Clinton says she ‘regret[s] saying half’ of Trump’s supporters in ‘basket of deplorables’
Hillary Clinton walked back her “basket of deplorables’ remark.
Click here for reuse options!Less than 24 hours after she made the comments at a private New York City fundraiser, Clinton said in a statement, “last night I was ‘grossly generalistic’ and that’s never a good idea. I regret saying ‘half’ — that was wrong.” But she argued that the word “deplorable” was reasonable to describe much of Trump’s campaign.
“He has built his campaign largely on prejudice and paranoia and given a national platform to hateful views and voices, including by retweeting fringe bigots with a few dozen followers and spreading their message to 11 million people,” the Democratic nominee said.
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12 responses to Clinton says she ‘regret[s] saying half’ of Trump’s supporters in ‘basket of deplorables’
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oldfart September 11th, 2016 at 09:33
1/3 not 1/2 but everybody already knows this…even tRump.
William September 11th, 2016 at 09:49
Actually *sigh*, it seems that the Donald didn’t say that. Even though it wouldn’t surprise anyone if he did. The tangerine clown spews dumb sh*t on a routine basis, so it baffles me that anyone would make this stuff up. The verified stuff is way weirder. Inclusive, but not limited to his statement to the effect that he could shoot someone and still get elected. (I think he may have plagiarized Cheney on that one though) https://www.buzzfeed.com/ishmaeldaro/trump-fake-quote-people-magazine?utm_term=.sf5lznq2K
oldfart September 11th, 2016 at 09:59
Sigh would be correct !
However, in this election cycle, truth and facts are no longer needed
or apparently required…let alone understood by “deplorables”.
William September 11th, 2016 at 10:08
Exactly! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b61fe9bbf0137e55835c7d3ddae145290ad2465d6102c68e3f6a1c296be97a76.jpg
William September 11th, 2016 at 11:22
“But she argued that the word “deplorable” was reasonable to describe much of Trump’s campaign”.
Not really.
Trump supporters have a pretty limited vocabulary.
crc3 September 11th, 2016 at 14:12
Honestly I really wish she hadn’t said that but it’s too late now. She was just stooping to Rump’s level and isn’t one candidate like him enough?
jybarz September 11th, 2016 at 15:46
Tramp’s supporters won’t understand the word ‘deplorable’ anyway, so no damage done…even Tramp might not know it himself given his limited vocabulary in his speeches.
inspire September 13th, 2016 at 04:29
how could she / her team let this happen in the first place?
it was a prepared speech. it is not something she has to spontaneously say it. who put that line on her speech need to show his/her responsible.
OldLefty September 13th, 2016 at 06:06
What’s wrong with what she said?
Politically incorrect?
“Telling it like it is”?
Not sounding like the “typical politician”?
“They say she’s too cautious and calculating, then criticize her for bluntly speaking the truth”
inspire September 13th, 2016 at 20:43
you can find all excuses for her because you will vote for her for sure and it is nothing wrong about that. but I think she cares more about undecided voters at this point too.
OldLefty September 13th, 2016 at 20:48
Why does she need excuses?
OldLefty September 13th, 2016 at 06:19
Deplorable?
“I want us to be able to fight ideologically, mentally, spiritually, economically, so that we don’t have to do it physically,” said Bevin. “But that may in fact be the case.” He explained that it might take the shedding of the blood of tyrants and patriots for America to survive a Hillary Clinton presidency:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlukBB3Hn1g