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Prominent conservative women are pushing back against billionaire Harris campaign representative Mark Cuban, who argued that former President Trump would never surround himself with “strong, intelligent women.”

“@mcuban, I was the CEO and owner of a professional sports team JUST like you,” former Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., said Thursday in response to Cuban on X. “I am one of the millions of strong, conservative women, who support Trump. They may think we're stupid, or that we're trash. We think it's time to replace you and Kamala with leaders who don't hate us.

Loeffler's comments came in response to Cuban's comments on ABC's “The View” Thursday morning.

“Donald Trump, you never see him around strong, intelligent women. Never,” Cuban said. “It's that simple. You're intimidating to him. He doesn’t like to be challenged by them.”

The comments were quickly condemned by the Trump campaign, with the campaign's national press secretary Karoline Leavitt calling the comment “offensive.”

“This is extremely offensive to the thousands of women who work for President Trump and the tens of millions of women who vote for him,” Leavitt said. “These women are mothers, entrepreneurs and industry leaders, and they are actually strong and intelligent, contrary to what Mark Cuban and Kamala Harris say.”

In a post on X, Cuban said he was talking about why Nikki Haley wasn't active in Trump's campaign.

“Donald Trump, you never see him around strong, intelligent women. Always. It’s just that simple,” he wrote. “They are intimidating to him. He doesn't like being challenged by them and, you know, Nikki Haley will call him out on his reproductive rights nonsense and the way he sees, treats and talks about women. I mean, he just can't have her with me. That wouldn't work.

However, Cuban later appeared to walk back some of his comments:

“I would like to make this clear: 1. I know many strong, intelligent women who are voting for Trump. Even in my extended family,” he added. “I'm certainly not saying women voters aren't smart, strong and intelligent. 2. I know he has worked with strong, intelligent women like Elaine Chao, Kelly Anne, Ivanka and many others. I stand by my opinion that he doesn’t like to be publicly challenged.”

Speaking to Fox News Digital, Leavitt added that “the joy at Kamala headquarters has been replaced by division, hatred and a disturbing level of disrespect for the millions of Americans who support President Trump after four years of destruction under Kamala Harris.”

However, Loeffler and Leavitt weren't the only conservative women to respond to Cuban, and many others took to X to express their frustration with the billionaire's comments.

This is an excerpt from an article by Michael Lee.