“They are Americans, and they deserve your respect”, Pence said during a speech to the Values Voter Summit, a conservative group, in Washington, D.C.
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Huckabee took an unconventional approach to his criticism, composing a short poem.
“To just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables”, the presidential nominee said at a Democratic fundraiser in NY.
Sep 11, 2016- USA presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has apologised for calling half of Donald Trump’s supporters “deplorable” people. She described the rest of his supporters as people who are looking for change in any form because of economic anxiety and urged her supporters to empathise with them.
“And he has lifted them up”, Clinton continued.
A storm erupted over the weekend in the United States during a fundraising event after Clinton repeated a statement she made during a recent interview with Israel’s Channel 2 News.
“I’m determined to bring our country together and make our economy work for everyone, not just those at the top”, Clinton said. Pence, the IN governor, said Clinton had insulted “hardworking Americans”.
Trump’s statement came after Clinton had backed off her disdainful description of half of his supporters.
“Obviously not everyone supporting Trump is part of the alt right, but alt right leaders are with Trump”, Merrill said on Twitter.
State GOP Chairman Ed Cox, saying, “Oh, my God, ” when asked about Clinton’s remarks, claimed her “bigoted, intolerant and insulting statement has thrown a huge amount of kerosene on an already grass-roots fire here in NY for Donald Trump”.
Weeks before the 2012 election, Republican Mitt Romney landed in hot water for saying that 47 percent of the public would vote for President Barack Obama because they depended on government benefits and his job was “not to worry about those people”.
In July, Clinton released a summary of her medical records, signed by her physician Dr Lisa Bardack, confirming she is in good health, but her campaign has previously indicated Clinton will not be releasing further medical files.
The Republican candidate’s campaign say “they want to be respectful”, and that staffers have been ordered to not post anything on social media about Clinton’s pneumonia diagnosis, CNN reported today.
“Real strength is leveling with the American people”, she added.
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is closing in on Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’ lead in the race for the White House as a number of states are no longer considered likely wins for Clinton, according to a new poll. Shortly after, she was seen walking out of it. Tell him that you will live up to our North Atlantic Treaty Organisation commitments and defend the Baltics, if need be.
Clinton made her remarks at an LGBT fundraiser in NY late Friday.
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US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia at home after she fell sick during a memorial service marking the 15th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks here on Sunday.
