Hillary Clinton on Friday said half of Donald Trump’s supporters are “in the basket of deplorables”, drawing a rebuke from the Trump campaign.
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“I don’t agree with what Krystal said about those different groups, I think that it once again is just Hillary Clinton trying to divide”.
Critics say the RT network, which carries programs in both Russian and English, is a propaganda arm of Putin’s government.
The New York businessman also said on RT on Thursday he did not think Russia’s government was behind the hack of Democratic National Committee email servers, and doubted it was trying to interfere in the USA election. Trump has said far worse about Obama in appearances on United States television networks.
Among Democrats’ concerns is the fact that Clinton spent a great deal of time over the summer raising millions of dollars in private fundraisers – while Trump was devoting much of his schedule to rallies, speeches and TV appearances.
“We won’t always see eye to eye, but when it comes to questions of war, peace and the safety of our country, we can’t let party affiliation stand between us”, she said.
Speaking at an evening fundraiser in NY, the former USA secretary of state said Trump had given voice to hateful rhetoric from such individuals through his behaviour as a candidate for the White House. “I’m not sure anything surprises us anymore, but I was certainly disappointed”.
Clinton was scheduled on Friday to meet with former senior national security officials in NY.
Probably not the critiques – or hashtag – NBC’s Matt Lauer was expecting after moderating Wednesday night’s Commander-in-Chief forum with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
Clinton made her comments at an LGBT fundraiser in NY late Friday, adding that Trump supporters are “The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic – you name it”.
Clinton’s campaign, in an effort to paint Trump as a national security risk, has kept close tabs on former defense officials who have endorsed the former secretary of state – particularly those who worked in Republican administrations.
Tony Tata, a retired brigadier general, said Friday that he doesn’t take Trump’s comments as a criticism of the military, rather a criticism of President Obama and Hillary Clinton’s handling of military affairs and foreign policy.
Trump and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, defended the comment. “Vladimir Putin is violating the sovereignty of neighboring countries”, Ryan said at his weekly news conference.
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She issued a statement today expressing “regret” for the being “grossly generalistic”.
