“Last night I was grossly generalistic”. The comment was made at a fundraiser for LGBT rights before introducing famous singer Barbara Streisand on Thursday night.
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He added that millions of Americans support the Republican nominee because, “they are sick of corrupt career politicians like Hillary Clinton”.
The Democratic candidate, who has been relentlessly attacked by Trump supporters with unproved allegations that she is unwell, gave them ammunition on Sunday with what was described as a “medical episode” at a memorial ceremony.
“Hillary Clinton’s low opinion of the people that support this campaign should be denounced in the strongest possible terms”, Mike Pence, the governor of in and Trump’s running mate, said at the Values Voter Summit in Washington.
Clinton – a former NY senator – has frequently highlighted her efforts, including in a campaign ad released Friday, to aid those affected by the World Trade Center collapse. She said he built his campaign on “prejudice and paranoia”. “Unfortunately there are people like that”.
Hillary Clinton says she regrets describing half of Donald Trump supporters as a “basket of deplorables”. “The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic – you name it”.
The head of the Republican National Committee is describing Hillary Clinton’s description of Donald Trump supporters as “insulting”. He has given voice to their websites that used to only have 11,000 people – now how 11 million.
Despite the fact that Trump has released nothing that would qualify as legitimate information about his health, the media jumped full steam into validating Trump’s claims that Clinton isn’t healthy enough to be president after she overheated at the 9/11 memorial.
“He tweets and retweets their offensive hateful mean-spirited rhetoric”, Clinton said.
But the moment recalled comments about voters – also at private fundraisers – that have tripped up presidential nominees in the past.
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. What a bad thing she said about so many great Americans!” after citing what President Obama had said about Romney’s gaffe: “RT if you agree: “We need a President who is fighting for all Americans, not one who writes off almost half the country”. “I regret saying “half” – that was wrong”.
The Clinton campaign later sought to explain her “basket of deplorable” remark, saying she was referring to people who actively back him, such as donors, endorsers and people at his rallies, not everyone who plans to vote for him. In an interview with Israeli TV this week, Clinton said that Trump supporters are, “what I call the deplorables; you know, the racists and the, 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”.
Of course, while Clinton is taking heat for her comment, Trump’s brand is controversy.
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On Saturday, Clinton’s staff said she attended another fundraiser at the Armonk, New York, home of attorney David Boies.
