Hillary Clinton said Saturday that she was “grossly generalistic” in calling half of Donald Trump’s supporters a “basket of deplorables”, after the Republican nominee argued that her comments had smeared many Americans and would take a political toll.
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In recent national polling, Clinton leads head-to-head match-ups against Trump, with the Democrat holding 45.6 percent support compared to 42.8 percent for the NY businessman, according to averages compiled by RealClear Politics.
Most disturbing, she said, was Trump’s answer regarding sexual assault – when he confirmed as “correct” his May 2013 tweet about 238 convictions and 26,000 unreported sexual assaults in the military and then declaring: “What did these geniuses expect when they put men & women together?” “They are Americans and they deserve your respect”, he added. As Trump was again dismissing the tax-return matter, The Post that afternoon published an extensive report by Dana Priest, Ellen Nakashima and Tom Hamburger laying out what USA intelligence officials believe is “a broad covert Russian operation in the United States to sow public distrust in the upcoming presidential election and in US political institutions”.
“Yeah, I guess so”, Trump said.
And while that’s good news for her Republican opponent, it might not be good enough.
Her comments had been rebuked by Mr Trump’s team, with campaign manager Kellyanne Conway saying the comments were “slander” and had insulted to millions of Americans.
Clinton sat down with the blog late last month and in comments published on Thursday, the former secretary of state expanded on perceptions that she can sometimes come off as “cold or unemotional”, describing her struggle to control her emotions without seeming “walled off”. “The truly deplorable thing in this race is the shameful level of condescension and disrespect Hillary Clinton is showing to her fellow citizens”.
At least, that seemed to be the case at a campaign rally Friday night in Pensacola, Florida. “Right? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic – you name it”, Clinton said. And he has lifted them up. Interrupting women, treating them with condescension and disdain are symptoms of the low-grade infection caused by the virus that has afflicted millions of people in the United States, and not only in red states.
“He tweets and retweets their offensive, hateful, mean-spirited rhetoric”, she added, referring to the multiple times the real-estate mogul has engaged with alt-right racists online.
“Oh boy, would they dream of having her as president, can you imagine?” “But they are not America”.
The newspaper, which called Hillary Clinton the only “serious candidate on the presidential ballot in November”, noted it was breaking from a record of endorsing Republicans that has stood for more than 75 years – since before World War II. “What I did learn is that our leadership, Barack Obama, did not follow what our experts. said to do”, Trump said.
Donald Trump on Thursday once again sought to convince the public that he opposed the Iraq War by pointing to statements he made after the USA had already invaded the country. That may be one conversion therapy I endorse. “Friends don’t let friends vote for Trump”.
Clinton made her remarks at an LGBT fundraiser in NY late Friday. “I regret saying “half” – that was wrong”. Trump said Putin’s high approval ratings show he is a stronger leader than President Barack Obama.
The questions from reporters have ranged from the FBI’s inquiry into her use of a private email server, the Clinton Foundation, Russia’s role in the election, Clinton’s health, the future of Syria and Obama’s recent trip to Asia.
“And their supporters appear to make up half his crowd, when you observe the tone of his events”.
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In the wake of her Democratic National Convention appearance July 27, where she savaged Donald Trump for “defying the values we risk our lives to defend”, the San Diego resident continues to critique the GOP presidential candidate. “Nick, it’s simply untrue. So I am proud of the people who are supporting me”. Another highlight of the fundraiser Friday night was when Streisand performed a parody of the Stephen Sondheim song “Send in the Clowns” with lyrics about Trump. “I find it frustrating, but it’s part of the landscape we live in”. She continued, “And if by chance he gets to heaven, even up there, he’ll declare chapter 11”.
