“She was blaming Matt Lauer”, Trump said of Clinton.
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Trump criticized USA policy in Iraq from the days of Republican President George W. Bush, who ordered the American-led invasion in 2003 in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, al Qaeda attacks on the United States. Clinton is not seeking the support of the people she smeared, voters who believe in Trump’s proposals such as banning Muslims from entering the nation or building an enormous border wall and making Mexico pay for it.
“They are just desparate for change”, Clinton said.
Hillary Clinton on Saturday walked back comments that half of Trump’s supports could be in a “basket of deplorables“. And unfortunately, there are people like that and he has lifted them up.
Trump also posted on Twitter in response to Clinton’s attack on his supporters, saying it was “so insulting”.
“She gave an entire speech about how the alt right movement is using his campaign to advance its hate movement”, Clinton’s campaign Press Secretary Nick Merrill tweeted, referring to a speech five days prior to her “basket of deplorables” address on Friday.
“I don’t know what the exact percentage is, but there’s no doubt Donald Trump is drawing out the worst impulses of his supporters ranging from racism to the outrageous chants of ‘lock her up, ‘” said Jim Manley, a Democratic strategist. It doesn’t really even matter where it comes from.
Jason Miller, a Trump spokesman, said in a statement that Clinton “ripped off her mask and revealed her true contempt for everyday Americans”. “Well, I will tell you right now – I campaign on a regular basis with Donald Trump”, he said.
She added that those people were deserving of understanding and empathy. Merrill argued that “alt-right” leaders are supporting Trump and “their supporters appear to make up half his crowd when you observe the tone of his events”.
Criticisms come from 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney as well as longtime Trump critics South Carolina Sen.
Twitter user Basketeer Vendetta, under the account Vendetta92429, tweeted a photo of Trump supporters wearing campaign T-shirts and hats, adding: “Proud to be part of the #BasketOfDeplorables with my fellow Americans”.
Clinton made her remarks at an LGBT fundraiser in NY late Friday. The property mogul’s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway also weighed in, accusing Ms Clinton of “slandering” her candidate’s fans. He calls her “crooked Hillary”. She had called Trump supporters racists and sexists and homophobes before; she just hadn’t put a number on it. But reporters traveling with her campaign were not allowed in and did not see her.
On Saturday, Clinton’s staff said she attended another fundraiser at the Armonk, New York, home of attorney David Boies.
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“The question is whether Trump can show a discipline thus far unseen”. “That may be one conversion therapy I’d endorse”, Clinton joked.
