Less than 24 hours after she made the statement at a private New York City fundraiser.
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As the presidential campaign moves into its final stretch, about 7 percent of voters (depending on which poll you read) say they’re still undecided between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump – more than enough to swing the election either way. But she said many of his actions have been “deplorable” and promised she “won’t stop calling out bigotry and racist rhetoric in this campaign”.
Hillary Clinton speaks at a LBGT For Hillary Gala in NY on Friday.
In a statement backtracking somewhat on her remarks, Mrs Clinton said: “Last night I was “grossly generalistic, ‘ and that’s never a good idea”.
“As I said, many of Trump’s supporters are hard-working Americans who just don’t feel like the economy or our political system are working for them”, she added.
Trump’s son Eric posted a photo on Twitter of his father’s supporters packed into a sports arena for a late Friday rally.
“Wow, Hillary Clinton was SO INSULTING to my supporters, millions of fantastic, hard-working people”.
We have Trump the Unqualified still talking in gibberish about grabbing Iraq’s oil, claiming he knows more about ISIS than the generals and trading air-kisses with Vladimir Putin.
Trump’s running mate, Mike Pence, also chimed in, with remarks at the Values Voter conference in Washington.
The rhetorical scuffle comes as the candidates head into the final two months of the campaign, with Trump trying to make up ground on Clinton before the November 8 election.
Trump, 70, fired back by calling her comments “INSULTING” on Twitter, then issuing an angry statement.
Saturday morning, however, she apologized for her phrasing.
An FBI investigation found that Clinton sent unsecured emails with classified material through the server, but ultimately recommended that she not be prosecuted.
Trump’s comment appeared to play off a line he used during the primary race, in which he said that his supporters were so devoted to him that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue in New York City and not lose any of them.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will set aside the presidential campaign for one day as the two candidates pause for the 15th anniversary of the largest terror attack ever in the United States – and in the state they both call home. “It’s like incredible”, he said.
Every time they force an email dump the media are forced to report on it and more Americans hear about Hillary’s sloppy email habits and how crooked she is.
“And he has lifted them up”, Clinton continued. He has given voice to their websites that used to only have 11,000 people now how 11 million. “He tweets and retweets offensive, hateful, mean-spirited rhetoric”. “Now, some of those folks – they are irredeemable, but thankfully they are not America”, said Clinton, who was the country’s top diplomat during President Barack Obama’s first term. Mr. Trump got his chance to reiterate his charge after Ms. Clinton told a gathering of donors on Friday that half of his supporters are a “basket of deplorables”.
Clinton argued the last thing America needs is “loose talk and bombastic commentary” in the war on terror. “Those are people who we have to understand and empathize with as well”.
A spokesman for the Democratic candidate, Nick Merrill, suggested that she had been referring to the “alt right” movement – a brand of American political conservatism which is associated with white nationalism.
“For the first time in a long while, her true feelings came out, showing bigotry and hatred for millions of Americans”.
She won’t speak and is going to pay her respects – not in a campaign capacity – her aides said.
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Although most of the swing voters gave the Democratic nominee high marks for experience and competence, they also described her as chilly, distant, untrustworthy and dishonest.
