Clinton: Half of Trump supporters are in 'basket of deplorables'

CNN ^ | Updated 11:05 PM ET, Fri September 9, 2016 | By Dan Merica

[nralife]

New York (CNN) — Hillary Clinton told an audience of donors Friday night that half of Donald Trump's supporters fall into "the basket of deplorables," meaning people who are racist, sexist, homophobic or xenophobic.

In an effort to explain the support behind Trump, Clinton went on to describe the rest of Trump supporters as people who are looking for change in any form because of economic anxiety and urged her supporters to empathize with them.

"To just be grossly generalistic, you can put half of Trump supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables," Clinton said. "Right? Racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic, you name it."

[proust]

Someone got a word of the day calendar.

[SamAdams76]

The Crooked Hillary campaign is imploding.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

Oh, that’s sure to help her.... /not.

[proust]

She doesn’t sound like a winner.

[Rashputin]

An obvious indication that heading to a caste system like that in India isn’t far from the minds of the Clinton and globalist crowd.

[PAR35]

In World War I, the Kaiser told his troops to “walk over General French’s contemptible little army”. The British Army then began to call itself ‘The Old Contemptibles’.

We should begin to call ourselves ‘The Old Deploribles’. That would drive the Ill-aryites bonkers. Of course, given Clinton’s diminished mental capacity, Huma would probably have to explain it to her. Several times.

[freespirit2012]

wow— half of Trump supporters are deplorable huh?

[TigerLikesRooster]

If they condemn more than a third of population as "deplorables," that is a serious and dangerous move. However, I have seen this trend building over many years. They condemn more and more people as rejects and deplorables. This is just a way of effectively oppressing people who have legitimate reasons to oppose them.

If this trend continues, they will enact sweeping criminalization of any display of opposition. Actually, it has started.

We have their freedom to say anything vs. our freedom to say nothing.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Obviously, she has no interest in being president for ALL the people.

[Rastus]

And if elected, these Deploro-Americans must be marched into the ovens.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Actually worse than Milt’s 47% comment.

[teletech]

If she thinks calling Trump supporters “basket of deplorables” is going to help her she is really in serious trouble.

[freespirit2012]

exactly... So 1/4th of America are racists homophobes?

[TADSLOS]

"Make America Great Again"

VS.

"Let's Demonize And Move On"

The contrast couldn't be more stark.

[TigersEye]

What does Slick Willie say about it?

"I'll have a mocha latte with whip cream on top in a blue cup.
And don't spill any."

"Does anybody else want coffee?"

[TigerLikesRooster]

That is her deeply embedded reflex. She can't just help it. She tends to frame a situation as the start contrast of good and evil. If we elicit more response like this from her, it will help Trump further.

[BunnySlippers]

Boy, she really knows how to make herself likable ...NOT.

[W.]

As Hillary! falls into the dustbin of history.

[steel_resolve]

Romney 47%