Where have you been?
Nobody knows what the idiot means.
Half of FR responds to him as if he is saying “the” 47% who draw a check from the government.
Half of FR responds to him as if he is saying “the” 47% who do not owe income tax in a given year.
A minor third group says that he didn’t mean either of those, he only meant 47% of the entire electorate in general, from all categories.