Clinton Thinks Trump Campaign Is Still ‘Deplorable’
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is reversing course on a statement she made Friday in which she called half of Donald Trump’s supporters “deplorable.”
“Last night I was grossly generalistic, and that’s never a good idea. I regret saying ‘half’ — that was wrong,” Clinton said Saturday.
Her full comment from Friday didn’t just stop at “deplorable.” She went on to list specific negative attributes.
“You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right?” she told an LBGT event crowd. “The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic — you name it.
After learning of the attack, Trump promptly responded with a Tweet of his own, firing back at Clinton for her insult.
Wow, Hillary Clinton was SO INSULTING to my supporters, millions of amazing, hard working people. I think it will cost her at the Polls!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 10, 2016
High-profile Trump supporters quickly followed suit, Tweeting out their own comebacks.
Hillary shows contempt for people in her "basket". I think she blew a gasket. Her campaign headed for a casket.
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 10, 2016
Look at the #BasketOfDeplorables in Pensacola Florida last night! What a horrible statement. #CrookedHillary pic.twitter.com/GfevT0KUjd
— Eric Trump (@EricTrump) September 10, 2016
Clinton might have apologized for unfairly grouping people together, but she stood by the characterization of Trump’s campaign as shameful.
“But let’s be clear, what’s really ‘deplorable’ is that Donald Trump hired a major advocate for the so-called ‘alt-right’ movement to run his campaign and that David Duke and other white supremacists see him as a champion of their values.
“It’s deplorable that he’s attacked a federal judge for his ‘Mexican heritage,’ bullied a Gold Star family because of their Muslim faith, and promoted the lie that our first black president is not a true American. So I won’t stop calling out bigotry and racist rhetoric in this campaign.”
GOP vice-presidential candidate Mike Pence felt Clinton’s recent statement was just more proof that she is unfit to be president, vowing to attendees Saturday at the Values Voters Summit in Washington that she must never become POTUS.
“No one with a record of failure at home and abroad, no one with her avalanche of dishonesty and corruption and no one with that low opinion of the American people should every people elected president of the United States of America,” Pence said. “We must decide here and now that Hillary Clinton will never be president.” (For more from the author of “Clinton Thinks Trump Campaign Is Still ‘Deplorable'” please click HERE)
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