OLD HABITS: The DPP Women’s Affairs Department said the KMT often resorts to misogyny when campaigning, with one legislator saying it was ‘astonishing to see’
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 19, 2019
By: Ann Maxon and Jason Pan / Staff reporters
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Wu Den-yih (吳敦義) yesterday defended calling

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Wu Den-yih, right, speaks at a rally for KMT presidential candidate Han Kuo-yu at the Armed Forces Club in Taipei on Tuesday.
Photo copied by Wang Shu-hsiu, Taipei Times
Wu made the remark in Hoklo (commonly known as Taiwanese) during a rally for Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜), the KMT’s candidate in the Jan. 11 presidential election, at the Armed Forces Officers’ Club in Taipei.
During Tsai’s first term in office, the nation has seen the most murder and dismemberment cases in decades, Wu said at the rally, adding: “When we have a president who is an ill-starred woman, we must bring her down.”
Following widespread criticism from politicians over the sexist remark, Wu yesterday insisted that Tsai has brought the nation misfortune. [FULL STORY]