As Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina gave her opening statement during the December 15 debate, prominent Iowa radio host Steve Deace described her as “go[ing] full vagina” on Twitter.

Deace, an Iowa Republican kingmaker who has endorsed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), has a long history of bigoted commentary. 

Here's Deace's tweet:

Wow...Fiorina goes full vagina right away

-- Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) December 16, 2015

He went on to defend and double down on his comments in a series of tweets:

Completely agree. I think a GOP presidential candidate's opening statement being all about her gender is disgusting. https://t.co/oN5TQvDreN

-- Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) December 16, 2015

Tell me about it https://t.co/g5IpSv1jsp

-- Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) December 16, 2015

Love them myself. Ask @amydeace https://t.co/kdbWa1cPA9

-- Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) December 16, 2015

UPDATE: Deace subsequently walked back his statement, saying that his wife told him that he had been vulgar and needed to apologize:

. @amydeace tells me while on point about Carly and gender card I was too vulgar and need to apologize. And my wife is ALWAYS right. So I do

-- Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) December 16, 2015