Clinton's questionable choices regarding her email and server, as a woman, is evidence of the opposite."

Indeed, Giuliani's comments reflect why many women are fed up with the tone of this election [6].