Clinton has made similar comments in the past. “I regret saying ‘half” – that was wrong”, she said.
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“There are a huge number of undecideds right now, historically speaking – far higher this late than any campaign we’ve seen recently”, says Matthew Dickinson, a political scientist at Middlebury College, in an interview.
It is deplorable to play footsie with David Duke, to repeatedly retweet white nationalists and false stats about black men and crime, to praise the enthusiasm of supporters who beat a homeless Hispanic man in Boston and punch a black man at rally, to say black people have a lazy trait and have them ushered off the casino floor when you show up.
Mr Trump had responded by saying the comment was “insulting” to “millions of incredible, hard working people”. “He tweets and retweets offensive, hateful, mean-spirited rhetoric”, CNN reported citing the former secretary of state as saying. Tickets were around $50,000 apiece.
The entertainment icon performed a collection of her songs, including a parody of “Send in the Clowns” skewering Trump as a “sad vulgar clown”. His Twitter statement generated thousands of shares.
Trump’s running mate Mike Pence jumped on the remarks Saturday at the conservative Value Voters Summit in Washington, saying “Hillary Clinton’s low opinion of the people that support this campaign should be denounced in the strongest possible terms”.
Pence drew an analogy to Barack Obama’s comment that some of his opponents “cling to their guns and religion”, said Bloomberg. He made a statement on Saturday.
Her comments were rebuked by Mr Trump’s team, with campaign manager Kellyanne Conway saying the comments were “slander” and had insulted to millions of Americans.
“The truth of the matter is that the people who support Donald Trump’s campaign are hard-working Americans”. For the first time in a long while, her true feelings came out, showing bigotry and hatred for millions of Americans.
“Last night I was grossly generalistic”.
But using the quantifier “half” to describe some of his supporters crossed a new line, say critics.
On Saturday morning, Trump weighed in on Clinton’s comments, calling them “so insulting” to his supporters.
“I’m determined to bring our country together and make our economy work for everyone, not just those at the top”, Clinton said. And many GOP voters either don’t pay federal income tax because they don’t make enough money and/or are also at least partially reliant on government programs.
Clinton, meanwhile, is urging people who like the sound of Donald Trump’s boasts about defeating the Islamic State group to consider the difference between “real strength” and “phony strength”. So is the press going to cover this story in the right [context], or are they going to hold Hillary to a different standard again?
Hillary Clinton will visit the National September 11 Memorial on Sunday, marking the 15th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attack, according to an aide.
The rhetorical scuffle comes as the candidates head into the final two months of the campaign, with Mr Trump trying to make up ground on Mrs Clinton before the November 8 election.
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Republicans and Trump supporters responded fiercely on social media to Clinton’s remark.
