Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said Thursday that feminist icon Gloria Steinem had anointed him as an “honorary woman.”
Sanders was asked by an audience member at an MSNBC/Telemundo town hall if he is a feminist.
“I consider myself a strong feminist. And in fact, Gloria Steinem … made me an honorary woman many, many years ago,” he said. “I don’t know exactly what that meant, but I accepted it when she came to campaign for me.”
Steinem, a Clinton supporter, recently made waves when she remarked that young women were supporting Sanders in order to meet boys.