President Rodrigo Duterte of Philippines on Wednesday mocked Chelsea, daughter of former US President Bill Clinton for criticising him over a joke about rape.
Duterte questioned whether she had just come to terms with her father’s affair with a White House intern, referring to Clinton’s escapade with Monica Lewinsky in the 1990s.
Addressing Navy officers, Duterte fired back at Chelsea Clinton, who had tweeted that he was a “murderous thug with no regard for human rights.”
“I was not joking, I was being sarcastic,” Reuters quoted the Philippines leader as saying.
“I will tell her, when your father, the president of the United States, was screwing Lewinsky, the girl there in White House, how did you feel? Did you slam your father?” Reuters quoted the Philippines leader.
Duterte’s rape remark came during a speech aimed at reassuring soldiers that he would take full responsibility for any backlash to martial law, which he imposed on Sunday on Mindanao island.
He said he would not tolerate abuses but joked that if any soldier was to rape three women, “I will admit it, that’s on me.”
It was not the first time Duterte had made a joke about rape
He caused outrage ahead of his presidential election win last year when he recalled a 1989 prison riot in which an Australian missionary was killed, and inmates had lined up to rape her.
Duterte said the victim was “beautiful” and as mayor of Davao city where the riot took place, he should have been first in line.
He later apologised and said he meant no disrespect to women or rape victims.
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