The White House on Tuesday denied that President Trump’s tweet that Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand “would do anything” for campaign contributions was a sexist slur.

“There is no way that this is sexist at all,” administration spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said.

“This is simply talking about a system that we have that is broken in which special interests control our government. And I don’t think that there is probably many people that are more controlled by political contributions than the senator that the president referenced.”

Trump earlier Tuesday refused to explain what he meant in the sexually suggestive tweet he sent saying Gillibrand begged him for campaign cash and “would do anything” to get it.

After signing the National Defense Authorization Act at the White House, a stone-faced Trump walked from the room and ignored a reporter’s request for an explanation.

Trump touched off the latest firestorm earlier in the day when he attacked his home state senator — a Democrat who a day earlier had called for him to resign over numerous sexual misconduct claims that more than a dozen women have lodged against him.

“Lightweight Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a total flunky for Chuck Schumer and someone who would come to my office ‘begging’ for campaign contributions not so long ago (and would do anything for them), is now in the ring fighting against Trump. Very disloyal to Bill & Crooked-USED!” the president said.

Gillibrand, who was in a bible study group on Capitol Hill when Trump’s tweet landed, tweeted back that “you cannot silence me or the millions of women who have gotten off the sidelines to speak out about the unfitness and shame you have brought to the Oval Office.”

Trump gave $1,050 to her official campaign Gillibrand For Congress and $2,100 to the Gillibrand Victory Fund political action committee on Dec. 11, 2007, Federal Election Commission records show.

She reportedly met with him just once, while his daughter Ivanka was in the room.

Backlash was swift as Democrats slammed the sexual implication of Trump’s tweet.

“Are you really trying to bully, intimidate and slut-shame @SenGillibrand? Do you know who you’re picking a fight with? Good luck with that, @realDonaldTrump. Nevertheless, #shepersisted,” Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote on Twitter.

“Responding to allegations of sexual misconduct by trying to publicly shame yet another woman, the president has shown us exactly what kind of person he is. Donald Trump has proven to be a poison for the presidency, a cancer on the country, and a truly disgraceful human being,” Democratic Kentucky Rep. John Yarmuth added.

The president’s attack on Gillibrand got 43,000 likes and 12,000 retweets from his 44.5 million followers by 12:30 p.m.

The senator’s response got 153,000 likes and 60,000 retweets — even though she has only 873,000 followers.

Trump also claimed on Twitter that he didn’t know any of the women who accused him, and charged that they were lying as part of a plot to undermine him cooked up by Democrats.

“Despite thousands of hours wasted and many millions of dollars spent, the Democrats have been unable to show any collusion with Russia – so now they are moving on to the false accusations and fabricated stories of women who I don’t know and/or have never met. FAKE NEWS!” he wrote.

Gillibrand has focused on sexual assault in the military and on college campuses, and is a leading voice against sexual harassment in Washington.

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