Trump’s statement came after Clinton had backed off her disdainful description of half of his supporters. “Right? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic – you name it”, she said.
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The White House said it had no comment on Trump’s remarks.
Also Trump’s comments about the esteem of American military commanders can be interpreted as insulting to those leaders in uniform who have spent their life in service for the country, he said, referring to some of Trump’s comments Wednesday night that could be interpreted as insulting toward US military brass.
“Hillary Clinton just had her 47 percent moment”, Trump tweeted. “Trump has given these folks a voice through the hateful rhetoric of his campaign”.
“And unfortunately there are people like that. And he has lifted them up”.
The Democratic Party candidate then said the other half of the billionaire mogul’s supporters were people who are desperate for change and feel abandoned by the government. “Those are people we have to understand and empathize with as well”.
“So let me just say from the bottom of my heart: Hillary, they are not a basket of anything”. There are what I call the deplorables – the racists, you know, the haters, and the people who are drawn because they think somehow he’s going to restore an America that no longer exists. “I also believe that Baghdadi is a central figure in the promulgation of this ideology”, she said. On Friday night, he told supporters in Pensacola, Florida, that Clinton could shoot someone and not be prosecuted.
Trump’s vice presidential running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who spoke at a conservative Value Voters Summit in Washington, D.C., Saturday, also took issue with Clinton saying millions fall into the deplorable basket.
A person familiar with the decision, but not authorized to discuss it until it’s announced publicly, told The Associated Press on Saturday that Trump is expected to attend the annual commemoration at the World Trade Center site.
Hillary Clinton attempted to clarify her meaning after the backlash began, but many posts on social media expressed thinking that her apology again insulted Trump’s followers, according to CNN.
“While Hillary said awful things about my supporters, and while many of her supporters will never vote for me, I still respect them all!”
But some Twitter users agreed with Clinton, referencing remarks by Trump that have been called racist, such as when he described some Mexican immigrants drug dealers and rapists.
Friday night was a rare night when Clinton’s comments overshadowed Trump’s own.
The dueling statements increased the focus on racial and ethnic tension that already has dominated the 2016 campaign, often to Trump’s detriment.
The former Secretary of State said Trump’s “ignorance” about Russian Federation and Putin are “dangerous”.
Still, the news organization faced criticism for its process. ABC News, which covered Romney’s remarks in detail, mentioned the comparison between Clinton and Romney in a story only about Clinton’s eventual “clarification” of her statements.
Weeks before the 2012 election, Republican Mitt Romney landed in hot water for saying that 47pc of the public would vote for President Barack Obama “no matter what” because they depended on government benefits and his job was “not to worry about those people”.
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Nick Merrill, a spokesman for Clinton’s campaign, cited the speech in attempting to clarify the Democratic nominee’s comments Friday night.
