Mook, standing near the front of a conference room in the campaign’s 11th floor offices, took questions for about three minutes from political reporters invited to watch the second GOP debate with Clinton aides on Wednesday night.

Responding to a question about Trump’s effect on Clinton, Mook said, “The bigger issue is how damaging he has become to the Republican Party. He has completely driven them to the right,” he said. “I think you saw more insult, more bluster, more sexism tonight.”

One reporter asked Mook to be specific about what he found sexist. He replied, “I think it is a well-established fact that Donald Trump has made incredibly demeaning comments about women, and I think they speak for themselves.”