Posted on 09/10/2017 6:57:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Hillary Clinton on Sunday acknowledged that referring to then-GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s supporters as a “basket of deplorables” may have further galvanized them against her and gave Trump “a political gift.”
“I thought Trump was behaving in a deplorable manner. I thought a lot of his appeals to voters were deplorable,” the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee said, when asked about the infamous remark, in her first major TV interview since the election, which aired on “CBS Sunday Morning.”
“I thought his behavior as we saw on the Access Hollywood tape was deplorable,” she continued, referring to the 2005 recording of Trump bragging about sexual assault, which surfaced in October of 2016. “And there were a large number of people who didn’t care. It did not matter to them. And he turned out to be a very effective reality TV star.”
The interview comes ahead of the Tuesday release of What Happened, her book reflecting on her election defeat.
Clinton made her “basket of deplorables” comment at a New York City fundraiser almost exactly a year ago ― on Sept. 9. On Sunday, she said that while the remark aided Trump, she didn’t think it was a big factor in her defeat because his supporters “were already energized.”
“I’m sorry I gave him a political gift of any kind, but I don’t think that was determinative,” she said....
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Possibly the most vile female politician in America.
Human Relations 101 - You don’t curry favor with people, or win them over to your way of thinking, by insulting them.
Hillary Clinton? Wasn’t she a corrupt politician or something like that?
Ping.
I sent this to my niece who was a big hitliary supporter after the election. She got pissed at me and I told her I really didnt give a rip if she was or not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R12H8QWnwvE
Yeah, it was pretty stupid, Hillary.
HYSTERICAL . . . BEST OF THE BEST
DEPLORABLE:
Dependable
Energetic
Patriotic
Loyal
Optimistic
Right
Armed
Brave
Legitimate
Exceptional
That may be true, but somebody else made her do it.
My take is... Trump standing up and defending against her despicable proclamations is what did it... not her statement.
Had she said this with ANY other candidate it would have played to her advantage as they would have ignored or otherwise let her get away with it.
Iow... TRUMP!
I’m sure that prefers the softer fingers touch of Huma!
So in essence, she did everything wrong but none of it was her fault.
I believe it had a bigger impact than she even realizes. Trump mocked it and used it to his advantage. That swung several swing voters (some of whom I know) and the rest is history.
Loved the way Bannon blew up the myth tonight on 60 minutes that Hillary Clinton was “smart”! AWESOME. Destroyed her! Cooly, destroyed her!
Bubba Clinton has never said rednecks were irredeemable. Senator Byrd used a vulgar word once and redemption was still available for that group as a class.
The way she described deplorables in English usage as a word standing alone will not pass spell check at FR. She invented a word.
“I’m sorry I gave him a political gift of any kind, but I don’t think that was determinative,” she said....
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Wow. That’s a first. She actually found something that she DOESN’T blame for her election loss instead of herself.
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